An Ode to Visual Voicemail (3)
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I have long felt that voicemail was archaic. Like fax machines, voice mail systems seem stuck in an earlier era, with arcane controls and so little feedback that the user has no idea if their attempt at communication has been successful. In fact, I was long loath to trust voice mail systems at all, instead just asking people to call my other numbers or email me. With this in mind, I was impressed by Apple’s ...
Tough To Watch the Olympics on TiVo (1)
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It’s Olympics time, but despite high tech elements, it’s still tough to watch what you want. NBC has scheduled more coverage than ever, but much is delayed and none is properly listed in guide services. And TiVo’s Olympics Guru Guide is worse than useless in so many ways. Here’s the rundown about what you have to do and why: If you have an HD TiVo, don’t use the Guru Guide. It’ll only record in SD, ...
