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I recently purchased a new iPhone 4S after having used the original Nexus One for over two years. Now, like most of you who’ve changed phones more than once, I was prepared for the hard (and irritating) work of transferring my contacts from the Android to the iPhone. In the good ‘ol days...

Most computer users use or carry around some kind of portable hard drive or flash disk these days. Considering how we use our computers, almost all of those portable drives tend to store an alarming amount of sensitive data. Have you ever thought what would happen if you lose the disk and the data gets...

Note: I don’t own an Apple TV and the views are my own after going through Apple’s keynote and reading through the various reviews and specs on Apple’s site. Apple announced the latest version of their “hobby” product, the Apple TV, at an event on March 7. They also announced...

Apple announced the release of a new iPad yesterday. According to Apple, this new iPad is going to be the best ever. It has the best screen of any mobile device ever. It has battery life that is equal or better to the previous iPad and it runs the 2,00,000 excellent applications already written for the...

As awesome as the iPhone is, it has a lot of shortcomings. Apple fans would like to claim that Apple doesn’t really play the “features” game and would rather implement a few features well than having a hundred ill conceived features like it’s rivals. I agree with Apple’s...

Apple’s iPhone and iPad are considered to be really picky when it comes to the type of video formats they play. And rightfully so. The iOS family of devices, that include the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch, support only a few video formats and refuse to play anything else. In fact, iTunes itself...

The last couple of years have really seen the online music scene explode. While Pandora has been around for a while, now we have Rdio, Spotify, MOG and probably a million others. The difference between these newer apps and the likes of Pandora is that the newer app really make listening to music a social...

When I started writing this piece, I just couldn’t come up with the one angle that I wanted to cover. Pretty much everything that could be written on the topic, has been written. The tech blogs as well as the the mainstream media have published their views and thoughts. Even Apple CEO Tim Cook...

As a music lover, I can understand the desire to constantly look out for the latest and greatest in the music world. All of us have our favorites, sure! But, the joy of discovering new music by known bands and awesome new indie tracks is something only a true music lover will appreciate. As I was browsing...

If you’re as lazy as I am, you really couldn’t be bothered with shutting down your computer every night before sleeping, and then having to turn it on again in the morning. Besides, being a minor annoyance, this really shouldn’t be a necessity in the 21st century! I mean, shouldn’t...