The low down on the iphone 4S iPhone 5 still in the works October 4, 2011 | perivision | 1 Comment So its the iphone 4S. This is not news since its slipped out last week from an iTunes oversight. The outside is the same, but the internals have changed. The dual-core A5 is the big game changer… for games that is. ** Apple stock has now fallen 3.42 percent, while the NASDAQ is down only… Read More
Google Analytics upgrades to Premium and gets realtime September 29, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment This just broke on the Google blogs, you can now buy Google Analytics Premium. It mostly looks like upgrades to amount of data you can track and more variables for doing custom filters, which is great. I think the most interesting feature is going to be realtime traffic reporting. I have used Chartbeat and currently… Read More
Google Body Browser is shutting down. September 24, 2011 | perivision | 1 Comment Shame. I really liked this little bit if HTML 5 demo code. Ellie K left a comment our original post when it first went public. https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2010/12/google-body-browser/ They did say in the post that the project would be open sourced somewhere else, but not details as to where and when. Seems Google is shutting down quite… Read More
Google+ API is open! Come and code it! September 15, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment We were waiting and the day has came. Google has opened up the Google+ API. At first glance it seems pretty normal. Typical Restful stuff. We love the way the programmable web has evolved, so we’re using existing standards and best practices wherever we can: Our API methods are RESTful HTTP requests which return JSON… Read More
Tip #41 How to organize and store all those cords without getting them mixed together using.. toilet paper rolls September 13, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I will have to find the mp3 opening of ‘real men of genius’ advert because this trick of using toilet paper rolls to store cords is just that; genius.I found this browsing reddit, so up votes to shaft0 Its a pretty simple idea right? Get a box, a large show box should do, get a… Read More
Apple wins lawsuit in EU. No Samsung table for you Europe September 9, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Well this is something. Seems that a EU judge decided that Samsung’s Galaxy table is not unique enough in design to not be subject to Apples patent. Here is an excerpt from VentureBeat. The preliminary injunction was first granted last month by the German court, which found Samsung’s tablets closely resembled Apple’s designs. It initially… Read More
Google+ API to be privately release. Public should get it in a few months September 8, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment This is not a surprise or big news but just another indicated that Google is plodding along with turning Google+ into the success the Google Wave never experienced. Unfortunately, most of us have to wait around while a chosen few started testing the API set. Here’s the leaked letter Google Ventures sent to its portfolio… Read More
Its True. Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple August 24, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment It was only a matter of time, and I guess the time is now. Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of APPle. So what does that mean? In the short term, not a lot. The stock market has not responded much in after hour trading, but we will see tomorrow. This has been long in… Read More
Barnes & Noble cancels many orders for the $99 TouchPad August 23, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment This adventure never ends and the odds of me getting a touchpad for $99 is slipping to nill. I posted a bit ago that I was able to order a machine though Barnes & Noble. Well I just got an email cancelling the order: Due to unexpected customer demand for this item, our inventory was… Read More
HP TouchPad available via Barns and Noble web site… for now.. August 22, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I was waiting to go to Best Buy in hopes of getting a $99 touchpad since I could not get one on Saturday and both the HP site and Best Buy site says it out of stock. Then @danielbru (who gets an upvote from me) tweeted that he bought one from barnesandnoble.com. I hit the… Read More
HP TouchPad for $99! I am buying it! August 19, 2011 | perivision | 2 Comments So we all heard about HP giving up the ghost on their webOS hardware unit. I was expected that there would be a sale to get rid of these units. But $99?? Wow, I’m sure that is pretty far below cost! Right now its live in Canada, but first chance in show up in the… Read More
History of rage faces August 16, 2011 | perivision | 1 Comment I don’t know whats up with me but I have been writing a lot about rage faces lately. Perhaps because work has been more busy then normal so I have not had the energy to write like I normally. Do. Anyway, I came across the History of Rage Faces on Reddit and thought I would… Read More
Create Rage comics on your Android phone August 9, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I was only a matter a time before someone created a native Android app for creating rage comics. WIN! I have not tried it myself since my Android is stilling in a box somewhere, (using the iphone for now), but I’ll dig it out at some point and replace the iphone screenshot. However, if someone… Read More
Short phone number codes.. Or whatever they are called August 6, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I saw this on Reddit and thought, what the heck, I’ll share.. Also, the picture is complete unrelated. I just browsed through my photo library and grabbed something. 0 – Operator assistance 00 – Long-distance operator assistance 011 – International Access Code. (For all destinations outside the NANP) 01 – International Access Code using operator… Read More
MobileNoter updated to allow creating oneNote pages on iPhone August 2, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Took long enough, but finally. You can create a oneNote page with mobileNoter. I have not tried it yet, but wanted to get the word out there. Here is the press release. Yes, it finally happened: we have released a long awaited update for the MobileNoter for iPhone, version 2.4. The most important changes in… Read More
Cool iphone case and wallet that looks like a book August 2, 2011 | perivision | 1 Comment I have been using the same simple iphone case since the day I got my iphone4. Its a very think plastic 1 sided case; its gets the job done. Then on laughing squid I came across this Bookbook, an iphone case that doubles as a wallet and looks like a book. Pretty nice. The bookbook… Read More
WANT! iphone ipad controlled Helicopter for $40 with shipping July 31, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Nice! You can get one of those micro helicopters for around $40 that you can control with your iphone/ipad/ipad. The only thing missing is the video display. I would LOVE to see someone put a small wifi camera on this. I would buy it right now. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-helicopter/id439500840?mt=8 http://www.dealextreme.com/p/iphone-ipod-touch-ipad-controlled-rechargeable- DealExtreme, the leading online electronics retailer, unveils… Read More
Topify is now gone. Is there a reason to use to the Twitter API anymore? July 30, 2011 | perivision | 4 Comments Another one bits the dust. Topify, a service that makes working with twitter and email much better decided to not to deal with the latest changes to the Twitter API. And I can understand some what because one of the services of TwittFilter ( developed by Yours Truly) has a similar service where it will… Read More
How to fix crashed WordPress after update 3.2 with the Arras theme July 25, 2011 | perivision | 12 Comments I just updated from WP3.1 to WP3.2 and it immediately crashed my site. A hard crash, no admin panel, nor error message. Fortunately I did this at the Automattic office, so I had the core guys there to help me. Now here is a tip, if your site ever locks up after installing a plugin… Read More
Sesame Street breaking down some Beastie Boys July 23, 2011 | perivision | 2 Comments I’m sure how else to say but just microphone check as Groover kicks this jam with early holding the beat. Ahhhh yeeaa.. The Sesame Street gang mix it up Beatie Boys Sure Shot. Its a great world with video editing becomes so easy that someone would take the time to make a music mashup like… Read More