iThing of the Week

iThing of the Week with Michelle Ealey

iThing of the Week: Apple October 2013 Event

On October 22, 2013, Apple held an event announcing new shiny stuff many are eager to have. Apple plans to launch new MacBooks and MacPro, and they discussed the improved iOS X Mavericks, but my focus was on the new iPads. As usual, Apple touted stats. The app store has over 1,000,000 apps, and customers…

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iThing of the Week: Turbo Tip Calculator

Many people don’t know that servers in most restaurants don’t earn minimum wage in the United States; tipped employees are actually paid $2.13 (in some states it is more), which is why servers rely on tips. For those of us who don’t want to spend time figuring out the proper tip, Turbo Tip Calculator is…

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iThing of the Week: The Simpsons: Tapped Out

The Simpsons: Tapped Out doesn’t really need additional publicity, but out of all of the games I’ve played on my various iDevices, including the ones I’ve discussed here, Tapped Out is the one I’m still playing a year after I started. In case you haven’t heard of The Simpsons: Tapped Out, the game, which has…

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iThing of the Week: Free Menstrual Calendar

The purpose of this column is to highlight apps I have found interesting, fun, and/or useful. While this app is geared toward a certain segment of the population, Free Menstrual Calendar (FMC) is an app I have used for a long time. FMC has been a decent app, but not noteworthy until now. The latest…

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iThing of the Week: iOS 7

It’s been a week since I installed iOS 7 on my iPhone and iPad. Over the course of the week, some aspects of the update I like, but some I don’t. The cons: This first one is purely aesthetic. The folders now have a light grey background. I prefer the contrast of the black background….

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iThing of the Week: Contemplating Leaving the Apple Ecosystem

It is 10 PM. I’m sitting at my desk. I’ve updated iTunes, restarted my computer, backed up my iPhone to my computer, transferred apps and photos, and synced. Now I’m waiting for the newest iOS update, iOS 7, to download. I decided to go through iTunes because in the past this method has been the…

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iThing of the Week: Apple’s September 10th Event

Hello Apple fans and those curious about the technology juggernaut. No matter how you feel about Apple, the company ushered in our current smartphone era when they announced the iPhone in 2007. Now, six years later, Apple has unveiled new iPhones that they claim will be the most advanced phones ever (until their new ones,…

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iThing Of The Week: GasBuddy

Hey folks, Stephen Jondrew here and this week it’s my turn to fill in for Michelle’s iThing of the Week. Although I recognize that there’s no way I can offer the level of knowledge and information Michelle offers each week, I thought I’d at least try to save you a few bucks thew next time…

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iThing Of The Week: Dropbox

Sorry for the delay on the iThing of the Week this week but I had some severe writer’s block going on.  But have no fear, there is a new iThing for me to tell you all about. This week we are taking a look at the Dropbox app for iOS.  I don’t know about you…

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iThing Of The Week: Flipboard

Hey everyone, I’m Chris and I’ll be filling on the iThing Of The Week while Michelle is away.  If you’re a reader of the site you’ve probably seen me write a variety of random articles.  I tend to write about news that interests me as it pops up and never on much of a set…

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