Surprise! Walmart’s unlimited iPhone 5 data plan not so unlimited

Jacqui Cheng, arstechnica.com When Walmart announced earlier this month that it would begin selling the iPhone 5 with a surprisingly affordable $45-per-month, unlimited everything plan, there was much rejoicing. After all, you could never get away with paying that little per… Surprise! Walmart’s unlimited iPhone 5 data plan not so unlimited Related articles Unlimited iPhone … Continue reading Surprise! Walmart’s unlimited iPhone 5 data plan not so unlimited

17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley

17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley By Linda Tischler, fastcodesign.com David Kel­ley is well-known for his astute appli­ca­tion of design think­ing to many of life’s intractable prob­lems. Less known is that he’s also a ver­i­ta­ble Dr. Phil of good advice about life, careers, and the impor­tance of not being a… RT @FastCompany: “You’re the … Continue reading 17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley

All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook

Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com No more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G! Face­book just let loose with a new update to the Mes­sen­ger app for iPhone, which until now was restrict­ed to text mes­sag­ing, sort of like … Continue reading All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook

iPhone 5 coming to Walmart

iPhone 5 coming to Walmart’s Straight Talk prepaid plans January 11th Brad Molen, engadget.com Cus­tomers have been able to enjoy the iPhone expe­ri­ence on Wal­mart’s Straight Talk “BYOD” phone plans for quite some time now, but the pre­paid provider will begin direct­ly sell­ing the iPhone 5 — as well as the iPhone 4 — on … Continue reading iPhone 5 coming to Walmart

Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone

Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone hands-on Kevin Wong, engadget.com Ear­li­er at CES, we got our hands on the Rode iXY 30-pin stereo micro­phone iPhone add-on that left our Light­ning users a bit sad. Cheer up! The folks over at Zoom got us over to their booth to take a peek at the com­pa­ny’s new iQ5 … Continue reading Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone

Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone

Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone, iPad by Jennifer Van Grove, cnet.com Need a pulse check? iSpO2 — an iPhone and iPad accessory — gives you an immediate reading on your vitals. LAS VEGAS—The iSpO2 by Masi­mo ports the hos­pi­tal check­up expe­ri­ence to iPhones and iPads and makes on-the-spot pulse read­ings… http://flip.it/wJG9a Related … Continue reading Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone

Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services

Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services John Paczkowski, allthingsd.com Apple does hard­ware and soft­ware well, and it’s at the top of its game when it does them togeth­er. But when it comes to Web ser­vices, the com­pa­ny is a lag­gard, with an ever-lengthening conga line of mis­steps. There are hands-down fias­co… http://flip.it/fuyg5 Related … Continue reading Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services

Turn your iPhone into an action cam

Mophie OutRide action-cam case for iPhone now available: 170 degrees of Xmas footage for $150 Sarah Silbert, engadget.com We took a look at Mophie’s Out­Ride ruggedi­zed action-cam case back at IFA in August, but the month of Decem­ber noto­ri­ous­ly brings many more photo ops. Per­haps that’s why the com­pa­ny has cho­sen to announce avail­abil­i­ty of … Continue reading Turn your iPhone into an action cam

Why and what you need to keep learning to stay competitive

Learning Should Be Your Top 2013 New Year’s Resolution Eze Vidra, thenextweb.com As we get clos­er to the New Year, the rit­u­al of mak­ing res­o­lu­tions begins and we all flock to the usual pat­terns: we want to to eat health­i­er, work out more, get pro­mot­ed, or spend more time with our kids and fam­i­ly. These … Continue reading Why and what you need to keep learning to stay competitive

Why you must keep learning to stay competitive

Learning Should Be Your Top 2013 New Year’s Resolution Eze Vidra, thenextweb.com As we get clos­er to the New Year, the rit­u­al of mak­ing res­o­lu­tions begins and we all flock to the usual pat­terns: we want to to eat health­i­er, work out more, get pro­mot­ed, or spend more time with our kids and fam­i­ly. These … Continue reading Why you must keep learning to stay competitive

Why Apple, Google and Microsoft are not doomed

Contrary to media frenzies, Apple is not giving up on innovation (it is actually becoming a more efficient, responsible, transparent and happier place to work). The Year of Doom For Microsoft, Google and Apple Haydn Shaughnessy, forbes.com 2012 was the year of the doom mer­chant in busi­ness. In the fan­ta­sy world of dying plan­ets earth … Continue reading Why Apple, Google and Microsoft are not doomed

How and why to get an iPhone without the contract

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T Mobile as an alternative to iPhone mobile carrier contract lock in

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TMobile offers real 4G on iPhone for half the price

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T Mobile to make iPhone plans more affordable

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How the iPhone can streamline cumbersome medical care

Top Ten Medical Uses of the iPhone internetmedicine.com (SOURCE: John Ben­nett MD: http://www.internetmedicine.com) Decem­ber 15, 2012 The cre­ation and wide­spread use of the iPhone has impact­ed many indus­tries, and now has affect­ed Med­i­cine in many ways. In many­cas­es the iPhone appli­fies the po… http://flip.it/0JXBc  

Case lets you film people with an iPhone laying flat (like presidential campaign fund raisers)

iPhone case allows you to take photos with phone held horizontally Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net The Mir­ror­Case for the iPhone lets you take pho­tos while hold­ing the phone flat, like an old-timey cam­era. It seems like a good way to shoot video of your­self, too - just set it on a table and do your thing. … Continue reading Case lets you film people with an iPhone laying flat (like presidential campaign fund raisers)

Driving apps reviewed: do black box apps really work?

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Dashcam: iPhone black box app for car

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iCar app black box reviewed

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