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Kill Time On the Go with StumbleUpon’s New iPhone App

Aug 26, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Next time you’re standing in line or at Doctor’s office for an appointment you will thank me for bringing this excellent App to your attention. Stumbleupon’s new mobile apps, specifically the iPhone app (what I’m using) allows users to discover new sites, pictures, videos on YouTube, and much more with a push of a button. [...]

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Are Your Photos Trapped in Facebook? Use FBPhotoExport to Save Them to Your Computer

Aug 20, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Do you feel that all pictures of you are trapped inside Facebook? Think about all of the tagged pictures that others have uploaded of you from parties, family events, and nights out. Imagine trying to go through each album to try to copy and paste those pictures so that you can save them to your [...]

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Use Shutdown Timer to Schedule Computer Shutdowns

Aug 20, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Shutdown Timer is a utility which allows you to schedule when your computer shuts down, restarts, logs off, other perform other actions listed below. You might wonder why you would need a utility like this, I don’t blame you. Say you  wanted to have your computer shutdown after a long process like burning a DVD [...]

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How to Zap Links, Maps, Text, and Phone Numbers to Your Android Phone from Your Browser

Aug 19, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

How many times have you found a great website, image, or link that wish you could instantly send to your mobile phone? If this has happened more than once or you’re looking to be in the cusp of Chrome and Android development you might want to give Chrome to Phone a try. The recently announced [...]

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Why I Regret Buying the iPad Wi-Fi Model and Other iPad Buying Advice

Aug 19, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

This post is a response to several questions I’ve received from readers and friends who are on the fence about buying an iPad. I have found that in each case that I’ve answered the question, the answer always varies and for this reason I will try to come up with a list of scenarios based [...]

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Barnes & Noble Rebrands Their eBook Reader Apps to Nook

Aug 18, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

In a move to reaffirm their place in the competitive eBook market, Barnes & Noble has rebranded the eBook Reader App across all platforms to Barnes & Noble Nook. This helps with customer’s association of the Nook eBook reader released by Barnes & Noble last year and their multi-platform eBook reader apps. It appears that [...]

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Watch Recorded Shows and More on Your iPhone with the AT&T U-verse App

Aug 18, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to schedule your favorite shows on the go? Or to be able to watch the latest episode while away from home? As a U-verse customer you will be able to do all that plus more with the recently released U-verse app for the iPhone. However in order to stream [...]

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Forget Your USB Flash Drive and Use Your iPhone Instead

Aug 18, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

If you’re tired of carrying USB Flash Drives and are looking for a way to safely and securely store information on the go, what better option than the device you already have with you all day long, your iPhone.
Chances are that you have a couple of free gigs of space on your iPhone that are [...]

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Tip: Save Precious Ink and Paper with Print What You Like

Aug 18, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

How many times have you printed a great article on the Internet and find that what looked like a single page print turns out to be 3 or 4 pages? This usually happens because of the website’s formatting, ads, and background images. Think about all of the paper and ink that you just wasted on [...]

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Access All of Your iPhone’s Images, Recordings, and Other Information with iPhone Explorer

Aug 17, 2010 View Comments by Gilberto J Perera

iTunes can sometimes be a tedious and a rather limited method of accessing the files stored on your iOS device. Thankfully the developers from Macroplant have made available a free application, iPhone Explorer which allows you to access the files and information from your iOS device with an easy to use drag and drop interface. [...]

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