Apple reached another milestone this saturday with their highly successful App Store: 10 billion downloads. Download number 10,000,000,000 was a free app called Paper Glider and was downloaded by a british woman by the name of Gail Davis who shortly after received a call from Apple, telling her she won a gift certificate worth $10,000. … Read more →
Just a quick note to you usernet wannabe users out there, Newshosting just released the world’s best deal on unlimited Usenet access: $9.99/month for life or $99.99/year for life The Newshosting Unlimited special offer comes with all you could ever want from a premium Usenet provider: Unlimited Downloads Unlimited Speed Free SSL Encryption 30 Connections … Read more →
Ever wondered how they make memory chips? This cool behind the scenes video from Lexmark shows you just how memory chips are made and assembled. It’s definitely worth a quick look. Those robots are amazingly precise…
We all know how useful mobile broadband can be, especially if you’re the type who gets out and about, either travelling for work or socially. However, for all of the appeal of Internet on the go and a wealth of mobile broadband offers up for grabs, you still need to exercise some caution when using … Read more →
Winter in the Canadian Rockies by Darwin Wiggett is the newest ebook to be added to the Craft & Vision library and the latest in The Print & The Process Series. Darwin captures the spirit of Canada’s most striking mountain range in this monograph of breath-taking landscapes. Photographers of all levels, and geographic persuasion, will … Read more →
LED TV is different from LCD TV, both are types of TV, but are not in competition with each other. In a layman’s way of explaining it, LED TV is the son of LCD TV, as the latter is considered the basis of its development. Many people think that LED TV is a new technology; … Read more →
BusinessWire has posted a message sent from Steve Jobs to all Apple employees, indicating that he will be taking a medical leave of absence to focus on his health. There’s no mentioning of how long he’s going to be away but he will still be involved in major strategic decisions, though Tim Cook will run … Read more →
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you’ll remember that I sometimes like to kick back with a little bit of online poker. I don’t play on a high level as I don’t have enough time to maintain my skills. If you want to get the most out of your money playing online … Read more →
While we are all busy tracking earth shattering inventions and gadgets, there is a silent revolution taking place in the book publishing world. Ebooks have entered the domain which techies feared to enter – e-publishing. The pioneer in this field is once again Amazon which brought out the first real, paper-like ebook reader – The … Read more →
I’m guessing if you’re around the age of 30, you’ll remember playing Leisure Suit Larry and Police Quest on your (or your dad’s) PC back in the days. Remember, where you had to type commands and such? It was awesome! Well, now you can do it again – on the iPad. And it’s free, thanks … Read more →
As mentioned yesterday, the soon-to-released iPhone 4 with Verizon and iOS 4.2.5 will come with built-in personal hotspot, meaning you can connect up to 5 devices using Wi-Fi to your iPhone 4’s 3G data connection. Now, it seems that iOS 4.3 will also have the built-in personal hotspot feature which will be available on all … Read more →
In February 10, after putting Verizon cell phones for sale, now Verizon will start selling CDMA iPhone 4’s to be used on their network. It will be $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model, both with 2-year contract and required data plan. Same price as with AT&T. Regarding the three changes… … Read more →
Back in November 2010, Emily wrote an article here on TechPatio for the Open Planet Ideas concept with her suggestion and submission to the project. Now, Sony and WWF has narrowed all the received ideas down to 8 final concepts which everybody can now vote for. The winning idea will be taken forward by Sony … Read more →
Last week I wrote a quick introduction to the different kinds of web hosting you might come across as a webmaster or blog owner. Today I thought I would share a quick note about what kind of web hosting TechPatio has been going through. When TechPatio.com was first launched in the Summer of 2009, it … Read more →
Here’s another photo of the week where it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. I can’t remember the last time I saw a rainbow in Malta – in fact, I can’t remember the last time I saw a rainbow anywhere and I had a camera handy. Needless to say, I … Read more →
As a Mac user, you already realize that some peripherals are simply not suited for use with an Apple computer. Most printers are capable of interfacing with both Mac and Windows machines, but there are some printers that are just better when used with Mac hardware. Here are the ten best printers to consider if … Read more →