Priceless Text Messages CAN Be Saved Forever

New iOS updates always make me nervous. Twitter is the sounding board for anyone having issues, and “all my pictures were deleted,” and “everything deleted, but yay for iOS 5,” did not help my apprehension towards...


iCal isn’t a new low-calorie drink, it’s…

Android and Blackberry smartphone users have something iPhone users don’t: integrated calendars. If you long to have your Facebook Events and Birthdays show up in your iPhone calendar, grab your phone and follow along....


10 Must Have Smartphone Apps

A List That Doesn’t Include Angry Birds There are standard applications that should be downloaded within twenty-four hours of opening your smartphone box: Facebook, Pandora, IMDB, Google Mobile App, foursquare, ESPN...


A Little Mecca of Cool on Your Phone

Downtown Lakeland has a new smartphone app, taking “a little mecca of cool” to a whole new level. The app, developed by Invictus Mobile Media, is the latest and greatest marketing tool from the Downtown Lakeland...


Get Information Quickly with QR Codes

About a month ago, a quick Facebook chat about Jimmy Fallon turned into long conversation about Quick Response (QR) Codes. Within a few hours I had my very own LocalChicGeek QR Code thanks to Chrissanne Long of Marketing...


Online Software Training at Lynda.com

For the past two months I have been trying to figure out what class I will take this summer. I am pretty close to finishing up my Networking Engineering degree, but I was considering a multimedia class so that I could brush...


Jailbreaking Your iPhone

It is no secret that I love my iPhone, but my day job allows me to inspect different Smartphones as I set up Exchange accounts for my coworkers. Most of the time I am unimpressed, but a couple of weeks ago I was handed a HTC...


Six Short Steps to Making Your Own iPhone Ringtones

A couple of days ago, I overheard people talking about ringtone prices. When they explained to me that ninety-nice cents is the going rate, I gave them a very puzzled look and simply excused myself from the conversation....


Twitter for Consumers and News Junkies

So you follow @TheEllenShow, @peoplemag, and @britneyspears. That’s great! I follow plenty of celebrities and professional athletes myself, but I also follow companies that post information about products I currently own...


Partitioning External Hard Drives

In the event Santa brings you an external hard drive, I’m writing about partitions. Partitioning a hard drive refers to slicing up one physical hard drive into two, three or four logical drives. There are plenty of...


Revisiting Your Wireless Router Settings

From my couch, I’m in range of five broadcasted wireless networks. Four of the networks are password protected, one is open (and named Default), and none of them are mine. Of the four password protected accounts, three...


Life with Boxee: The First 24 Hours

For almost a year I’ve been watching 90% of my television shows and movies on the Internet by running my Netbook through my television, or from my desktop computer. Yes this works, but I am lazy; I enjoy lying on my couch...

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