Sync Gmail Contacts through Microsoft Exchange
If your like me your probably using Gmail to manage an extensive contact list. I only recently noticed Contacts in Gmail were not syncing with my iPhone so I did some investigating.
Turns out that in IOS 5, when you setup your Gmail through the iPhone, the option to sync your contacts...
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It’s Tech Tuesday! Check out this new app I’m using for foursquare.
Foursquare is one social media platform I have trouble using on a daily basis especially for the places I routinely visit. . If there are places that you visit daily or even routinely and you check-in using foursquare , you can now automate the process using...
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I have had a lot of traffic to the blog today centering around iCloud and IOS5. I assume many people are having some of the same issues I have run into. Here goes the steps I took to run a clean upgrade…
In order to save yourself some time you should backup and update your iPhone to 4.3.5. This will prepare the phone for IOS5.
You will...
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Those of us who hangout in IRC chats and online through Social Media knew this day was coming.
Maybe you heard some of your techy friends dropping cryptic messages about how things are going to get a lot worse in this country before they get better and you had no clue what they meant. I know I was one of those people who was dropping those...
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It’s TECH TUESDAY - Google opens up it’s app store (I’m still waiting on Apple to do the same) and of course I have to immediately check it out. But my curiosity lies in what does Google’s app store offers that could work against their biggest rival, facebook? If you go to the Google app store and do a search for “facebook” there are about 180+ extensions being offered that could personalize your...
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Today, December 10th, has been designated Baseball Bloggers Alliance Day. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of this organization, both amongst bloggers and those that enjoy reading baseball on the internet. I happen to be in both categories. I blog part time for the MetsReport.com and really enjoy perusing the many other baseball blogs currently being listed in the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. As a Mets fan I regularly go to...
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It’s Tuesday and time for another quick Tech Tip: Have you had trouble setting up iPhoto to post to Flikr through Google Chrome? If so, read on… It has taken me weeks to figure out how to setup iPhoto to post my pictures in Flikr and I believe that many other iPhoto users may be having the same problem. I think this may be the case because I’ve searched the internet far and wide for a solution and none was found. Here are...
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Based on an article in the NYTIMES, Google recently addressed an issue regarding businesses who were being ranked highly on the search engine because of negative feedback from their customers. A crucial factor in Google search results is the number of links from respected and substantial Web sites. The more links that a site has from big and well-regarded sites, the better its chances of turning up high in a search. I know this based on...
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This Long Island Blogger would like to give a special welcome to Long Island’s very own “GrubLifeMetro.com“. One of the bigger tech stories I’ve been following this week is Google’s interest in buying Groupon.com in a deal that will be worth upwards of over 5 Billion dollars. Groupon is a group buying website that leans heavily on social media platforms to spread the word about deals that local small businesses...
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It’s tuesday and time for my weekly tech tip. This week’s tip…. Activeinbox for Gmail. Activeinbox is a small plugin for Gmail that uses the GTD (Get Things Done) method to organize your Gmail. If you struggle to control your inbox like I do this little tool may just do the trick. Check out the accompanying quick video… Activebox is a fairly new plugin that has been out just about a month. I’m using it and I...
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This is the 3rd year of the Montauk Lighthouse lighting. A few more and this event will be overrun with tourists. If I do this again I will have to bring the tripod. It was way too cold to hold the camera steady. “I wish everyone a Happy and Healthy Holiday season.” p.s. there is no WiFi here and I got 2 bars from AT&T on the iPhone. Just thought I’d throw in a little tech talk....
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