mobileme subscribers get another 2 months

after a rough and tumble couple of months, apple has again extended mobileme subscribers subscription for another 60 days. anyone with an account or part of a family account will see their expiration date extend out another 2 months!

apple appears to be doing it right. they are learning and understanding their costs to make this right is minimal, the brand is suffering, the service is a joke. with some good PR, some “perks” people may begin to decide this is not a bad solution after all.

i hope so. apple has admitted, this is not as easy as we thought and maybe that will provide them (and others) some reason for pause to help us all not experience the issues mobileme experienced on july 11!

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Filed under ALERT, apple, update : Comments (0) : Aug 18th, 2008

Wordpress update to 2.6.1

Wordpress has done a maintenance release for 2.6 to 2.6.1 for the wordpress software. again, they have made it VERY easy to walk through the auto update process. Anyone who has the ability to update your own blog - do so ASAP.

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Filed under ALERT, update : Comments (0) : Aug 18th, 2008

iPhone update to 2.02

Apple has released an update to the iPhone to 2.02 (not yet the 2.1 i am waiting for, but a step forward). Fire up iTunes, plug in your iPhone, check for updates and download and install!

The update weighs in again at close to 250mb so download takes a few minutes and the update process will take about 5-15 minutes.

AppleInsider outlines the updates and points out it may help with some of the connection issues and some typing lag (which i personally have seen).

I’m starting with an update right now and see how that goes. I think i’ll do a complete restore come version 2.1… Share all!

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Filed under ALERT, apple, update : Comments (0) : Aug 18th, 2008

some good news about mobileme (gasp!)

it appears as if apple has finally got the mobileme issues behind them and they are barreling forward with improving and creating a more robust and stable environment.

a few notes. i have been working with it and though not as snappy as exchange support, the last updates i have done to calendars, notes (within iCal), and addresses have appeared in my iPhone within 30 minutes.

now a new article comes along and adds some nice warm fuzzies to many users of mobileme - security of the data that is passing from your mac to the cloud and then to the iPhone.

from appleinsider, there is discussion about how what apple is doing with their security is cutting edge and is expected to be standard in the coming years.

interested, take a read.

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Filed under ALERT, apple, update : Comments (0) : Aug 18th, 2008

netflix oops!

netflix is confirming today that something has messed with their shipping system (which generally is AWESOME!) and caused a couple of days to pass without a majority of the distribution centers to get out the dvds to the customers.

netflix is one of those companies that i love, but cannot bring myself to pay for. depending on the day, i watch 2-3 hours of tv, mix in laptop time, maybe some time on the xbox 360 (Call of Duty 4 - by the way) and squeeze in a movie? na…

i do think about the idea of having something like netflix for my iPhone where i could have a monthly subscription, download 1-2 movies at a time and then watch them while commuting, delete it and get the next one - come on Apple/netflix, let’s do it!

does this further the cause of non-physical delivery? i would have to say “yep!” but it is a limiting factor… thoughts?

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Filed under personal, update : Comments (0) : Aug 14th, 2008

starbucks and att wifi

so here i am at a starbucks trying to get some work done. i’ve signed up for the “free” two hours with my starbucks card and had success (once) with this.

first, i sit down and open my macbook and find a slew of wireless hotspots (tmobile, attwifi to name a few). now do i connect to tmobile or attwifi?

if i connect to either i’m presented with a tmobile login page (that gives me an attwifi login option). i fill in the login and password and submit. 2 minutes pass and i’m redirected to an attwifi login page.

i enter my information in there, it fails and takes me to a tmobile failure page. WHAT! i’ve tried every password, login and username i can think of and i have yet to connect.

last time this worked i connected (surprise) and found out that i was connected only because my gmail started coming in… i never got a success page or connected. WHAT!

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Filed under ALERT, opinion, personal, review, update : Comments (0) : Aug 13th, 2008

best buy to sell iPhones

Best Buy is slated to start selling iPhone early in September (according to tuaw.com)! This would extend the reach (and the methods of obtaining an iPhone) to ATT, Apple and Best Buy (which can only be a good thing).

a Best Buy just opened in the neighboring town and i’m glad because it is a place i like to waste time - i generally do not buy anything there, but the market for technology and the reach of a store like this makes it a great place for people to stuble upon an iPhone and buy it!

more to come in September when the rumors are confirmed by someone walking into a Best Buy and seeing an iPhone :)

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Filed under apple, rumor, update : Comments (0) : Aug 13th, 2008

best buy to sell iPhones

Best Buy is slated to start selling iPhone early in September (according to tuaw.com)! This would extend the reach (and the methods of obtaining an iPhone) to ATT, Apple and Best Buy (which can only be a good thing).

a Best Buy just opened in the neighboring town and i’m glad because it is a place i like to waste time - i generally do not buy anything there, but the market for technology and the reach of a store like this makes it a great place for people to stuble upon an iPhone and buy it!

more to come in September when the rumors are confirmed by someone walking into a Best Buy and seeing an iPhone :)

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Filed under apple, rumor, update : Comments (0) : Aug 13th, 2008

Microsoft 2004 and 2008 updates

for those office for the mac users - fire up the autoupdate (or go to Microsoft here). Microsoft has released updated for the office suites which are HIGHLY recommended!

the usual improvements in stability and performance are included, but when Microsoft includes the lines

“In addition, this update includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.”

i tend to fire up the download as soon as possible.

questions or concerns, let us know.

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Filed under ALERT, microsoft, update : Comments (0) : Aug 13th, 2008

trusting “the cloud”

i keep going back and forth about keeping my data “in the cloud“… i have been using gmail A LOT over the last months/years. it has become the way i frequently communicate with family, friends and clients.

here is the rub - in it’s “proper” format it is only available while you are online so if your internet is down, if google goes down (hey, it happened again last night for a couple of hours) or something gets “wonky”.

i have been keeping backups and files online with mozy and dropbox.com. if either of these services was unavailable for an extended period of time when i needed them - i would be up a creek!

do you trust “the cloud”? check out this article too from lifehacker and let us know what you think…

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Filed under ALERT, opinion, web : Comments (0) : Aug 12th, 2008

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