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There are hundreds of internet radio stations out there, and plenty of digital radio stations that you’ll probably never get the time to listen to. This is partly because digital radios, even though they’ve been around for a decade now, are still not that common place. It’s also because the production of portable digital radios […]
For the vast majority of people, serial numbers are incomprehensible numbers and letters that don’t really mean much. They’re in small font on the back of your phone and you don’t really pay them much attention. Until now. Serial numbers are actually much more interesting than it first appear. The saying don’t judge a book […]
Whenever you access a URL on the Internet your Mac checks the address against a list of IP addresses stored in the hosts file. Normally your Mac doesn’t find what it’s looking for in the hosts file and quickly moves on to resolving the web address via the DNS (Domain Name System) server.
Talking to your computer and having it recognise your speech used to be a technology that only appeared in science fiction movies, but since Apple’s introduction of their voice activated personal assistant Siri verbally commanding your way around iOS has become common place. In this article I’ll show you how to add voice-recognition to your Mac so that you can enjoy […]
If you’ve already closed your Instagram account and don’t know what to with the photos you’ve got, then this is the post for you. If you haven’t yet done that and want to, you can find out how to do that here. Instagram has long been one of the most popular photo sharing sites on […]
With Facebook’s recent purchase of Instagram, people are bailing out in their thousands and looking for other alternatives. Facebook have clearly had a disastrous effect on the site they are buying, with many fearing what Zuckerberg’s company will do to the photo sharing service. If you are one of those wanting out, here is a […]
If you like number crunching and have an iPad or iOS device, I imagine that one of your biggest disappointments is the lack of Microsoft Office and Excel on the device. The latter is the mother of all spreadsheet and number crunching programs, and is used by people the world over either for some serious […]
The past few days have seen the emergence of one biggest Mac malware attacks in recent years in the form of the Flashback trojan. It exploits Java vulnerabilities in non-updated versions OS X to infect the Mac. Luckily there are very simple ways you can find out firstly if you have it, and then how […]
While the classic flight simulator is perhaps slightly less mainstream today than it was several years ago, there is still a huge audience for them. What’s more, with the appearance of iOS, this category of game has been transitioned to mobile devices, with considerable success. Let’s take a look at one of the best for […]
Lion’s new Launchpad feature adds the ability to organize and quickly access applications on your Mac in a similar way as you do on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. By organizing similar or frequently used applications together into Folders, you can keep them arranged to suit your workflow, or just make it easier to […]
With the release of Lion, Apple introduced the ability to wirelessly “sync” your data between your devices using iCloud. To “sync” means to synchronize your data, so that by entering it onto one of your iOS devices or Mac computers, it is updated to all of them. This saves you having to re-enter your calendar […]
One highlight of iOS 5 for the Apple iPad and iPhone is the free “Find My Friends” App by Apple. Together with the iCloud feature introduced with Mac OS X Lion, this map-based App uses the built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) on your iPad and iPhone, to allow you and your friends to share your […]
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