July 2010

iPhone 4 Scarcity – What AT&T Can Do To Help Make Customers Like Me Happy (Think Beyond the Tech)

July 21, 2010

It should be pretty obvious to those people who know me or read my social media updates that I really want an iPhone 4. I have had the original iPhone and the iPhone 3GS (I skipped the iPhone 3G), and now I’m ready for the “new hotness.” But I have an issue, actually a bunch [...]

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HTD’s Tech News Snippets – July 20, 2010

July 20, 2010

I’ve started commenting on some articles that I come across daily on my surfing of the Net. I post these using Amplify.com (you can see my Amplify posts here). I’m testing a RSS Digest aggregator that pulls in these items. Hopefully this will work well, so for starters, here are some things to read: Beta [...]

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The Mobile Spy – “The Final Purchase” (Part 3 of a 4 Part Story)

July 19, 2010

Catch up on Part 1 of “The Mobile Spy” here and Part 2 here (on AT&T’s Lose The Laptop) or Part 1 here and Part 2 here (on HighTechDad.com). He enjoyed the obscurity that the shadows of the train station provided him. He easily slipped between alcoves and doorways, at times jumping into the moving [...]

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Recall or “Stop Gap” Fix? My Thoughts on the Upcoming Apple Press Event Around the iPhone 4 Antenna Issues

July 15, 2010

Of course I want to jump into the speculation/rumor mill on what Apple will be talking about tomorrow (July 16, 2010) at a hastily called Press Conference around the iPhone 4 (and issues therein). For starters, I don’t have an iPhone 4 (yet). Apple PR has told me that they are backlogged. My local AT&T [...]

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Laptop Got Stolen? Send PREY Out to Find It, for Free!

July 13, 2010

I’m sure that many of you have heard of the Find My iPhone service for MobileMe that helps you locate missing iPhones or iPads. Or the equivalent on Windows Mobile phones called My Phone. And I’m sure you know about LoJack that helps you locate stolen cars. LoJack also offers a service for computers as [...]

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The Mobile Spy – “Cypher, Location & Discovery” (Part 2 of a 4 Part Story)

July 12, 2010

Catch up on Part 1 of “The Mobile Spy” here (on AT&T’s Lose The Laptop) or here (on HighTechDad.com). He wondered how the hell they had found him. It must have been his business contact, Mark Z. He should never have trusted Mark. He should have known better. There is something about information exchange that [...]

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Apple’s iTunes App Store Hits the “Terrible 2?s” – On to the “Thirsty 3?s”

July 10, 2010

Being a parent of 3 daughters, I well remember the “terrible two’s“. Well, another child that many people play with daily has hit that milestone, the iTunes App Store. As Apple blows out the candles, I thought it important to recognize this event, especially as we move towards the “thirsty three’s“. The iTunes App Store [...]

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Milking an Almond, Bacon Explosions & Bakin’ in the Heat – Cast of Dads Podcast #26

July 9, 2010

As if we didn’t do enough drinking during our respective 4th of July festivities, with our voices and brains lubed up with wine and beer, the Cast of Dads convened Tuesday night to record Episode #26 titled “From Snips to Squirt“. Before I dive down into the meat (literally) of the podcast, I want to [...]

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