The other day I drove down to Lexington, Kentucky to go see the University of Kentucky Wildcats play the Ole Miss Rebels. On the way over I picked up my friend Ryan in Cincinnati and we headed down to Kentucky.

My friend has an app for his iPhone (it’s also available for other phones) called Trapster which alerts you to police officers on the road you’re travelling before you get to them. To some degree, it works like a radar detector, but instead it relies on a network of other iPhone users that have the Trapster app (almost 4 million to …read more

When I finally decided to replace my BlackBerry with an iPhone (and, of course switch from Verizon to AT&T—such a difficult decision), a friend (let’s call her Lindsay) recommended I get a Speck case for my new 3GS. She had the fitted soft fabric on a hard shell. But I wanted something more rugged. So when I finally made the switch and had the device in-hand, Speck threw a new ToughSkin case my way for review. I was more than impressed.
As far as the look and feel, this is currently my favorite iPhone case. It’s like putting a monster truck …read more

I purposely waited a few days before writing my iPad article just to be sure that the initial excitement and hype is washed out of my system. I wanted to make sure that I’m writing as objectively as I can and not just let my emotions get the better of me.  That being said, here are my thoughts on Apple’s iPad.
The world has waited quite awhile for Apple to finally release its tablet. The world wanted it so much that in a way it worked against Apple. People built up their expectations of the iPad so high that it was …read more

Business productivity plummeted today as everyone was eagerly anticipating the latest announcement from Apple. Turns out the big deal was the release of the Apple tablet, known as the iPad. More intimate than a laptop and more capable than your smart phone.

The question is who is the iPad marketed towards? Will users purchase it in addition to their iPhone and their MacBook? Will they buy it instead of one or the other? At $499 for the lowest model related to features and storage space, how much is it worth to you?
Here are the basic features available for the device:

9.7" …read more

Christmas is oh so close and if you’re a parent of a small child, you’ve no doubt been assaulted with demands of Zhu Zhu Pets.
Zhu Zhu Pets are these rat things that run on batteries [which you're gonna have to replace] and are the it thing for Christmas.
Hell, if you want, you can get Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Complete City Set ALL 4 HAMSTERS ! for the low, low price of $499.
OR, you can download the iPhone app for $1.99 and risk your kids screwing up your iPhone or iPod Touch. BUT, think of all the cash you’d save.
You could …read more

If you’ve got an iPod, iPhone or iPod Touch then you need to listen up and take a look at this CopyTrans4 software. With CopyTrans4 you can manage the music on your iPod and the movement and synchronization between your device and iTunes.

If you’ve ever lost the music on your device, then you know the pain of wondering why in the world you weren’t able to back this stuff up a little better. It takes forever to get everything synch’d back together with normal methods.
CopyTrans4 helps transfer music between locations 16x faster and doesn’t get duplicates inserted into the …read more

Douglas Karr over at Marketing Tech Blog recently twittered this video talking about wireless parking meters being installed in San Francisco. My boss and I were just talking about something similar to this earlier today.

These parking meters are more than just wireless enabled to let you pay and reserve them. They’re also hooked to a network of sensors for the parking spaces so the parking network knows what spaces are available and when they’ll be available.
You can access the network from your iPhone or other smart phone or wireless device and determine if there are parking spaces available in the …read more

Remember that Lindsay Lohan movie from a couple of years ago called Mean Girls? That was before Lindsay Lohan started looking like a 40 year old and got into all of that trouble.
Anyway, the movie is all about the social structure of high school and believe it or not, the movie isn’t that bad. And since it grossed over 129 million bucks, I guess Paramount decided to ring this title for all it’s worth since they’ve released Mean Girls: High School Showdown – an Apple app – for your iPhone or iPod Touch for the low, low introductory price of …read more

Now that the frenzy of Black Friday is past, it’s a good time to think about how you are going to get deals for the rest of this holiday shopping season. The good news is that there are plenty of deals to be had; in fact, there will be money saving opportunities until the end of the year. No matter your holiday gift budget, you can find something to fit into it. Whether you are looking to score a good deal on a gift for someone else, or whether you are ready to get yourself something you deserve, here are …read more

I really hate calling customer service numbers and while most companies promise to have excellent customer service, an automated and well built customer computer system, most of them fall short of providing a quick and simple way of dialing in and getting what you want from the vendor. I don’t have a landline and am using a prepaid cell phone and what is annoying is to call a customer and listen through 3-5 minutes of crap. Some vendors even go out of their way and mention all sorts of promotions before you can actually go in and reach a customer …read more