Beware of scammers while getting info on your Pebble Watch I already got mine, but I read this on Reddit and thought I should pass it on. I got my pebbles almost 2 weeks back and yet again i received another emAil confirming my pre-order with a link to Pay for the same I could have been greedy and done that but something stoped me… Read More
Free Windows 8.1 upgrade set to release in Oct. .. it aint much I have Windows 8 on all of my machines. Not so much because I live Windows 8, but more that I got the licenses when they were on sale and it actually runs better on old machines. That being said, I have yet to use the chicklet ‘metro’ elements of the OS. Even on my… Read More
iOS Smartwatch Pro. Get your calendar and tweets on your Pebble. No Jailbreak required OK, so we still have yet to see the Promise on iOS unjailbroken fully realized, but we are getting closer. A few days back a new App was deployed in the App store called Smartwatch Pro. This app give those non jailbroken iPhone users a little closer to their Android brethren. Here4 is what version… Read More
IKEA uses Augmented Reality. It is highly effective Augmented Reality (AR) has been around for a long time, but it has yet to really find a local role in a major vender. That has changed. IKEA has a new app that work on both iOS and Android that will allow you check out various IKEA furniture as it would look in your place.… Read More
Pebble 1.2 released! Gmail support for iOS without jailbreak Today Pebble released update 1.2. So far, the only thing I have noticed is Gmail support. But that is huge. I know with Android you can already do this with various tools, but for non jailbroken iOS users, this is a great new function. Now this is not the greatest thing in the world if… Read More
My fortnight review of the Pebble or How I use my Pebble even though its limited. So its been just over 2 weeks (fortnight) that I’ve been using the Pebble constantly and here is what I have discovered. Its VERY limited with my iPhone. I’m sitting on 6.3.1 and have not bothered to jailbreak yet (been really busy lately) so the only thing that works is phone numbers, text and music… Read More
Kevin Rose throwing a raccoon. Seems the founder of Digg will kick your ass if you attack his dog There is not a whole lot to say here that the video does not say. Seems Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, heard his down yelping in pain. He comes out to see his dog and a raccoon fighting. So what does bad ass Rose do? He charges in dressed in his always fashionable boxes and… Read More
Lytro camera goes on sale in the UK. Does anyone care? and at £400? I remember when the Lytro infinite focus camera came out. I was pretty excited and could not wait to get my hands on one. Then I got my hands on one. Meh. First, a little background. The Lytro camera will let you take a picture then let you change the focus AFTER the shot is… Read More
Nest Thermostat on the Pebble watch Yup. If you have a Nest Thermostat and an iPhone, then you are on luck. You can get your nest data on our Pebble. Sweet. Right now its read only, but the dev is working on change the temp from the watch! Nice. Lets keep an eye out and with him luck. http://forums.getpebble.com/discussion/6556/nest-thermostat-with-pebble… Read More
Should I get the Pebble or wait for Apple’s iWatch? This was a question posted on Reddit. It brought up a good conversation, but I think I can condense it into a few point to help you decided between buying a Pebble or other smart watch now, or wait for the Apple iWatch. Before I bought my Pebble through kick starter a year ago, got… Read More
Top 10 apps for the pebble watch. Or perhaps just 10 I finally got my Pebble watch after near a year from when I bought it on kickstarter. When I first bought it I figured, well there will not be many applications at first, but hopefully some core useful apps will come out. Now that I have the watch my reaction is .. meh. However, Best… Read More
How to get name tag adhesive off a shirt after you washed it. Tip #954 It was only a matter of time. I go to a fair number of events, not as many as others, but enough. And every now and again I will put on a name tag. Since I do not go to that many and I do not always put a paper name tag on, I sometimes… Read More
Top Gear reviews the Ford Fiesta. Chase through a shopping mall and then a beach invasion. Yes, a nice clean standard car review from the stodgy conservative folks at Top Gear. The Ford Fiesta, even the green one, is not terribly exciting. However, give enough resources and cooperative shopping mall, it can be done. Still not sure how they convinced the Royal Marines to allow a beach landing during a what… Read More
Microsoft cracks and reverses Xbox One DRM features So Microsoft reversed itself. All along they have been claiming that DRM is the soul of the system, and they reverse it in a few days. What a joke. Here is the thing, the can turn it back on again anytime they want. Also, now they claim they had to remove family and other features. … Read More
Edit Microsoft docs on the iphone. New App from Microsoft 360. Video demo Well this came from nowhere. I guess they do not want to give iPhone users any more reason to get another iPhone instead of a Windows phone, but Office is Microsoft’s biggest profit product, and they know they need to move to the cloud with 360, so they bit the bullet and released an iPhone… Read More
Why did my Twitter app suddenly die? Ah, we were warned and warned. Yesterday, or the day before, twitter API 1.0 was finally turned off. Already seeing the confused posts asking for help. No easy answer I’m afraid. You can read more here. https://dev.twitter.com/blog/api-v1-is-retired I have two apps that died, TwittFilter and NewsSnacker. TwittFilter is a pretty large and dense program, so… Read More
How to get iOS7 IU on your current iPhone via Jailbreak This is a bit late but I have been busy. So its pretty old news now that yes many of the ‘New’ UI improvements in iOS7 have been around for awhile. Many via Jailbreak. So say something you really liked in iOS7? Check out this list. Odds are you can have it. However, before we… Read More
New iOS7 UI as a jailbreaker. Apple shows some Metro love The rumors were true. Apple has finally overhauled its UI; and it looks like a combination of Metro and flaticons (Jailbreak). I guess that says something for the Metro design approach. The redesign is cleaner and more efficient, but somehow it just does not sit well. It feels like its trapped between Metro and the… Read More
Success Gorilla Success Gorilla was successful. That is all. Here is the source. View post on imgur.com… Read More
Custom Risk board maps, Civil war US, Europe, UK, Solar system! This is very cool, and something I have thought about. How cool would it be to have Risk like boards but of different maps, like the US or Europe? Well Havoc has done that. Its a kick starter project but they have 15 designed maps so far, Civil War US, New York, United Kingdom, Los… Read More