by technicalguy | Oct 20, 2011 | Computers, Kobo
Toronto based Kobo Inc introduced the Kobo Vox yesterday as a direct competitor to the Kindle Fire – and it’s available in Canada! The Kobo Vox is priced the same as the Kindle Fire at CAN$199 and Kobo expects to start shipping Oct 28 – just prior to...
by technicalguy | Oct 20, 2011 | Cloud, Internet
When you first backup to iCloud it can potentially take a long time. How long does an iCloud backup take? Well like any cloud-based service, iCloud is reliant on your Internet connection speed, so here’s a way to calculate how long it will take. Internet speed...
by technicalguy | Oct 19, 2011 | SmartPhone
The newest version of the Google Android OS for both mobile phone and tablets, known as Ice Cream Sandwich, is out and available on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Android 4.0 is supposed to be the android OS that bridges the phone and tablet, adapting to one or the other...
by technicalguy | Oct 17, 2011 | Computers, How to, Network, Technology
Having trouble accessing a USB drive in Windows XP? Try this Go to the Windows Computer Manager and select the Disk Manager. Does the drive show as a GPT Protected Partition? That’s your problem. What is a GPT Partition? A GTP disk is a disk using the GUID Partition...
by technicalguy | Oct 17, 2011 | How to, Social Media
You’ve set up a Twitter account and have started tweeting – but how do you change from that ugly egg shell to something more personal? That colored egg is your twitter profile picture and it’s what you get by default. How to add your...
