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ARSoccer for iPhone: Another Augmented Reality iPhone App
Jul 13th
Too tired to go out in the backyard and kick around that soccer ball? Well, now not only do you not even need to go outside, you don’t even need a soccer ball! ARSoccer for iPhone is another one of thoes augmented reality apps, the ones that make things appear through your iPhone’s camera that aren’t actually there in real life.
ARSoccer by LaanLabs sports two game modes and three difficulty levels. You can choose either Arcade Mode of Free Play. Arcade Mode keeps track of your stats, including “hits”, and how long you have been kicking around the virtual ball, whereas More >
Review: iPhone 4
Jul 1st
The iPhone 4 has to be one of the most popular products of the year, up there with the iPad. Today I’m going to both tell you about my buying experience and give you an un-biased review.
I woke up at about 5 a.m. the day of the iPhone 4′s launch and walked over to my neighborhood Apple Store. As I had already pre-ordered the phone, I didn’t expect there to be that long of a line. But boy, was I wrong. By 6:45 a.m. (before the store was even open) the line stretched way out of view of the store. I More >
Top 5 Safari Extensions
Jun 21st
Along with Safari 5 came a nice little feature, extensions. Extensions allows developers to make little modifications/additions to Safari and then let people download them like they would an application. Today, I am going to be telling you my top five favorite Safari Extensions.
You may need some help enabling Safari Extensions. Click here. Also, make sure you’ve installed the new Safari 5 before trying to turn extensions on!
Gmail Checker
Gmail Checker places a little button with a mail icon in Safari’s toolbar next to the address bar. The little red notification dot appears when you have new emails in your Gmail More >
Save Time With TextExpander for Mac
Jun 16th
Do you like saving time? Do you find yourself typing the same thing over and over again on a daily basis? Why not try TextExpander for Mac? TextExpander is a Mac application which allows you to give it some text that you routinely type and then set an abbreviation for the text. For example, say I always type “CPAley’s Tech Blog”. I could set it so that when I type bblog it automatically takes bblog and replaces it with “CPAley’s Tech Blog”.
TextExpander has to be one of the best productivity apps out there. It’s more of a tool than an More >
Review: Belkin N+ Wireless Router
May 8th
How do you connect to the internet? WiFi? Ethernet? Yesterday I picked up a new wireless router for my home. I got a Belkin N+ Wireless Router for about $75.00 from Amazon.com. Today I will be giving you an in-depth review of the router.
The Belkin N+ Wireless Router is a great router. It supports 802.11n, USB network storage, gigabit ethernet, and up to a 1200 feet range. One feature that I thought was nifty was the light that shows you how much data you are downloading at any given time. As for the USB storage, there’s still a lot missing. First More >
Review: Xbox LIVE Vision
Apr 21st
Have you ever wanted to video chat on the Xbox 360? This is where the Xbox LIVE Vision comes in. The XBL Vision works as both a camera for video chatting on the Xbox 360 and also as a webcam. Today I will be reviewing the camera both as a webcam an as a video chatting device for the 360.
360 Video Chat:
This is pretty lame. I don’t know why but for some reason, it’s hard to video chat when nobody has a camera. It might be because I don’t have 3,000 friends on XBL. Does Microsoft need to utilize the More >
StreamDesk: Watch Live Streams Right From Your Desktop!
Apr 13th
Do you watch live streams? They seem to be the new big thing online. With services live Ustream and Justin.tv, anyone can broadcast a live show directly from their desk. But how do we watch their streams? Yes, we can watch them on the streaming service’s website and sometimes on the streamer’s website. But what if you want to watch it on your desktop without opening up your web browser? That’s where StreamDesk comes in.
StreamDesk is a dead-simple application for both the Mac and PC which allows you to watch live streams from all the popular streaming services right on More >