"Gadget" Greg Gazin Demystifies Tech & Life in a useful, fun & practical way!
While many of us have been glued to our entertainment devices – iPads, iPhone and televisions watching the London 2012 Summer Olympics, something a little more out of this world happened early Monday morning August 6th. If you’re curious, you’re partially right because after an extremely intense descent, NASA’s rover interestingly named Curiosity, landed safely on Mars.
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EDMONTON, AB, Aug. 1, 2012/ Troy Media/ – Apple’s record of breaking records continues. In just four days, Apple says, the number of downloads of its latest operating system – Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) has exceeded three million copies. READ FULL STORY AT TROYMEDIA
Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Apple latest release of their OS, hit the Mac App Store today. It’s jam-packed with more than 200 new features including iCloud integration, Messages and Notifications Center, Dictation, Airplay Mirroring and a whole lot more. But before you hit the buy button, you want to make sure that your Mac is still up to snuff.
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If there are 2 TV shows on at the same time, we typically would watch one and PVR or record the other. But in reality, we live in a multitasking world, so why not watch both at once? We’ve stacked our TVs during major events, especially in the spring during the Stanley Cup playoffs. We also have TVs that offer a picture in picture – but how about pumping that up to watching 4 shows simultaneously?
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If you are a mobile warrior like I am with a penchant for consuming copious amounts of caffeine daily, you’ll be happy to know that one more major coffee stop is adding a free Wi-Fi hotspot to its menu. Tim Horton’s will be joining the ranks of Starbucks, Second Cup and more recently McDonalds by offering a free high-speed Internet connection to its patrons across Canada.
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In an attempt to bring the airline in-flight safety booklet out from the seat pocket in front of you to the forefront of your mind, Air New Zealand is using technology along with star-appeal to make that happen. It’s all wrapped up in a new hand-sketched and animated video featuring celebrities and personalities to be rolled out on their national and international flights during the month of July.
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If your basement is like mine, cluttered with computers, parts and accessories you might want to look and see if perhaps you have a motherboard labeled, “Apple Computer 1”. If you do, you could just be sitting on a very valuable piece of history.
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Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference kicked off today at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, where CEO Tim Cook delivered the opening keynote address. As usual when it comes to Apple, things are almost never pre-annouced so rumours were running rampant. One thing is for sure: we’re in-store for one great opening as there are telltale signs of some new product rollouts as Apple’s online store is hanging a sign on the front page saying, ”We’ll be back”.
New MacBook Air models feature new Ivy Bridge processors, up to 2GHz dual-core i7, up to 8GB Ram and 60% faster graphics. You’ll be able to have up to 512GB flash storage. Overall up to 2x faster than the current models. The new MacBook Air will also have 2 USB 3.0 ports for faster transfer as well as a 720p HD FaceTime camera and up to 5 hours of battery life. READ FULL ARTICLE AT TROY MEDIA
If you haven’t changed your LinkedIn password recently, now you might just have to. Reports had surfaced earlier that a file containing 6.5 million encrypted passwords have been leaked and posted on a Russian hacker site, might be from LinkedIn accounts and many of those have already been cracked. As it turns out, they were.
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Greg talks with Todd on CTV New Channel Tech talk with Todd along with Elias Makos. Topics include LInkedIn Password Hacking, E3 Expo, Twitter LIcensing Data & Facebook looking at targeting those under 13. WATCH HERE
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/tech-with-todd/#clip693893
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/tech-with-todd/#clip693893
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