Author: Mike

Take this with a grain of salt, of course…ADHERER A buddy of mine who travels quite often told me that he sat on a plane next to an Amazon employee… this employee told my friend that Amazon will be giving free Kindles to Prime members. So if...

Apple is poised to revolutionize the ebook market.  Or destroy it! As predicted, Apple seems to be going after the ebook market with their release of the iPad.  In doing such, they’re obviously starting to cut deals with the publishers to get content for their ebook...

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine and I were having a conversation about what Apple could release as a tablet. Here’s what I was thinking at the time.ADHERER This was before CES and the Lenovo U1, which I think is a first step in...

Honestly, does anyone understand Microsoft’s point in offering upgrade media for Windows 7?  As well, what’s with the different versions? I am trying to figure out why Microsoft would want to screw their customers so much.  I mean, what’s with all the different versions of Windows? ...

I received an invitation to Google Voice.  Come along with me as I explore the service. First off, I am not all that keen on Google Voice yet.  I find it irritating and cumbersome to give everyone a new number to call.  And if it doesn’t...

Google has added Gmail to its Exchange-ready suite to fill out the offerings.  Calendar and Contacts worked near-flawlessly, but is the mail portion of it worth looking into?ADHERER I’d been using GPush ($1.99, Apple App Store) on my iPhone for “push Gmail”, which worked quite well,...

Well, if you haven’t been following, there have been some pretty big things happening with Apple recently. Snow Leopard, or OSX 10.6, was released a few weeks ago.  I upgraded my MacBook Pro, but there’s not much to write home about for average users.  In fact,...

I seem to go through cars far too quickly.  My latest is a 2010 Ford Fusion with the Microsoft SYNC system, which is a geek’s dream! Since I moved to this town seven years ago, I have gone through many cars.  There was the ‘97 Camry,...

So, the iPhone 2.0 software upgrade has brought mixed feelings across the board… here are a few things that have happened to me. I have to rail on AT&T a bit. Sometimes, this stuff just doesn’t make sense. When they say more bars, sometimes I think...