March 16, 2013
12:14 pm
by: Jay Murphy

NetZero Offers Free 4G Coverage for Free

Free is not a word that you hear when it comes to cellular data, but luckily NetZero is changing that. NetZero is offering free 4G data for the first year. This plan will include 200 mB of data with no contracts or commitments. While the data is for free you will still need to buy the device, but luckily they aren’t too expensive. NetZero is offering two options, a USB modem for your computer ($49.95), and a WiFi hotspot that can be used by any WiFi-enabled device($99.95). After your first year you will have to go on one of their 4G plans that ranges from $9.99 to $49.95 a month. The obvious advantage to this is that you will get 200 mB of data free for a whole year, but 200 mB really isn’t that much and NetZero’s network doesn’t cover as much as one would hope.

Image Borrowed from The Hippest Phones

NetZero Coverage Map (image borrowed from hippestphone.com)

If you are in NetZero’s coverage area, you might want to look into this offer!
For more information you can check out the LockerGnome article at lockergnome.com, and NetZero for more information at netzero.com.

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December 15, 2012
3:36 pm
by: Jay Murphy

Giveaway: How to Code a HTML Website for Beginners

I will be giving How to Code a HTML Website for Beginners to three lucky winners. All you have to do is to Tweet with the hashtag #jmurphynation and like our Facebook page. I will be picking a winner of the giveaway on January 25, 2013, and announce the winner on twitter and Facebook.

 

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/jmurphynation

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jmurphynation

You can view the ebook on Amazon here: How to code a HTML Website for Beginners

 

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December 15, 2012
3:13 pm
by: Jay Murphy

How to hide Unwanted apps without Jailbreaking

Are you tired of seeing Newsstand or any other preloaded apps on your iPhone or other iOS devices? Then you are in the right place. To hide these apps you will want to do the following:

1. G0 to rag3hack.no-ip.org on your iOS Device.

2. Go down to the Hide Apps no Jailbreak.

3. From the list of apps pick the one you would like to hide.

4. A dialog box will pop up and ask you to install a certificate. You will want to confirm it.

5. Once you click Install the install will gail and ask you to retry it. Do not retry it but click done.

6. Press down on the app that you want to hide like you wanted to move it around and then click the “x button” in the upper left, and click hide.

This is everything you will have to do to hide Apple apps. The only thing you will have to remember is that once you reboot your iOS device you ail have to go though those steps again.

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October 15, 2012
12:50 am
by: Jay Murphy

What to Expect From the iPad Mini

From the large amount of rumors that have come out in the recent months, there will likely be an iPad Mini. From this you can conclude that Apple is trying to create competition with the other 7-inch tablets in the market.

The iPad Mini will most likely have a 7-ish inch screen, but most likely it will not be a Retina display since they will need to keep the price down to be able to complete.  Apple might put a higher res screen than the iPad 2 in it but not a high as the The New iPad. It should also have a A5 chip just like the iPad 2 and run the latest version of iOS 6. The iPad should include around 512 Mb of ram and the new lighting bolt connector like on the iPhone 5. There probably will not be a data plan version of the iPad Mini to reduce the overall cost of the product line. The form factor most likely will ether be similar to the iPad 1 or the iPhone depending on what rumors you look at.

Overall the iPad Mini, or whatever Apple is going to call it, should be around $200 to $300 depending on a couple of factors: if it has a high res screen, 3G or 4G antennas, and the processor.

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September 20, 2012
4:49 pm
by: Jay Murphy

First Impressions of iOS 6

The latest OS updated for the iOS devices is now out and available for download. There is a couple of things that iOS 6 has going for it, but on the other hand it also has annoyances too.

Likes

Redesigned App Store

Although the App Store is not a place that most people go to on a regular basis it is still nice that Apple redesigned it to make it more visually appealing and cleaner. With this update to the App Store we might actually see other parts of the OS get updates like the Home Screen and other Apple apps.

app store

Apple adding the Clock app to the iPad

With this app now on the iPad you can not use you only your iPhone as an alarm, you can use it on whatever iOS devices you want to. Although Apple put this app on the iPad they did not use the same icon so this could lead to some confusion about what exactly it is for the people that are not good with technology.

Facebook Integration

From iOS 5 update we got Twitter integration which allowed you to easily tweet from your iOS devices, and now with Facebook integration  you have two of the most popular Social Networks that you can share too.

iCloud Tabs

This feature has been a long awaited feature of iOS 6. Since now you can see what websites you are viewing on all your iOS devices.

iCloud Tabs

Dislikes

Lack of any customization options

Many people were hoping that iOS 6 would get customization options in the setting without jailbreaking, but we did not even get any added options. Apple does not have to give us all of them but a option to change the app icons like on the Mac would be nice.

You still cant delete Newsstand

The lack of the ability to delete Newsstand from your iOS device like the iBookstore is still annoying since you cant even put it into a folder to hide it from  all your other apps.

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September 5, 2012
5:27 pm
by: Jay Murphy

Four Things that iOS 6 Needs

ALthough iOS has many features that are great, there are some that I wish were in iOS 6:

1. WIFI on/off WIdget

This really needs to happen soon because there is not any easy way to get to the WIfI settings. It does not have to be a default setting, but just an option that will allow you to put a WIFI widget in the Notification center if you want to have easy access to it.

2. Shortcuts for settings

Apple needs to have widgets that will allow you to change the settingsmore easily. It can be a shortcut on the homescreen or widgets in the Notification Center. Just something so you dont have to go to the Settings app all the time to change the settings.

3. Allow you to print from any Network enabled printer

The new update needs to have the abilty to print from any printer on the network no matter what kind of printer it is. This will let you easily print to any printer on your network

4. No password to download free apps

Apple needs to allow you download apps that are free without inputting a password so that you do not have to type it in everytime you want to download an app.

Leave comments below and share what you hope iOS 6 has.

 

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