Category: 818: RotW | That Annoying LED Flash, Installing Lion on a Second Partition, Mother’s Day

Grab your favorite mom a techy gift this year. Many of our gifts and specials are under $20, but of course, we’re sure she wouldn’t say no to an iPod touch or iPad. “*Visit Smalldog.com/mom*”:http://www.smalldog.com/mom for more Mobile Mom specials!

Jim Kelly from “*Wired.com’s GeekDad blog*”:http://www.wired.com conducted a “truck-test” of the “*Hammerhead Capo case,*”:https://www.smalldog.com/search?x=0&y=0&search=capo+case which means he purposefully ran over the case–with an iPad inside–to see the results. “*Check out his full article here,*”:http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/05/rolled-over-an-ipad-with-my-truck/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredgeekdad+%28Blog+-+GeekDad%29 and take a look at the video “*on our blog, Barkings!*”:http://blog.smalldog.com Amazing stuff…nary a scratch on the case, and the iPad…

Calling all hackers, coders, programmers, and developers of all shapes and sizes! Spend a weekend with us and change the world! Join us for Small Dog Electronics’s very first Burlington, VT Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event. This event is part of RHoK Global, which hosts simultaneous hackathons all around the world on June 2nd-3rd.…

One of the most commonly returned pieces of equipment due to ‘defect’ or frustration is the Canon LBP600p Laser Printer. Time and again, we have people call unable to set up the device, assuming that the units are failing due to the fact that after configuring, they cannot print to the device. In most (if…

OS X Lion has been out for about a year. There are a lot of people who want to upgrade, but can’t due to application compatibility issues. They are dependent on programs that are too expensive to upgrade or are no longer maintained by the developer. Many of those holdouts are now learning that they…

Apple has built many accessibility features into OS X, and VoiceOver is one of the most prominent. In iOS 5, there are also many preferences that can be activated to make notifications more accessible for the hearing impaired. We recently received a call from a parent who was assisting his child with an iPhone whose…

Today’s word is “upgrade!” Apple released iOS 5.1.1 yesterday, which offers a few bug fixes related to HDR photography and AirPlay playback as well as some security patches for Safari and URL handling. Also, the clock is ticking on MobileMe–Apple has already offered a free copy of Snow Leopard when you upgrade to iCloud. To…