by Joshua H. on April 30, 2012 in Apps, Product Reviews
iMessage merges with your text messaging on iOS, and your instant messaging on your computer in iMessages beta. We have three technologies effectively being treated as one. Dan Moren over at Macworld is making a case for this concept being overloaded. On the face of things, instant messaging and text messaging are technologies that seem [...]
by Joshua H. on April 30, 2012 in Apps, Product Reviews, Social Media
I know many people that consider Klout useless. There isn’t much good that can come of focusing on the service. If you want to have content that gets re-shared, create content that gets re-shared. If you want to interact with your followers and build a network, do it. It doesn’t take a Klout score to [...]
by Joshua H. on April 29, 2012 in Apps, Gadgets, News
Apple is currently facing a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, in which they are claiming that Apple’s agency model is a product of conspiracy. Traditional Media Newspapers, magazines, and other traditional media outlets want a pass. They don’t even want to pay the 30% that Apple is being sued against. ‘I don’t think you [...]
by Morgan Williams on April 27, 2012 in Apps
This week’s Spotify rumor: Spotify is creating an online Radio to compete with Pandora. Spotify already has a feature called “Radio,” but the new service will allow Spotify to benefit from governmental legislation that grants Spotify access to lower royaltee fees and more songs. What does this mean for Pandora? In the past decade, Pandora [...]
by Joshua H. on April 27, 2012 in Apps, Social Media
Have you used Snapguide? It’s a slick iOS app that makes it easy to create, view and share guides online. The app is addictive and gorgeous. One of the best designed apps on the store. Pinterest addition I’ve pointed out before that Pinterest isn’t an overnight success. The service has been around for years. They [...]
by Joshua H. on April 27, 2012 in Apps, New Technology, News
You know, now that Instagram had it’s big exit, we’re going to hear ‘it’s Instagram for _‘ more times than any of us can stand. I’m going to write this whole post and try to avoid that phrase. Instagram really has been a phenomenal app. What Instagram did for personal photo sharing, we likely need [...]
by Caleb Hicks on April 25, 2012 in Apps
If your data doesn’t exist in two places, it doesn’t exist at all. You’ve heard it a hundred times before, you should be backing up everything that is important to you. If one little thing goes wrong on the magnetic disk that spins upwards of 7200 per minute, your entire photo collection can disappear. While [...]
by Caleb Hicks on April 24, 2012 in Apps
If you are one of the 59% of users who think that Facebook will ruin the Instagram experience, you may have another option in OpenPhoto. OpenPhoto was funded through Kickstarter last summer as an open Instagram alternative. You can save pictures to Dropbox and comment, share, or tag them in the iPhone app. All of [...]
by Morgan Williams on April 23, 2012 in Apps, Product Reviews
OneReceipt is a simple and convenient app that helps you track your finances. Here’s what they have to say about themselves: We keep all your receipts, and we mean ALL (paper and digital), in one convenient place. Automatically track your digital receipts OneReceipt links to your email account. It automatically pulls the financial information out [...]