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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: 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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My First Impressions After a Day with iOS7

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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Preparing Your iDevice For iOS 7

As I’m sure you gadget geeks know, the long anticipated debut of Apple’s iOS 7 is upon us.  At some point on Wednesday Apple will release the new software for your favorite iDevices.  In the past I’ve learned some lessons when it comes to upgrading that might be able to save you some pain in…

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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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WhatsApp updates iPhone app to subscription model

For years one of the premiere smartphone instant messaging apps has been WhatsApp Messenger. Before iMessage was developed, many iPhone users regularly used WhatsApp as their primary messaging platform in order to avoid using text/multimedia messages. While over the years WhatsApp has been a variety of prices, generally the iPhone price has been set at…

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iThing of the Week: Dumb Ways to Die

Dumb Ways to Die is a game by Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd. DWtD is an action game similar to McPixel. You have to complete required tasks in a short amount of time to prevent the deaths of characters. In addition to saving lives, the goal of DWtD is to collect characters at your train…

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Five Years of the App Store Means Free Apps

To celebrate 5 years of the App Store it looks like there are a bunch of apps that have been marked free today.  This includes some fantastic apps like Infinity Blade 2.  For free its well worth checking these out.  Here’s the list of free apps that have been discovered so far.  Barefoot World Atlas…

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iThing of the Week: Games! Games! Games!

Last week, I ended my critique of Star Trek Rivals and Fast & Furious 6: The Game with the suggestion of playing something else. I would be remiss if I didn’t offer other games to play. In addition to Waking Mars and Ridiculous Fishing, the following are some of my favorite iOS games from the…

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Google+ is almost better than Facebook

Over the weekend a long time friend of mine made an announcement that he was going to be less active on Facebook instead spending more time on Google+. While I quite enjoyed Google+ when it launched I found the mobile app to be barely useable and the desktop version to be hit and miss –…

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