Inspiration can strike from anywhere, and now you can use a proper musical instrument to channel it with MIDIConnect, available from Griffin Technology for $80. The unit allows you to twang, pluck or tickle a MIDI instrument on the go directly into GarageBand and other iOS music apps, and also reverses the flow — allowing … Continued
Savi People app brings ‘smarter’ contacts to iPhone, integrates with your favorite social networks
If you haven’t been completely content with the stock Contacts app on your renowned Cupertino handset, and were wishing there was a little more to squeeze out of it — there might just be something in the App Store waiting to meet your needs. Enter Savi People. The 99-cent application essentially brings all your address … Continued
Garmin GLO Portable GPS and GLONASS receiver hit the FCC, get torn down for good measure
Hasty, no? Merely hours after being announced to the world, Garmin’s GLO Portable GPS and GLONASS receiver have touched down in the FCC’s database. Per usual, that’s a fairly solid indicator that the devices will be available for sale on US shores within a few weeks, and if you’re curious, there’s even a draft user … Continued
ZTE teases ‘advanced gaming smartphone’ set for availability in six days
ZTE must be onto us, for we love a good mystery. The company took to Twitter to tease “one of the most advanced gaming smartphones,” which it says will be in customer hands just six days from now. With so few breadcrumbs, it’s difficult to determine whether ZTE intends to unveil a genuinely new smartphone, … Continued
DIY GPS dog collar helps your pup fulfill its mobile computing potential
Yeah, you love your dog, but is he or she really pulling his or her weight? A new project from Adafruit brings an on-board computer to your roaming canine, tracking the distance to your and your pup’s goal with a progress bar. The project is pretty simple, and Adafruit offers up most of the supplies, … Continued
How to Grow and Manage an Engaged Online Community
Do you wear many hats at your place of business? Do some of them have to do with reaching out to and interacting with your social media fans and blog readers? If so, then you’re officially or unofficially performing the role of an online community manager. If you’re doing it right, then it’s probably one … Continued
Microsoft updates SkyDrive for Windows app: new status window, freshened logo
We dug into Microsoft‘s recently updated SkyDrive efforts in a review earlier this year, and it looks as if the company’s still intent on improving things based on user feedback. The newest update to SkyDrive for Windows (version 16.4.6003.0710, for the number crunchers) includes quite a few under-the-hood improvements that are said to bolster “performance, … Continued
BAE Systems speaks about unmanned ASTRAEA: no reason it can’t stay in air ‘for weeks’
BAE Systems’ ASTRAEA isn’t a new concept — the company’s been playing up its unmanned potential for quite some time now — but it’s all seeming entirely less pie-in-the-sky now that the Farnborough Airshow has kicked off. Typically, UAVs are thought to be smaller, drone-type apparatuses; these things are typically used in military exercises where … Continued








