Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Fix
4:34PM Angus Kidman | Dear Lifehacker, Something glitched when I was updating my iPhone to 3.01 this morning, so I had to do a full wipe and restore. Urk. All my purchased apps restored, except for my purchased copy of SimpleMind, the excellent mindmapping tool. Bad enough that I’ve lost a bunch of mindmap data – but who do I go to to get the app back? Appstore? Programmer? Anyone have advice or experiences on this issue? Thanks, Phil More »
Ask Lifehacker: Restoring Lost iPhone Apps
4:34PM Angus Kidman | Dear Lifehacker, Something glitched when I was updating my iPhone to 3.01 this morning, so I had to do a full wipe and restore. Urk. All my purchased apps restored, except for my purchased copy of SimpleMind, the excellent mindmapping tool. Bad enough that I’ve lost a bunch of mindmap data – but who do I go to to get the app back? Appstore? Programmer? Anyone have advice or experiences on this issue? Thanks, Phil More » 
Communicate
12:06PM Angus Kidman | 3G broadband might be a rapidly expanding market, but it doesn’t look like Woolworths wants to get into it just yet, despite making a move on the mobile phone market. More »
No Data On Horizon For Woolworths Mobile
12:06PM Angus Kidman | 3G broadband might be a rapidly expanding market, but it doesn’t look like Woolworths wants to get into it just yet, despite making a move on the mobile phone market. More »
Travel
10:41AM Angus Kidman | Navigon, the iPhone GPS which we showed in a preview version last month, is now available for purchase. More »
Navigon iPhone GPS App Released For Australia
10:41AM Angus Kidman | Navigon, the iPhone GPS which we showed in a preview version last month, is now available for purchase. More »
Organise
10:08AM Angus Kidman | Twitter’s search capabilities are one of its most useful features, but only let you look through actual posts on Twitter. TweepSearch extends that capability to allow you to search through the information in individual profiles. More »
Tweepsearch Lets You Search Twitter Bios
10:08AM Angus Kidman | Twitter’s search capabilities are one of its most useful features, but only let you look through actual posts on Twitter. TweepSearch extends that capability to allow you to search through the information in individual profiles. More »
Fix
8:30AM Angus Kidman | If you’re tight on space, then shelving is an essential — and displaying photos or artwork under the shelves is a neat trick for getting even more out of your limited room. More »
Display Photos And Artworks Under Shelves
8:30AM Angus Kidman | If you’re tight on space, then shelving is an essential — and displaying photos or artwork under the shelves is a neat trick for getting even more out of your limited room. More »
Communicate
Learn New Phrases By Tweaking Your Gadgets’ Language Settings
5:30AM Azadeh Ensha | If you’re heading off to a foreign country and want to quickly familiarise yourself with its language, try changing the default language on your favourite gadgets to help jump-start your education. More »
Work
BattCursor Turns Your Mouse Into A High-Visibility Battery Meter
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows: When you’re away from an outlet and flying on battery power alone, keeping an eye on how much juice your laptop has is critical. BattCursor makes it easy to track how much power you have left. More »
Fix
4:30AM Rosa Golijan | Flies, mosquitoes, and even ants are easy to get rid of in comparison to the dreaded, disgusting household annoyance that is the roach. Fortunately this DIY method aims not only kill this pest, but prevent its relatives from coming to the funeral. More »
DIY Roach Extermination
4:30AM Rosa Golijan | Flies, mosquitoes, and even ants are easy to get rid of in comparison to the dreaded, disgusting household annoyance that is the roach. Fortunately this DIY method aims not only kill this pest, but prevent its relatives from coming to the funeral. More »
Organise
Search Wikipedia From The Command Line
4:00AM The How-To Geek | If you’ve ever had the inclination to look up information using the shell prompt, the Command-Line Fu site explains how to query Wikipedia using the built-in dig utility. More »
Travel
