Tag: Apple
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On Banning Apps and Care-taking: Apple vs the World
BGR reported on Tuesday about an application that attempted to trick users into setting a passcode identical to the pin used to lock their iPhones. The app then transmitted the PIN numbers in the background to the developer — albeit anonymously — who used them to publish a report covering the most commonly used iPhone…
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BlackBerry’s PlayBook Fail: Two Weeks Later
I’ve now been using the BlackBerry PlayBook for over two weeks now and to be quite honest its a terrible device but it has yet to win me over. I’m still not too sure if it’s all of the previous years of being a BlackBerry handheld user or the short time I have been using…
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DadCast Episode 38 •
How to Maintain a Healthy Eating Lifestyle What you eat each day affects your health and how you feel now and in the future. Good nutrition plays a major role in helping you lead a healthy lifestyle. When combined with physical activity, your diet can help you reach and maintain a healthy weight and reduce…
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The iPhone Goes Where No Mac Has Gone Before
After a year of using a MacBook full-time in the workplace, my new job has placed me in a position where I am using a Windows Lappie again. There are some good things that are worth giving up for even better opportunities. No matter how humbling it is for a developer to suddenly have his…
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On Geeks and Legacy Hardware
ForkBombr — A Substitute for the Extended II Keyboard: “I was quite sad. I use an Extended II at home and at work for a reason — the feel is great, the key travel is just right and the noise2 is simply amazing. I took the keyboard and the iMate home, to test it with…
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DadCast Episode 37 • Applecentric ForkBombr
Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we had to sequester all of the Dads into their own man caves and home studios to avoid any risk of catching a Meat Space virus or bug. So we all jumped onto Skype where we were joined by a slightly chilled but otherwise…
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DadCast Episode 33 • The Zombie Show: It’s The Yeast We Can Do
Quite possiby the Livest we’ve ever been… This week we welcome André Nantel, renowned FiB Montreal Systems Biologist, Photographer, Traveller, Gamer, and experienced Dad of two to the Mesa 14 Restaurant on Bishop for a very special live edition of the show. Among the many topics of the night, we finally find out what biologist…
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DadCast Special Edition I • Le Café Balado
This special French edition of the DadCast was recorded on Tuesday November 9th TWENTY TEN with Alexis Corneiller of Montreal’s Ile Sans Fils project and stems from some discussions we were having on Twitter about the idea of a PodCast Café. Our Regular English language podcast will be back with episode 31 but for now…