Photogene Bug Fixed
The update for Photogene is now available. This fixes the bug which required the location on before selecting a photo. Download it now.
Read MoreBugs in Photogene and Newsrack Updates
I couldn’t open any files or photos after today’s Photogene update so wait for the next update. Plus Newsrack’s latest update does not fix the bug that won’t allow universal image download. Now I have to download per category which is a real drag. The fix: I deleted Newsrack on the iPhone and synced it [...]
Read MoreNewsrack 2.5 Update Problems
Do not download the latest Newsrack update that was released today! I have trouble syncing and image download, although claimed otherwise does not appear to be automatic anymore. I had to go to each folder to download the images manually. And worst of all, it takes ages to view each post! Wait till they fix [...]
Read MoreiPhone iOS4 Multitasking Hangs Apps
Just when I was wowed by multitasking – my Mom called while I was syncing NewsRack – I found a dire problem with multitasking: it crashes apps and it hangs apps. The worst thing that happened was when I tried taking a photo and it didn’t work! Only when I closed all the apps that [...]
Read More5 Things I Love About the iPhone OS 4
1. Improved Camera The shutter speed seems turbo charged and there is zoom! Well we can delete all those .99 cent camera apps we purchased now. 2. Video focus You can now press to focus for videos now. No more blurry videos. 3. iBooks (or rather its potential) The iBook store sucks. There are only [...]
Read MoreBlur Photos after Installing iPhone OS 4
The odd blurring of my optimized photos after first installing the iPhone OS 4 (the sync hung and I had to shut down the computer). This problem is fixed when you sync your photos again.
Read MoreiPhone OS 4 Backup Taking Forever
Device: iPhone 3GS with 32GB. 29GB of data. Plan: Install OS 4. Attempt 1: 1.5 hours to backup till halfway. Aborted due to exhaustion. It was 4am last night. Attempt 2: Today at 5pm. At 645pm when we left for dinner, it was halfway. When we returned at 9pm (4 hours from start), it had [...]
Read MoreFrustrations with Vista
Any day now, any day now I am going to replace this old Lenovo with something, anything running on Windows 7. Well, anything that is running on anything but Vista. I think the last straw was the printer not working. Granted, I lost the installation CD because some benign night elf living in my study [...]
Read MoreEncrypt Your USB Drive
I lost my 8GB SD card recently. Hunted for it in my laptop, in the camera, in my secret compartment in my backpack, but alas, it was gone. There was only one place it could be now, and that was in my mother’s laptop, which I had used to copy some photos over for her. [...]
Read MoreBest Educational App for Toddlers
Hands down, it is the excellent Dem Bones. It is cute, teaches anatomy in a fun and positive way, and it is beauty in its simplicity. Jack loves it and loves showing it to everyone. He started playing it when he was 3 and even now at almost 4 he still plays it. Here are [...]
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Christina Sng worked as a web developer, information architect, account executive, producer, technical writer, and usability consultant in the 10 years (that's 30 years in Internet time!) she brought bread home. She has since retired to raise her children but still spends most of her waking hours on the net, no thanks to Apple. Here are some of her adventures.