Open Einstein for Android
Finally: a usable Newton emulator called Einstein, for Android! Image source.
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Finally: a usable Newton emulator called Einstein, for Android! Image source.
TomTom for Android Europe is available for various Android phones.for less than 60 Euros. It supports most current Android phones (2.2 and up) up to the Samsung Galaxy Note with 1280*800 pixels resolution, but does not yet support fullHD screens with 1920*1080 pixel resolution. Will test soon!
DuckDuckGo is search engine with an interesting name and nice privacy settings.
Labels: connectivity, software
The Duckipedia is a German language Wikipedia for all things Disney.
Labels: cartoon, connectivity
The MirrorCase for iPhone is a case with integrated mirror for unobtrusive picture taking for less than 60$.
At Project Gutenberg you find more than 40000 free ebooks in various formats.
Labels: book
At Apple system status you see if the various Apple online services are working correctly or not.
Labels: Apple, connectivity
Calvin and Hobbes, the search engine by Bing is a search engine for all things Calvin and Hobbes.
Labels: cartoon, connectivity
Great tip from MacOSXhints.com for MacOSX 10.8: Re-enable old style auto-save for TextEdit with a real Save As... .
From iphonehacks.com: How to create custom vibrations on the iPhone.
You can use the Google maps URL scheme to launch the Google Maps app for iPhone and perform searches, direction requests, and display map views. When you launch Google Maps your bundle identifier is automatically sent as part of the request.
HideMyAss.com gives you a freeYoutube proxy to watch videos on YouTube.com anonymously.
Labels: connectivity, travel, video
From NerdVittles.com: The 5-Minute PBX, PIAF Virtual Machine for VirtualBox.
Labels: connectivity, Mac, PBX
The Yota phone will be an Android phone with a second eInk display on the back.
Helpful article from macworld.com: How to make your own Fusion drive.
Startech sell the USB3 Gigabit Ethernet adapter for less than 70 Euros.
Labels: connectivity, hardware, Mac
From mac.appstorm.net: 30 incredible Safari extensions.
Labels: connectivity, Mac, software
Smart WiFi toggler is an application designed to control your phone's WiFi using location based rules. Its aim is to conserve battery and minimize data charges by turning WiFi off when not connected to a network, and turning it on when a known hotspot is present. It uses your network location. No GPS battery drain.
Labels: Android, connectivity, software
With FileLocker you get end to end encrypted file storage. The free account includes five users with five GB free for each of them. FileLocker can be installed on your own servers, too and run inside your company's network. HTML5 based clients for iOS and Android available, too.
Labels: connectivity, software
Just found out, that you can replace the internal WLAN/WiFi/Airport card in a Mac mini with an internal PCI-e SATA card, which gives you two additional SAT channels for connecting fast and large storage devices.
Oracle Virtualbox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product, which runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD.
Labels: connectivity, Linux, Mac, software, Windows
If you want to emulate the Apple Newton on MacOSX, then read Setting up Einstein for networking. As of this writing (nov 2nd, 2012) only Einstein for OS X supports Ethernet networking by emulating an NE2000 PCMCIA card. You will need the newest version of Einstein from code.google.com, the original US MP2100 ROM (717006), and some patience., In return you will get a Netwon that has the correct time, connects to the Internet, and syncs with your Mac via NCX.
Labels: connectivity, Mac, Newton, software
From 12/3 to 12/6 the annual ILTM, the international luxury travel market, takes place in Cannes, France.
Labels: Cannes, connectivity, event, travel
From Gigaom.com: How Frances Free will reinvent mobile.
Labels: connectivity, France, wireless
OldApps.com hosts old software, among them Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20, which is the newest Firefox software that still runs on MacOSX 10.3.9.