iPhone

Voice activation just got real

(Jan 16, 2012) This guy hacked his iPhone to use Siri to control his home appliances. Voice command is happening and this guy knows where it...

Remembering Steve Jobs

(Oct 19, 2011) I was riding my bike past the Apple store the other day and I noticed a medium-sized crowd gathered around the storefront. Bystan...

A New Generation Of Comic Books

(Jul 18, 2011) My appreciation of the print medium likely started when I was a kid. My mom would drop me off at the local drug store’s com...

Instagram Phenomenon (?)

(Jun 07, 2011) Before I begin, let me explain why I chose to write about Instagram. I call it a phenomenon because Instagram is much more than o...

Apps Apps Apps

(May 10, 2011) Bloom What happens when a master ambient composer and a brilliant musician team up to make an iPhone app?  Bloom is an iPhone ap...

Summer’s Coming, But No Need for the Gym With Fitness Apps

(May 06, 2011) iPhone 4: my favorite gym (Photo CC by 2.0, via Patrick Hoesly on Flickr) With summer approaching, of course comes the annual rac...

iPhone uPhone!

(May 05, 2011) iPhone pic taken with Hipstamatic and my new wide angel lens. iFinally got an iPhone.  It feels like I’m the last one on t...

OkCupid Explains Dating

(Apr 19, 2011) via OkCupid I’ve never visited OkCupid in search of a mate - the site started after I was already paired up. But I find mys...

iLove

(Mar 29, 2011) I did it. I bought an iPhone.  And you know what?  I love that thing like I’ve never loved a phone before. I equate this m...

iPhone Envy

(Feb 22, 2011) It’s official: My Blackberry Pearl has been rendered obsolete by a new generation of Smartphones.  While going through air...

Vancouver Overwhelmed by Flocks of Angry Birds

(Feb 09, 2011) I have to admit, I’m hooked on a pocket size video game in a manner I’ve not seen since I first played Tetris on my G...

Going Digital: Apple vs. Android

(Jan 19, 2011) The ipad: Portable Multitasking at it's finest Okay, so the Digital Revolution technically began around 1980, and it’s n...

Canadian Mobilty Providers Suck

(Jan 12, 2011) Canadian cell phone companies are notorious. Plans are expensive, the newest cell phones are unavailable (or wait-listed) and to ...

Cooking Apps Marry High-Tech With Classic Techniques

(Jan 05, 2011) A screenshot of the Cook's Illustrated app Cooking, and especially baking, is a huge passion/hobby/professional pursuit for m...

Plugged In Without a Laptop

(Oct 27, 2010) I recently left my longtime post as a full-time newspaper/blog editor, one that required me to be electronically plugged in 24/...