Tag: SYNC

With your Facebook contact data freed from the evil clutches of the mighty Zuck, we're halfway done with consolidating your address books. While getting your info from Facebook is the trickiest part, we all know that the disaster of an address book on your cell phone is the worst offender when it comes to disorganization. Today, we're going to combine your Gmail contacts with those on your ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines.... Foursquare mayor wannabes have an extra incentive to return to their pub or hot dog joint of choice. The location-based service will now let you know when you're within a mere 10 check-ins of an elusive mayorship. [From: foursquare blog] Google's new Gmail calling functionality has been used over 1 million times in the service's first ...

AJ is a lime green, decal-bedecked 2011 Ford Fiesta. Like HAL from '2001,' he has his own man-made intelligence, and thus the gendered pronoun. He's been making his way around the country, sending messages to anyone who will listen. You see, AJ is a car that tweets. Ford engineers gave AJ (short for American Journey 2.0) the ability to connect to the Internet by outfitting him with a Dell ...

What it is: DoubleTwist is a music manager and media syncing tool for those who don't want to join, or are looking to leave, the cult of Apple. It has gained particular notability ever since T-Mobile agreed to package the application with some of its Android-powered handsets. What we like: Aesthetically, we find DoubleTwist rather pleasing. While others have described it as "rough," we quite ...

While other U.S. car manufacturers have been mired down in bankruptcy and the near-total collapse of the automotive industry, Ford continues its devotion to an impressive modernization movement. The company's trend toward technological advancement began in earnest with the voice-controlled Microsoft Sync program, which is set to begin its second phase next year. According to Engadget, the next ...

Ford is on a mission. The mission, as most of you may have guessed, is to completely reverse the effects of producing sub-par, environmentally inefficient, technologically challenged automobiles for decades. It seems the prospect of going bankrupt has finally inspired Ford to give customers what they really want (besides a "made in America" sticker). The new Ford Taurus is a perfect example ...

If you're like us, you use Google Calendar to share work appointments and collaborate on scheduling meetings. It's a simple and nice alternative to Outlook calendar and it's accessible virtually anywhere. If you're still like us, you also have a new iPhone and you wanted all those Google Calendar appointments on your new device. The process is simple and painless, at least for Mac users with iCal. ...

Finally, a mobile phone maker is showing some love for the Mac. Nokia has released a beta version of its media transfer software for Mac, which allows the Apple faithful to transfer photos to their Nokia phones through iPhoto, and shuttle music to their phones through iTunes. The application is still in testing, so some features such as calendar and contact syncing don't exist, though we hope to ...