Category: Technology

Apple Summary. The Apple Wireless Keyboard offers a small design with easy and fast typing. Product Evaluation. Below are journal entries from Gregory Johnson relating his experience with the Apple Wireless Keyboard. Entries are listed below with the most recent at the top. Dates are provided in the format yyyymmdddyhhhh (year, month, day of the… Continue reading Apple Wireless Keyboard – Review

Effective Living > Technology > Apple Summary. The following instructions are for extending an Apple wireless network using the Airport Express. You will need the Airport Utility and a computer with a wireless network card. These instructions are based on the older original Airport Express. You may want to refer to the interactive online Airport support page… Continue reading Extend Apple Wireless Airport Extreme Network with Airport Express

Effective Living > Technology > Apple > iPhone Summary. An iPhone sent out to replace a defective unit was found to be quirky and have several issues as outlined below. The phone was compared to another iPhone after both phones had been reset to factory default settings. Email Default Account Wrong Order. The benchmark phone… Continue reading Replacement iPhone is Quirky and has Issues

Technology Summary. Starting around mid-June 2008, in the Iowa City area, the ATT Wireless Edge network began to exhibit intermittent problems. As of July 1, these problems continued. As a result, sending larger emails (such as those with photos attached) may result in an SMTP error indicating a problem communicating with the SMTP server. Depending on… Continue reading ATT Wireless Edge Network Apple iPhone SMTP Errors

Technology > Apple > iPhone NOTE: This document is from 2008 and may not be applicable for current iPhone models and iOS. This was a creative innovation to make the iPhone play a silent ringtone for some callers. Newer iPhone models allow for priority callers and non-priority callers. Summary. It is sometimes desirable to have an audible… Continue reading iPhone – Silent Ringer for Some Callers for Selectively Silencing the Phone

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Effective Living > Technology > Apple > iPhone Summary. The factory default settings for the iPhone may not be optimal for ease of use, convenience, personalization, and optimal battery life. Optimal configuration settings are suggested below. It may also be necessary to change these settings if the phone needed to be reset (such as when… Continue reading iPhone – Optimal Settings as Alternatives to Factory Default Settings

Technology Summary. Microsoft Office may need to be updated manually on the Microsoft website. Follow the instructions below for updating. Go to this page http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ Click on the Office Update link found in the upper right of that page. Follow the instructions provided.  

Technology > Local Providers Summary. Midwest Computer Brokerage is the latest addition to our directory of local technology sales and service providers. “Old computers don’t have to die – they can be recycled.  At least that’s what Dave Long and Greg Kerr have proved in less than three years with their businesses – Midwest Computer… Continue reading Midwest Computer Brokers Electronic Recovery Recycling of Used Computers