I realize this is a bit of old news. But I was watching CNBC this morning and saw a commercial for a Buick and in the commercial, the owner was in his office (who knows how far away), and he started his car for his daughter from his Android smartphone. This was done using the […]
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Hulu has leaked, in a very nonchalant fashion, information on their website indicating that the Hulu Plus service will be coming to select Android OS 2.2 (Froyo version) handsets. Currently, Hulu Plus is available on the Apple trio of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. This currently iOS offering comes complete with content rendered in […]
Last night I was talking with programmers from India with my iPhone via Skype. The clarity via Skype was impressive both with me talking (there wasn’t any echos) and on me hearing them talk (the sound came through perfectly. Even more of a test was the fact that I was talking with two programmers who […]
Starbucks has just updated all of their stores here in the U.S. with a new payment system that allows you to pay for your coffee by swiping your iPhone. Starbucks announced on Wednesday that all 6800 stores here in the U.S., and the 1,000 stores within Target, are set to allow customers to pay for […]
Back in June, Apple tooks steps to fight the jailbreaking of their devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) by enabling a jailbreak detection API. This nasty little API would actually shut down a device that was detected as being “jailbroken”. What is Jailbreak you ask? It’s basically when someone goes into the device (say an iPhone) […]
Someone asked, via Twitter of course, the following question: Are there any sites/newsletters that notify you of Apple TV movie specials? For example, a list of movies that are $1 this week..? I’m making an assumption here (which might not be good…) that the designated location for renting movies on your Apple TV would be […]
Apple has just released their newest update for their iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) called 4.2. The features in the 4.2 update are multitasking, folders and Game Center. Another feature with the newest update is the “Find My Phone” feature that allows you to find your lost iPhone or iPad and even shoot a […]