Entries by Peter Kay

Did you get your Windows 10 Free Upgrade notification today?

This morning I saw an interesting desktop notification for the first time: After opening it, was somewhat surprised to see that Microsoft determined I was ready for the free Windows 10 upgrade.   Very smart marketing. Got to admit that I’m intrigued. So I started the upgrade process. I’m a little nervous as I really […]

Google Mobile Phone Service coming to Hawaii?

While it’s not in Hawaii yet, bringing more choices to Hawaii is always a good thing for consumers. Hawaii regulators have granted permission to a subsidiary of Google Inc. to provide its new wireless phone service in Hawaii as part of a nationwide plan, according to a public filing this week. Source: Google gets approval […]

Using your  Apple Watch while driving could get you a ticket.

Better check local laws that dictate how you can use electronic devices while driving. Macesin was hit with a $120 fine for violating the Quebec Highway Safety Code, which states “no person may, while driving a road vehicle, use a hand-held device that includes a telephone function.” Source: Man ticketed for using Apple Watch while […]

Store all your photos online, free, with Google

We live in a digital photo world, snapping hundreds (if not thousands) of pictures per month. You can safely back them all up, for free. Nice job, Google! With Google Photos, you can now backup and store unlimited, high-quality photos and videos, for free. We maintain the original resolution up to 16MP for photos, and […]

Crash an iPHone with just a text message

From the just-to-weird-to-be-true-department: A new bug has been discovered in the Messages app, allowing a string of characters sent to a person via iMessage or SMS to crash an iPhone and cause the Messages app to crash after being opened. Source: New iOS Bug Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message [Includes Fix] – […]

This may be the next car that drives you around town

A world of self-driving cars is right around the corner and I couldn’t be more excited. Google’s car is going to start driving itself on public streets and it will have a “safety driver” aboard to take over if anything goes wrong. Each prototype’s speed is capped at a neighborhood-friendly 25mph, and during this next […]

Why you should drop your Android and switch to iPhone

People ask me all the time about what kind of phone they should get. Almost without exception, my immediate response is “Get an iPhone” for the simple reason that unless you want to massively geek-out with your phone on a regular basis, the iPhone, simply, works. I feel even stronger about my anti-Android feelings. iPhones […]

iPhone 6S features leaked

Here’s what’s said to be coming:. Force Touch Camera upgrade (12mp) Additional microphone for noise cancellation. Faster CPU & more memory Improved Touch ID Improved durability Will you get one? Force Touch is what will likely prove to be the key selling point of the 6S models. Having introduced it on the Apple Watch and […]

Now you can recall that bad tweet, sort of.

You typed in your tweet, hit the send button, and immediately has the “oh Sh*t” moment when you realized it was malformed, whether it’s a typo, bad link, or worse, something you wish you didn’t say. Tweetdeck is going to give you a second chance on this now by confirming you actually want to send […]