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Top 10 Problems with the iPad

Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

For the last month my iPad has changed my computing patterns quite a bit – my Macbook Pro has been staying at home on most trips, which I did not really believe would happen. However, not all is great with the iPad. While Apple might sketc…

Review: Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

Just about any techie would tell you that the slowest part in a modern computer is still the harddrive. In fact, 90% of the time you wait for your computer is because that little needle is busy reading sectors from a very fast spinning disk (…

The Current State of the Appstores…

Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

They have become a filter for our world. Millions of little programs. Here is the current state of all things apps on the mobile.

Via: MBA Online

iPad and Prepaid 3G in SA

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

OK, so you have a brand spanking new iPad 3G, or at least on the way. But you want to get it on a SA cellular network. Sounds simple enough right? Not so fast – there are a few things you need to take note of.
First off, the iPad ships with a n…

Twitter Hones Monetisation Strategy: Meet EarlyBird

Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by Talita in Tech, featured

Twitter is often used as a brand managment tool by social media specialists and now Twitter has decided to capitalise on this fact and the inherent deadly sin of greed. Earlybird will work with selected brands to bring priviledged information to followers about special offers but wait, I’ll let them tell it: “Twitter @earlybird Exclusive [...]

Latest Distimo Report

Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

The Distimo report is a monthly report that shows current trends in the mobile application development marketplace. It takes into account all the handset manufacturers’ different stores through which they distribute applications on their devices. …

Xbox Live coming to South Africa

Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

Oh this will make the gamers happy. For long us South Africans had to use strange methods to be able to use Xbox Live, we had to masquarade as yanks in order to play our games online. What made this doubly insulting is that we pay full price for ou…

iPhone 4 announced: so whats new?

Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

OK – we might be a little late on this one, but I am pretty sure any reader of this blog would have known about the iPhone 4 already. But to the uninformed/uninterested/android using reader, here are some of the things that stand out:

Har…

Google Streetview goes live in SA:

Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

Finally, it is here:

And it works great! I tested this on my iPhone – easy enough to do. Go to an area where StreetView has taken pictures – in this example, Greenpoint. Click on one of the pins that drop on the screen, and you will see a sm…

Review: CoPilot Live 8 for iPhone (South African Maps)

Posted on 31. May, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech, featured

I recently got contacted by the folks at ALK – they wanted to show off their new CoPilot Live product for South Africa. In case you dont know, CoPilot is available on iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile. I have been using the iPhone version for the p…