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…
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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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iPhone users now have a new nickname courtesy of BlackBerry CEO (at least the current one) John Chen. While speaking at the Oasis Montgomery Conference this week Chen was asked about the popularity of the iPhone. The CEO must have been at the top of his game because he was quick to respond “I call…
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Cold. Snow. Even colder. More snow. That’s basically been the weather for the past month here in Minnesota. To help me keep track of weather conditions throughout the day, I’ve been using Yahoo! Weather. Yahoo! Weather is a much better app than the one included on an iDevice and other weather apps I’ve used because…
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I like Bejeweled, but I’m not a fan of the game’s many clones, which is why I was hesitant to play Doctor Who: Legacy. I’m a new Who fan, so the game caught my eye, but I went in with low expectations because I assumed I was in for a simple matching game. I was…
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With the year coming to a close, it’s a natural time to reflect on some of the highlights of the year. Comparing various types of apps to each other is odd; after all, a productivity app is very different than a game, so I’m not ranking my favorites of 2013. The Simpsons: Tapped Out…
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I have killed thousands of digital people while playing various games, but I’ve never really killed many animals. At first, Deer Hunter made me uncomfortable. The game is a hunting simulation. During the first levels the prey stood still, so there wasn’t much of a challenge. However, as the game progressed, it became challenging. Sometimes…
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After testing word processing apps, I got interested in finding a decent speech to text app. The best one I found that was free is Dragon Dictation. For a few laughs, here are some examples of how the app worked: iPad, with case: Sometimes you just don’t want to type because typing can be slow…
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In my quest to find a decent word processing app that isn’t as costly as Pages, I’ve been trying many different apps. Instead of focusing on one app today, this article will feature different apps because these apps have many of the same features, so writing about each one separately will get repetitive. For this…
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Can You Escape, by Kaarel Kirsipuu, is a puzzle game. You find yourself in a room. You are not given any clues about how to escape; you must explore the room to find clues and objects that will help you escape. Tapping is how you will discover the parts of the room you can interact…
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