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March 10, 2014

Apple Releases iOS 7.1 for iPhone and iPad

March 10, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Apple Releases iOS 7.1 for iPhone and iPad

Today, Apple released iOS 7.1, which is introduces a number of refinements to the OS, as well as addresses minor bugs that appeared in iOS 7. It weighs in at over 200 MB, so be sure to connect to Wi-Fi before installing it.

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March 10, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
Apple
ios, iPhone, iPad, Update
March 10, 2014

Impressions on Belkin's Travel Surge Protector

March 10, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Impressions on Belkin's Travel Surge Protector

Airports never have enough places where one can plug in to charge laptops and other devices. Power outlets are often few and far between. And, usually, there are crowds of people hovering over every last one of them. The next time you travel, consider bringing a portable power strip.

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March 10, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
Review-Impressions
Travel, Gadget
March 07, 2014

Gazelle Transforms Old Gadgets into Cash

March 07, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Gazelle Transforms Old Gadgets into Cash

In this day and age, new gadgets become available all the time. For those of us who love them, it's hard to keep up and always buy the latest fancy doodad. Oh, and it's expensive, too. 

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March 07, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
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Gazelle
March 06, 2014

Keys to Rearranging Text in Word and Outlook

March 06, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Keys to Rearranging Text in Word and Outlook

Every version of Microsoft Word has allowed us to move documents text with the keyboard. However, in recent years the mouse has become the weapon of choice when slinging text around. The tip that follows is something you may want to consider adding to your arsenal.

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March 06, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
Word, Outlook, Tip
keyboard
March 05, 2014

Roku Announces a Streaming HDMI Stick

March 05, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Roku Announces a Streaming HDMI Stick

Yesterday, Roku announced a new product, the Roku Streaming Stick. It hits store shelves in April for $49 USD and is now available to preorder in the US, Canada, the U.K., and in the Republic of Ireland.

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March 05, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
March 04, 2014

Don't change domain settings in the beginning of the week

March 04, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Don't change domain settings in the beginning of the week

Have you ever noticed something you need to fix and you think, "This will only take a few minutes ...." Well, that happened to me yesterday when attempting to update a setting related to how my domain (www.hemmans.com) forwards to where my website lives online.

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March 04, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
Blog, Tip
website
March 03, 2014

Amazon Whispersync for Voice Means Audiobooks for Less

March 03, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Amazon Whispersync for Voice Means Audiobooks for Less

Not long ago I told you about Kindle MatchBook, which allows you to buy the Kindle edition of a qualifying physical book purchased from Amazon for $2.99 or less. Amazon offers a similar program for companion audiobook titles of qualifying Kindle purchases; it's called Whispersync for Voice.

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March 03, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
Amazon
eBooks, Audiobooks, Kindle
February 28, 2014

Perfect PowerPoint Placeholder Positions

February 28, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Perfect PowerPoint Placeholder Positions

In PowerPoint, new slides appear with text boxes on them by default. These boxes are called placeholders. PowerPoint assigns default placeholder settings to new slides based on the template of the selected slide.

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February 28, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
PowerPoint
February 27, 2014

iOS: Ah, just quit it

February 27, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
iOS: Ah, just quit it

Today's post is short and sweet.

Have you ever had an app on an iPhone or iPad give you problems? One of the quickest things you can do is just quit it. Often, that's enough to resolve the issue. Sometimes, you might need to quit more than a single app to get things working again.

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February 27, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
Apple
iPad, iPhone, ios
February 26, 2014

Building a Website is Easy. Thanks, SquareSpace!

February 26, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans
Building a Website is Easy. Thanks, SquareSpace!

I built my first website back in 1993. My, how things have changed. It is so much easier to register a web address (domain) and start a new site than it used to be. Usually, within an hour or so, a new site can go "live."

 

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February 26, 2014/ Ivan Hemmans/
Review-Impressions
squarespace, website
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