by Minter Dial | Aug 20, 2012 | New Tech
Having just experienced the onslaught of digital birthday wishes, I thought about downloading the birthdays of all my Facebook friends. Whether or not Facebook continues to allow us to do so is up for grabs. If you’d rather be safe than sorry, then here’s...
by Minter Dial | Jul 9, 2012 | Social Media
You would have thought that with a last name Dial, I would be all over the idea of a digital dial? For the past few years, however, I have been errant. In essence, I have been pressing the fast forward button on the iPhone video as if it were a button on a physical...
by Minter Dial | Jun 19, 2012 | New Tech
Most of you who make presentations to large audiences will be familiar with the remote system (pictured left) which sends a signal to the folks in the AV control room who are managing your powerpoint slides. In French, they call this remote the...
by Minter Dial | Jun 14, 2012 | New Tech
I just love London taxis! Talk about a ‘brand’ with deep trust. Their look, cabin size, (“the”) knowledge of the drivers, and their general level of courtesy all make for a great symbol of London. As goes the taxi experience, so...
by Minter Dial | Jun 6, 2012 | Social Media
Dropbox recently invited its 50+ million subscribers (source: Dropbox fact sheet) to upload their photos resident on their mobile devices up into their Dropbox account in the cloud. As an incentive, Dropbox offers up to 3GB of extra memory. I’ve just done that...