Fellow Canadians who may have bought the iPhone 6 for it’s Apple Pay feature are likely disappointed to discover that the service which launched last October is currently in the United States only. Apple’s reports so far is that the service has “been a favourite” of both merchants and customers; however, Canadians are still itching…
Read MoreJay Witten from Gallifrey Public Radio joins us to discuss the iPhone 6/6 Plus launch, Nasa decides on Boeing and SpaceX, Kristy Kreme has a Ghostbuster donut and Surge Cola steals the news as it makes its triumphant return. We play another edition of Know Your Geek and then we wrap up with Geekback and…
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As I have frequently mentioned on the GonnaGeek Podcast, back in December I made the switch from an iPhone 4S to a Nexus 5. I had heard (and seen first hand) about potential issues with iMessage so I did what I was supposed to and a couple days before switching I disabled iMessage on my iPhone. Shortly…
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Back in episode episode 42 of the Gonna Geek.com Podcast we told you all about Amazon’s acquisition of Comixology. It was theorized on the show this would change the way in which comics were purchased on iOS devices going forward. Turns out that prediction was right as Comixology has updated the iOS app to no…
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This isn’t about the iPhone 5S being the best phone ever. There are a lot of excellent phones now, and it’s great that we have so much to choose from. Before I made my decision, I did a lot of research, which I suggest everyone should do. I decided to stick with Apple for three…
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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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The roll out of iOS 7 to your iDevice probably hasn’t been quite as smooth as most users were hoping for. The lock screen issues have been well documented, but now a new bug has popped up. A lot of iMessage users are reporting that messages are not being sent using the iMessage app and…
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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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After a challenging upgrade to iOS7 which consisted of multiple iTunes reinstalls, waiting for the download for close to half hour when it told me 5 minutes remaining and a brief period where I thought I might not get my phone to even boot back up, I finally got to play with the new OS…
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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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