Category: Life


Top 5 Free iPhone Apps We’re Most Thankful For

Filed under: Deals, Downloads, Life, News, Other, Reviews, Roundup, Tips by Jerry Chen — 2 Comments
November 25, 2010

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Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks, and as we’re eating our meals, lets not forget those developers. So lets pay tribute to these people, who bring us the free iPhone apps we love.

Lets get started and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the U.S.

1. Dropbox

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Dropbox, the service that allows you to access your files from anywhere, is also available on your iPhone. After installing Dropbox on your computer, you can put any files into the Dropbox folder and they will be automatically sync with Dropbox’s online service, allowing you to access your files online or on your iPhone. You start out with 2GB of free storage, but that’s plenty for a couple of documents. [via Apple]

2. Evernote

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A very robust notes service, Evernote is great at keeping you organized. In conjunction with their desktop application, Evernote allows you to create notes and add anything, from simple text to pictures or audio. Everything is synced between the mobile and desktop version, keeping you the ace of organization. [via Apple]

3. VLC

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Our favorite desktop media player is also available on your iPhone. VLC Media Player for the iPhone allows you to play video extensions not supported by Apple’s native video player. Video playback was smooth for us, even with formats such as WMV. [via Apple]

4. Pandora

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The online version of Pandora is good, but the iPhone app is even better. An online radio service, Pandora is a great place to listen to your favorite artists, totally free. It also helps you discover new songs.Navigations is smooth, plus, the app runs in the background, even after closing out of the app. [via Apple]

5. News360

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News360 is a great app for getting news. Gathering news from a variety of sources, News360’s app gives you a variety of topics to sort through. It’s also easy to share news with your friends. Navigating through different news stories is also easy, with a simple scrolling gesture. [via Apple]

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Internet Addresses Expected to Run Out in Less Than a Year

Filed under: Life, News by Jerry Chen — 1 Comment
August 21, 2010

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The world’s coming to an end! According to experts, internet addresses will run out in less than a year. Currently, the internet protocol used by most web users is IPv4. The 32-digit unique number provides around four billion IP addresses and is used to identify every internet-connected device, including computers and mobile phones.

There are only around 232 million IP addresses left currently. Due to the surge of smartphones and other devices, it is predicted that the amount of IP addresses left will only last us about 340 days.

So what will happen when we run out? ISPS might start forcing customers to share IP addresses, causing common applications, like iTunes and Gmail, to not work.

The other long-term solution is to make the switch to IPv6. The 128-digit address would give everyone in the world more than four billion addresses, each. It hasn’t been implemented widely yet since every internet-connected device would need to be reconfigured or upgrade, forcing some users to buy new hardware.

Who knew back then that our washing machines might require an IP address? [via Fox News]

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Novelty Nintendo Cartridge Soaps

Filed under: Gadgets and Products, Games, Life by Jerry Chen — Leave a comment
April 26, 2010

This cool novelty item comes from GeekSoap. They have released a selection of soaps that look like gaming cartridges and are too awesome to use.

For copyright reasons, they couldn’t actually put names on the soaps but they are obviously in the shape of the NES, SNES, N64, and Game Boy cartridges.

Buy them at GeekSoap for about $2-$8.

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Clever Way to Make an iPad Stand from its Own Packaging

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April 25, 2010

Don’t want to spend money on an iPad dock? Ian Collins came up with a clever way to make an iPad stand from its own packaging.

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Get the Best Microwave Popcorn

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April 19, 2010

Stove-top and machine popcorn is moister and fluffier than microwave popcorn so how do we solve this problem? This solution comes from a microwave popcorn bag freebie found by HeartBurnKid. It calls for heating a cup of water for one minute on high right before you put in your microwave popcorn.

Go out and give this a try and tell us how it tastes!

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The Impact of Internet

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April 13, 2010

Imagine a life without Internet. Could you even imagine your life without it? Could you imagine the whole world not having Internet? What kind of impact has the Internet made on our society? To describe the internet in one word, I would say “connection”. It plays a role in everyone’s life and helps connect us to everything and everyone else. From browsing the news to using Facebook, we use the internet everyday. Just over a billion people use the World Wide Web. That’s 3 out of every 4 Americans in North America.

What do you think? Do we really need the internet? Leave a comment down below and be sure to check out the video on how the internet is transforming our world.

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iPad Gets Blended

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April 6, 2010

Warning! The above video is NSFAF (Not Safe For Apple Fanboys). Now that you’ve been warned, the folks at Blendtec took the brand new iPad and got the bright idea to blend it.

There are many other videos in this series called “Will it Blend“. Hosted by Tom Dickinson, it is a marketing campaign by Blendtec featuring their blenders.

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Mini Greenhouse

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April 2, 2010

Want juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, and honey sweet watermelons, all from your garden? Well, it might take some time but the results are worth it. Learn how to plant your seeds and keep them in a mini greenhouse. So what are you waiting for, head on to Instructables.com for the full tutorial.

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