Category Archives: Tools

Moving a gMail Draft from One Device to Another

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Joan Vinall-Cox

it was fun discovering how I could move from device to device in gMail! Continue reading →

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Less of an Apple Fan Now

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I spent 12 days trying to get my iTunes store to work, with increasing urgency after I received an iPad 2. I got emails and even a phone call from Apple Support and from iTunes Support, and then more emails. … Continue reading →

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Hello HTC Loaner

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

The delivery man woke us up at 8:05 with my loaner from Samsung. It’s an HTC Legend (I think). I spent a couple of hours making sure I’d saved everything I wanted from my S2, and reading the instructions on … Continue reading →

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Galaxy S2 Woes

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I LOVE my Samsung Galaxy S2 – when it’s working. I’m not so fond of it when it – is a brick when unplugged in the morning until I take the battery out and put it back in. overheats like … Continue reading →

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Facebook Forces and Google Allows

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I was browsing my Facebook and saw an article I was interested in reading because I’ve been splitting my allegiance between Apple and Android. my interest is engaged and I’m taken – I’m unsure about connecting with the new Timeline, and the idea of … Continue reading →

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My Social Media Life

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I’ve been playing on the web, in the cloud, for years, and this is a description of the last couple of days. I started reading articles about Google+ (Google Plus) a couple of days ago, and added links on Twitter. … Continue reading →

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Kindle App Academic Possibilities

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

After seeing, with some envy, what a colleague could do on her iPad 2, I decided I wanted to find out more about the academic usefulness of what I could do with the books I read on my Kindle app … Continue reading →

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Texting and the Classroom

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I have set up some systems to scavenge information on what I’m interested in, or rather, on who “highlights” links with information I might be interested in. (A side-note – during my busy seasons, I simply delete the emails without … Continue reading →

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More on My Samsung Galaxy Tab

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

My Samsung Galaxy Tab Home Screen Does it make me disloyal to my love for Apple? I love my MacBook Air, but I bought myself a Samsung Galaxy Tab. My friends say I’m betraying Mac, but here’s what I said … Continue reading →

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Galaxy Tab – Quibble

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I love my Galaxy Tab, but I do have a quibble. I love the way it automatically linked up my gmail, when I added my address, and the way it then added my Google calendar and my Contacts. I love … Continue reading →

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