Paul Jacobson

Category: Mobile Tech

  • How to add Twitter accounts in the iPad Twitter app

    ​Twitter’s (relatively) new iPad app is a bit of a regression from the previous version (or coded awesomeness, depending on who you talk to). One feature is particularly obtuse and that is switching between and adding Twitter profiles to the app. HATE new Twitter for iPad update! No multiple accounts. Social media manager crisis. Any…

  • FaceTime or Hangout?

    Mike Elgan wrote a post a little while ago on Google+ about FaceTime’s imminent 3G capability through iOS6 which is expected to arrive next month. The thrust of his post is that FaceTime’s new 3G capability is too little too late: Google+’s Hangouts already offer multi-party video chat over WiFi and 3G. His post inspired…

  • How to enable the Personal Hotspot in iOS on Cell C

    Is personal hotspot in iOS network dependent? I don’t see the option on my iPad 3 since I switched to my @CellC SIM. @cellc_support? — Paul Jacobson (@pauljacobson) June 13, 2012 I tweeted Cell C a while ago and asked about enabling the personal hotspot feature on my iPad. I bought the R1 299 pre-paid…

  • The Samsung Galaxy S3 launches in South Africa

    The Samsung Galaxy S3 launched in South Africa with a spectacular event in Sandton this evening. I was invited to attend as a blogger and I took my camera along for the evening. With my time constraints at the moment, I’m not going to give you a review of the phone (well, I haven’t used…

  • If MTN can do this here, why don't we see this more often elsewhere?

    I do speed tests on my connections all the time. I don’t get out much and this, along with website terms and conditions, is a bit of an obsession for me. I see speeds like this in areas around Johannesburg on some days and really lousy speeds in most other areas and I wonder why…

  • Ah, the seductive VoIP telephony allure

    Ah, the seductive VoIP telephony allure

    This is our latest VoIP configuration for our new offices (which we are now moving into next Friday). I have connected my two office phones to a Linksys VoIP adapter and have configured the adapter with my FNB Connect account. The theory is that the portable phones (we have 2, 1 for me and 1…

  • OmniOutliner for iPad envy

    This OmniOutliner for iPad video makes me want to go back to using OmniOutliner for my notes! I used to use OmniOutliner on my Mac for all my notes (I especially used it for meeting notes) and when Nastassja joined me in January with her PC laptop, we needed a way to share notes so…

  • My MacBook Air just had its first anxiety attack

    It had a little nap and seems to be feeling better now.