Regular readers may recall that last month, I reviewed a iOS app called HiFutureSelf. The idea was that you could set up reminders to build new habits, or send notes of encouragement to your “future self” for when you ...
Have you guys read Warren Ellis’ latest novel “Gun Machine”? It’s a wonderful little crime novel that takes place in Manhattan. One of the underlying concepts of the story is the idea that modern Manhattan ...
The other day I entered into a petty dispute with a classmate of mine regarding whether there are 1000 or 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte. To bring the silly discussion to an end, I whipped out my phone and brought up Amount. Bringin...
I never really got into the whole Draw Something craze. Frankly, I’m not super great at drawing. But one form of artistic expression that pretty much everyone can do well (at least, with an iPhone in hand) is photography. If...
It’s fair to say that what Apple does best isn’t necessarily innovation, but renovation. There were tons of mp3 players on the market before the iPod arrived and blew the competition out of the water, and the same is t...
Last March, Ashraf put together a list of the best free anti-theft apps for Android. One app that scored an “Honorable Mention” nod was Prey. Ashraf wrote, “The attraction to Prey Anti-Theft is that it is an open...
Apple may design some of the best performing and best looking smartphones on the market, but even diehard Apple fans have to admit that some of the native apps on the iPhone can’t hold a candle to third party offerings. R...
One of the very first apps I reviewed at dotTech was Zombies, Run!, a great running app that told you a zombie apocalypse tale as you ran (and would force you to “outrun” zombies during each session.) If you’re t...
Maybe you’ve watched one too many Bond movies and fancy yourself a bit of a secret agent. Maybe you have a kid sister or a little cousin who is interested in cryptography. Maybe you’re dating someone, but want to keep ...
For as long as I’ve had my iPhone, I’ve been looking for a Google Calendar app. No, scratch that: I’ve been looking for a GREAT GCal app. Why are they so hard to find? All of the options out there seem to be eith...
I think we’ve all been in a position where you needed to access an important file and forgot you put it on a flash drive or email it to yourself for easy access. If you don’t have time to run home and get the file off ...
Does anyone else out there feel like the “Genius” recommendations in the App Store app are totally bogus? To be fair, my recommendations are probably a little skewed because I use my phone for testing apps and games th...
Even though I spend a good chunk of my day reviewing iPhone games and apps, at the end of my workday, I still love kicking back with a good time waster of a game. Ideally, my favorite “end of the day unwinder” games ar...
When I was planning to move abroad, I had to pack light. But as a movie junkie, I couldn’t give up my DVD collection. My solution: throw away all the DVD packaging, and just store the discs in a CD binder. There’s just...
After watching “The Avengers” about a bajillion times, I’m still jonesing for an app that will let me “swipe” files and images between devices with a single gesture, just like Tony Stark does with Bru...
