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Apple Unveils iOS 7

Today has been a big tech day.  While Microsoft was providing more details on the Xbox One at E3 Apple was showing off newest version of iOS at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference.  That’s right, with the release of iOS 7 Apple is doing their first major change to iOS since the iPhone was originally released…

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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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iThing of the Week: Star Trek Rivals and Fast & Furious 6: The Game

Two of this summer’s biggest films are Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6. Coinciding with the release of these two films are two games for the iPhone and iPad. Both games are free with plenty of opportunities for in-game purchases and have little to offer in terms of enhancing their cinematic counterparts…

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Twitter adds two-step authentication…

Reports of security issues with Twitter accounts seem to have been on the rise over the last several months and it appears Twitter has had enough. Twitter announced that it’s added an option for two-step authentication to help prevent accounts from being compromised. When a user enables the verification option on their account, Twitter will…

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iThing of the Week: PicsPlay Pro

Once I got my iPhone, my digital camera went on a shelf and hasn’t seen the light of day for over two years. While taking pictures using my phone is convenient, importing photos to my computer just to edit them can be time consuming. I’ve been looking for a good photo editing app, and PicsPlay…

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iThing of the Week: Waking Mars and Ridiculous Fishing

I’ve been playing games on my iPhone since I got one, but most of the games I played were card games or similarly simple games like Peggle. A game that was released last year, Waking Mars, is more ambitious than Solitaire Golf in scope and mechanics. While I liked the concept of Waking Mars, I…

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Space Exploration and David Bowie = Geekgasm

Earlier today I read about an incredibly Geeky YouTube video which pushed close to 3 million views in a day. Now you might be thinking, ‘So, what’s fancy about that?’ Well ever since I was a young chap I’ve loved music from David Bowie. I have countless memories of singing a variety of Bowie songs…

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iThing of the Week: TV Apps

When I was younger, there were three channels available to watch on TV. I grew up in rural Indiana, and I remember I was the remote and the one who had to adjust the antenna to make the signal clear. Cable came and then satellite dishes for the home, bringing more channels to homes. Now,…

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D-LINK DAP-1320 Wireless Extender Review

I’ll admit that while networking has always been a priority for me in any of the places I’ve lived, I generally stay pretty traditional using a simple combination of wired and wireless configurations. Although I’ve had situations where my wireless signal has been weak in areas, I’ve simply solved that by the changing the placement…

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