Category: Tech

  • Should the CIA target Apple?

    Should the CIA target Apple?

    Something worth thinking about. There is spying that we denounce, such as the mass spying revealed by Snowden, but there is also some that we should come to expect, whether we agree with it or not. Because That’s Where the Intelligence Is — As a taxpayer, if the CIA and every other U.S. intelligence agency…

  • Things app

    Things app

    I’m a sucker for productivity apps, but one app that has been highly recommended by many folks that I haven’t tried is Things, mainly due to the price. The good news is that the iPhone and iPad versions of Things is free for Black Friday, and the Mac App version has a 30% discount until…

  • Tablet buying tips

    When someone asks me which tablet they should buy, there are few questions that I usually ask in order to help determine what they should buy. I’m going to run through them here with the hope that it helps you decide what to buy. A few things to note: This is my personal view of…

  • Switching to FastMail

    I’ve been a Gmail user and advocate from day I managed to get my hands on one, which was a big deal when it was launched. Since then the email interface has gone through changes, some good, some bad. Of late, there seems to be an increasing dissatisfaction towards Google, the way it treats user data,…

  • I use 12VPN and VPN.AC in China

    I use 12VPN and VPN.AC in China

    I originally wrote a very lengthy post about comparing various VPNs that I tried in China, but after some deliberation, I don’t see the point of writing a lengthy post just for the sake of being long winded. I’m going to keep things short here and nix the back story. The bottom line is that…