Category: Gadget-related Services
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Gadget Links: 13 Miles Away Isn’t Close Enough Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ode To A Burrito — Chipotle Mexican Grill on Fast Company: “Good food wrapped in a socially responsible message has created legions of Chipotle fans — and a superhot business. Acquired by McDonald’s in 1998 when there were only 14 Chipotles, the company went public in 2006 with 500 stores and…
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Gadget Links: No Time to Play Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top 7 Web Applications for Sending Large Files on Geekpreneur: “If you’ve ever had to send a large file to someone, you know the hardships that arise. Email services keep strict limits on attachment sizes. What’s more is that it’s often hard to send more than one attachment at a time.…
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Gadget Links: Between Hockey Games Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Complete Guide to iPhone Car Integration on iLounge.com: A great article that covers nearly every accessory for using your iPhone in the car without violating the laws requiring hands-free use of mobile phones in many parts of the USA. [ via TUAW ] MacBook Air review round-up on TUAW: “Ah, it…
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Garmin Releases GPS Management Application for MacOS X
Reading Time: < 1 minute MacRumors reports that Garmin released a new beta version of their Bobcat GPS management tool for MacOS X. This beta of version 2.0 of the software includes the following features: transfer waypoints, tracks, and routes between a Mac and Garmin GPS device, manage maps and DRM keys for transfer to…
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Gadget Links: Mid MacWorld Expo Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gmail IMAP Change in 1.13 – Apple Phone Show on Apple Phone Show Blog: “The 1.13 upgrade to the iPhone automatically changes POP configured Gmail to IMAP….” I saw the change in folder arrangement on my iPhone after I updated the firmware, but I didn’t realize the implications of it…
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Comments on Steve Jobs’ 2008 MacWorld Expo Keynote
Reading Time: 2 minutes I expected to be wowed by Steve Jobs’ 2008 MacWorld Expo Keynote a lot more than I actually was. However, I was doing other things while the event was going on (real work), and the products that I was most interested in (mainstream Mac laptops) didn’t get addressed in this keynote…
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Then FiOS TV Went Down with an Odd Set Top Box Problem
Reading Time: 2 minutes At The Home Office, the week of gadget craziness continued. On Sunday night my son Jimmy wanted to watch Teletubbies on FiOS Video On Demand before he went to bed. (Kathleen suggested it and Jimmy got excited about the idea, so that was the plan.) Anyway, we brought up the FiOS…
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How I Fixed the Power Switch on The Blogging Workstation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday I received another sign that it’s time to buy a new computer. The Blogging Workstation that just experienced a power supply failure wouldn’t start again. When I pushed the power button, nothing happened. I pulled the front bezel off of the tower and immediately found that the positive lead on…
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Steve Garfield’s Blog Covering Comcast Rollout of TiVo Software on Motorola DVR Boxes
Reading Time: < 1 minute PVRblog pointed out that Steve Garfield is blogging about the Comcast deployment of TiVo software on their existing Motorola DVR set-top boxes. I found an article on Steve’s site that includes a Ustream video tour of the Comcast / TiVo user interface. Overall, the experience looks similar to the TiVo…