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Google Sync for Mac may trump MobileMe

Ever since Mobile Me’s inception, there have been significant burps and hiccups of Apple’s revolutionary syncing service. When it works, it’s beautiful. When it doesn’t, it’s a bear. My experience over the past year has included more bear than beauty.…

Jeff Noble
February 10, 2009
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Review: AddressBookSync

Sometime ago I wrote about Facebooksync for the Mac which will make sure your friends’ contact information and profile pics are synced with the Mac Address Book. It’s been very buggy of late, and in searching for a fix or…

Jeff Noble
January 26, 2009
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New Mac commercials point out excessive Windows ad campaign

With $300 million and counting invested in the “I’m a PC” campaign that began with hiring Jerry Seinfeld, the new Mac commercials point out a painfully obvious truth. Love em. See the others here.

Jeff Noble
October 22, 2008
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iPhone 2.0 officially jailbroken

With a nice little message of “Thanks for waiting,” the iPhone Dev Team posted the new tool that will unlock, jailbreak and activate iPhone firmware 2.0 this afternoon! The website iphoneunlockstatus.com provided this handy-dandy overview to know what you’re getting…

Jeff Noble
July 19, 2008
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iPhone Dev Team ready with jailbreak

But not this weekend, their blog says. In the meantime, watch this video of just how easy it is to jailbreak your iPhone with the pwnage tool that will soon be released. Many many hours have gone into this and…

Jeff Noble
July 11, 2008
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Six hours after iPhone 2.0

Just hours after I downloaded the iPhone 2.0 update from Apple’s site (and a day earlier than it was going to be released!), the iPhone Dev Team had already announced a jailbreak! Gizmodo was one of the first to release…

Jeff Noble
July 10, 2008

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iPhone 2.0 updated!

From a link over at iClarified this a.m., I was able to download the much-anticipated iPhone 2.0 firmware – one day early. I have no idea how this is possible, only that I got the download before Apple took the…

Jeff Noble
July 10, 2008

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Macintosh myths

David Alison has a great post detailing some commonly-heard excuses for not buying Macs or not thinking that a Mac would be the solution for you and your family. Let me know which one you’ve heard the most or your…

Jeff Noble
May 17, 2008
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iPhone ringtones won’t ring

I had a little problem over the weekend. Somewhere between Monticello and Stephenville, my iPhone stopped ringing. It wouldn’t vibrate or make a noise when someone was calling. Unless I happened to be looking at the screen (which is pretty…

Jeff Noble
May 12, 2008
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