Erik Bernskiold is a web consultant and technology geek who spends his days building websites for clients at XLD Studios and training people in web design and other media creation at Bernskiold Media.
There are some seriously cool things going on at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. Just in case anyone was doubtful of it, Google today released their brand new Instant Search feature that is beginning to roll out to users logged into Google Accounts today.
I put together a little short video that demos the search (shown above) and I also have a little link for you that you can visit if you don’t already have the slick instant search enabled already so go search using instant search now!
The iPhone 4 is now released here in Sweden (finally) and at the same minute of the release, I ordered mine online from my carrier. The estimated delivery date is on August 5th, a bit slow on delivery but still nice enough with no queuing and no pre-orders.
Come Thursday I will hopefully have the phone and let you know what I think.
If you are an iPhone 4 owner or if you, like me, are patiently awaiting its release in your country, you most likely did not miss that Apple held a press conference last night regarding the antenna issues. The whole press conference is available from Apple to watch if you are interested to watch it. They sadly did not include the Q&A with the media that was afterwards.
Steve Jobs opened by again, stating that a very low number of customers are having the antenna issues, a move which can hardly be passed as surprising. On the contrary, based on Apple’s past history it was always more believable that the issues were going to be minimized as much as possible.
When Apple first demoed iOS 4 back in March (then called iPhone OS 4) I was very excited to see Bluetooth Keyboard Support listed. This is one of these things that I have wanted for a long while on the iPhone, which would enable me to do more on the iPhone in terms of productivity and writing.
It is a valid question, I give you that. While I want an iPad too and expect it to be that middle device for me that saves me bringing the computer, still getting a screen larger than the iPhone’s, being able to type on the iPhone with an external keyboard is packing it full with a brand new way for us to use it.
Being in school for most of the year, I do much writing. Some days, I do bring my laptop, when I know we will be doing writing in class that we are allowed to do on computers (school computers, although all Macs, are usually taken very quickly). If you have seen my bag that I bring, you would know that it is usually filled with books I need to bring weighing me down as it is already. In all honesty, the bag I have used for almost two years broke earlier this spring because of the weight all the time. Having an iPad, or the iPhone even, saves me a lot of weight just for being able to type into a computer.
Last week I was doing a road trip with my dad around Germany, more or less visiting famous cities where composer, J.S Bach used to be active, ending in a couple of days in Berlin.
I have written about TripIt before, more specifically after my Photoshop World trip back in March and how it helped me keep track of flights. Well, this time I didn’t have any flights, but many hotels.
What makes TripIt so great to use is that all I do when I book a flight, transportation or hotel, is that I forward the confirmation email to TripIt and if it is from one of their many (many!) supported sites, they add it to the existing trip for those days, or create a new trip for me!
In addition, I can add activities and events myself if I want them in my travel itinerary if they aren’t supported, or does not require booking.
Short and sweet, I love TripIt and TripIt Pro, making my traveling much easier and for my favorite iPhone app to go with it, check out FlightTrack Pro and TripDeck.