Category: 885: AirDrop? Activate!, The Bitcoin Adventure, Waze

  • Waze

    “*Waze*”:http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=19XpSnZWhPI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=https://itunes.apple.com/app/waze-social-gps-maps-traffic/id323229106?amp%3Bamp%3Bmt=8&mt=8%26uo%3D6%26partnerId%3D30 is community-based satellite navigation map. Waze reports and alerts are real-time. Traffic accidents, vehicles on the shoulder, police presence, cameras and more are reported and alerts pop as you enter the area. The Waze community in your driving area assists with these pop alerts. If someone reports something, a pop-up appears, asking you to…

  • The Bitcoin Adventure

    Yesterday, I finally dove into the currency of bitcoins. Bitcoins, or BTC, are an electronic currency based on an open-source cryptographic protocol that isn’t part of any central authority. Since their use is entirely digital, all transactions are processed through a computer or smartphone and are verified by servers called bitcoin miners that authorize the…

  • AirDrop? Activate!

    If you are a Mac user with a newer version of the Mac OS, you may already be familiar with the feature AirDrop. AirDrop allows you to quickly and wirelessly share files between your Macs on the same local network. Here is a little Terminal trick to activate it on machines that do not support…

  • Greetings! There has been a lot of speculation about the “iPhone 5C”; while I can’t so much clear this up (read: I know when you know), here’s the rundown on the __rumored__ version of the popular iPhone. As we near September, a month that has been full of iPhone releases in years past, “leaks” of…