The Chicago Bears just launched their official (and free) mobile app. No more switching back and forth between Tweetbot, and ESPN ScoreCenter on game day. No more fumbling through ChicagoBears.com mobile site. Just one app with all a Bears fan could need on Sunday (or Thursday or Monday or Saturday if it’s preseason). I’m actually
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Take a moment and digest these numbers. WordPress powers 14.7% of the top million websites (TechCrunch), or somewhere in the neighborhood of 64 million sites. WordPress sites get 308 million visitors each month who view more than 2.5 billion WordPress pages (WordPress). And for the icing, there are 5.3 billion mobile subscribers worldwide (mobithinking.com). If
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A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a two-dimensional code, readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background, and can be used to encode text, URL or other data (Wikipedia, 2011). I’ve been using a QR code as
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So you purchased a new iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Now what? Apps of course. Which ones? Well, the answer can be found on any one of a million posts about the top apps to get. Most of them were written by people who’ve used an app twice, took a bunch of screenshots, wrote a
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Television is going to pot. It has been for quite some time (with the exception of SyFy Saturday). As a result I’ve been forcing myself to read more books. Not of the “Save Borders” variety, but of the electronic persuasion. So I headed over to iTunes to preview what’s available. Sweet mother! OK, I don’t
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When I bought my first iPhone I was pumped about finally having a GPS unit for my car. Boy was I disappointed. What’s worse? The native Maps app has managed to suck through 4 iterations of OS upgrades. Not to worry, there are plenty of developers willing to fill the void. But which GPS iPhone
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When Steve Jobs unveiled the new iPhone 4 at the WWDC it was quite a site. All the things I wanted (and read about on Gizmodo after they “acquired” a prototype). Yep, it was pretty sweet. Not so sweet, the WiFi issue Jobs ran into during the presentation. It was almost as though the mishap
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