Archives for iPhone

Bad Week for Blackberry Enterprise

First it was Dell announcing that they are going to switch 25,000 of their employees over from Blackberries to Windows 7 Phones.  Then to pour a little more salt in the wound, Citibank and Bank of America said that they were going to ditch the Crackberry in favor of Apple’s iPhone.  Rats jumping ship?


Read More

No iPhone for Verizon

No I-phone for Verizon, anytime soon.  Apple wants a 4G network.    Does this mean Sprint is a contender for Christmas, 2010? Full Story

Ed Rudel


Read More

Get out of Jail Card for iPhone Hackers

A federal court has just ruled that iPhone users who decide to “jailbreak” their phones may do so with the blessing of the law.  Jailbreaking can mean either cracking the security features of the iPhone and allowing it to use non-Apple applications or allowing the owner to use other telecoms to make their calls.  Its a hacker holiday!  Full Story.


Read More

Podcast: June 26, 2010

Summer is a summer camp time… so why not a tech camp?  This Saturday we preview: Camp Infiniti, a summer camp designed specifically for Metro-Detroit girls by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation.  The girls will be challenged to design websites and conduct a robot sumo competition this coming week.

Join Foster Braun, Gary Baker and Kurt Hines, our special guest tech expert, as we interview Julie Patterson, Camp Director of Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation’s Camp Infinity for the past 5 years, and Marina Reyna who can talk about the camp and speak to why technology is so important for young females.

We also focus on high tech security with Jason Yaeger, from Online Tech and Adam Goslin one of the co-founders of High Bit Security, a company that specializes in helping companies keep their information safe from intruders.  These are the folks who make sure that your information stays safe in other peoples’ hands.

Erik Anderson joins us in studio with The Mac Minute.

Don’t forget, the second hour of the show is all yours.  Call us with your tech questions and we’ll find answers for you. In …


Read More

The New Apple iPhone Released

Even Apple computer haters have to admit to intense curiosity when Steve Jobs trots out a new device or, as in this case, a rather remarkably updated version of an already popular Apple device.  Monday, June 14, the president and guiding light behind Apple unveiled the newest version of the world’s arguably most popular smart phone: iPhone 4.  Check out the full coverage (blow by blow) of the press conference at CNET or if you are looking for a shorter analysis try this MSNBC commentary.

You may also be sure that Erik Anderson will have his hands full trying to contain the commentary on The Mac Minute to 60 seconds, more or less  LOL!


Read More