June 2010

Red Laser Update!

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 25, 2010 iOS

It is just Update-a-Go-Go this week! Monday, I published my review of Red Laser, Tuesday, Google Voice goes out of Beta which prompted yesterday’s update, and Thursday amidst all the iPhone hype, eBay announces that they have purchased Red Laser and that the app is now Free. What will today bring?

Tagged as: Red Laser, Update

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#FollowFriday – @MacOSKen: The latest news on all things "i", read in a funny voice.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 25, 2010 Follow Friday

This week’s FollowFriday winner is @MacOSKen, the Twitter stream of Ken Ray and of the Mac OS Ken podcast. Ken is a broadcaster and a Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad enthusiast, and doing a podcast about the latest Apple-related news lets him exercise his passions without being arrested or otherwise coming under public censure. The […]

Tagged as: Twitter

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Google Voice Update

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 24, 2010 Phones

Back in the original Google Voice review, I had mentioned that Google Voice was one of those Google projects that is eternally in Beta. Well, it seems that Google disagreed with me on that point. On Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010, Google announced on the Google Voice Blog, that Google Voice was coming out of Beta […]

Tagged as: Google Voice, Update

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Red Laser

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 21, 2010 iOS

Ever since the iPhone came out, users have wanted something that will let them scan barcodes with their phones and find out if the same item is being offered elsewhere at a better price. Red Laser does just that, with a simple and intuitive interface. Red Laser was created by Occipital, LLC. and normally costs […]

Tagged as: Red Laser

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#FollowFriday – @Odin1Eye: blogger, family man, viking, and podiobook reviewer.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 18, 2010 Follow Friday

@Odin1Eye is the internet name of a blogger from Texas who chooses to keep his real name off the net as much as possible. Since @Odin1Eye is a friend of The Nifty Tech Blog and is a contributing volunteer, we’ll respect his wishes. That and he asked me to. He is a family man, a […]

Tagged as: Twitter

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In which our author eats crow…

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 16, 2010 Editorial

I was wrong. In a BIG way. A little right, too, but mostly wrong. In yesterday’s editorial, and in the comments, I took the stance that despite the high demand for the new iPhone 4 it was unlikely that the pre-order inventory would be exhausted on the first day. BOY, was I wrong.

Tagged as: iPhone

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iPhone 4 Preorder Madness

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 15, 2010 Editorial

It seems that some folks have spent a very sleepless and angry night. This morning the iPhone 4 went on pre-order at the Apple store. And it would appear that the demand for Apple’s new phone has far outstripped their expectations.  Or at least their servers ability to handle the traffic.

Tagged as: iPhone

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iPhone 4, Something new, or more of the same?

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 15, 2010 Editorial

With great fanfare, and very little surprise, Apple announced this year’s version of the iPhone last week. And probably the most surprising thing about it is that we’ve seen it before. Thanks to Gizmodo and their somewhat questionable approach to journalistic ethics and property laws.

Tagged as: iPhone

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#FollowFriday – @Safety: Twitter’s scam watchdog.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 11, 2010 Follow Friday

This week I am endorsing Twitter’s own security watchdog. This is a little known Twitter feed that everyone on Twitter should follow in order to be aware of the latest scams and to learn the simple ways that you can protect yourself from identity theives, scam artists, and other lowlifes. I am speaking of the […]

Tagged as: Twitter

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Poll time.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 9, 2010 Feedback

Last month’s poll was about ways to process text, and the results were a little disappointing. The three respondents were equally tied between TextEdit, Pages, and Open Office Writer. It is hard to draw any kind of conclusions with such a small sampling, but if I had to hazard I guess, I’d say it is […]

Tagged as: iPhone

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