December 27, 2010
No doubt in this season of giving and receiving, you buy or receive a few items for which you want to return for refund but you may not have a receipt. Checking the refund policies of major U.S. stores, I discovered policies vary from store to store. Some provide full refunds within a certain number [...]
December 26, 2010
Last week, we asked you which of your Apple mobile devices was the best. I’ll let you in on a secret: The winner is iPhone! With 148 votes gathered, we saw 48% go to iPhone, 28% go to iPad and the remaining 24% of votes go to iPod Touch. So, if you’re tossing up between [...]
December 21, 2010
This is the week of Christmas. Did you get the Christmas grocery shopping done? Is the house clean and ready to receive guests? Do you have all the gifts? Still need to wrap them up? Oops, is there something we forgot? Don’t stress! Remember that Christmas is not about consuming, it’s about love. You can [...]
December 7, 2010
Now that it’s December, it’s time to begin shopping for the holidays. This can prove difficult at times, especially if you haven’t made an attempt to stay up with current trends. Browsing stores isn’t easy this time of year either, as they are often overrun by the holiday crowd, and if you don’t know what [...]
December 7, 2010
You’re ready. You’ve read, researched, poked, prodded, and are now armed to the teeth with technical information. It is time to set foot onto the field of battle and claim a great laptop deal for your own. You will buy, you will save, and you will be victorious. Ah, but not so fast! You may [...]
December 1, 2010
During your typical day, you put up with annoyances or difficulties and probably just accept them as part of life. Things like forgetting where your car is or forgetting your grocery shopping list at home. The whole point of technology is to make life easier, so I’m here to offer up four Android solutions to [...]
November 27, 2010
We’ve asked the MakeUseOf team to share some of their favourite gift ideas. And they happily complied. So if you were wondering what geeks wished for this holiday season, wonder no longer — dive right in! This isn’t one of our conventional posts where we list the old, boring money savers. This time, [...]
November 24, 2010
For those of you who take advantage of Black Friday deals (the following Friday after Thanksgiving day in the US), several websites and iPhone apps exist to help you locate coupons, compare prices, and look for the best stores, on and offline. The following sites are limited to the ones I found most accessible and [...]
November 16, 2010
It’s been some time since Blu-Ray won the high definition media war, and it’s starting to show. Blu-Ray discs are available at every major retailer and can be rented from many services including Netflix and RedBox. Once you’ve laid eyes on a Blu-Ray movie it’s easy to see what the hype is about. Of course, [...]
November 12, 2010
Mac computers are generally regarded as stable machines that will last a long time if properly used and maintained. I have owned eight different Macs over the last twenty years. One was a refurbished eMac and another one, a PowerBook G4, was a used model. Only the PowerBook ended up needing significant repairs after four [...]
