Messages will allow you to send and receive messages on your Apple Mac laptop/desktop device from other iMessage users. I have been using this morning and it is a god send, no more having to unlock you iphone to read a mesage, it just appears on your Apple Mac!

If you send a lot of messages and a lot of your friends are using Apple iOS 5.0+ devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Macbook etc..), you seriously need to download this while you still can! (Click the link below to go straight to the download and information page)

Apple – Mac OS X – Download the free Messages Beta..

Have a good weekend!

Chris

It’s called “The Light”

Check it out on YouTube!

Oh! and Happy Valentines day!

Chris

At first glance, it was the fastest Jailbreak I have ever seen. However, after a couple of days use, it was apparent it does do more harm than good.

I do a lot of driving during the week, so I rely on my iPhone to keep me entertained listening to my playlists. I got in the car stuck on my favourite playlist and waited for it to start. After 30 seconds of silence, I was trying to figure out what was wrong with the phone/car. I unplugged the phone and tried to play the playlist on it’s own and it wouldn’t play, it would flash the album art up on screen and then take me back to the track listings in the playlist. I repeated the step and it eventually started playing a song, however, it wasn’t the song that I had asked it to play…. I plugged it back into the car and started listening to the music. I tried to change track and it would skip a whole bunch of songs that it would normally have played.. GREAT! As there wasn’t much that I could do while driving I put up with the random tracks. Finally when it changed tracks it suddenly stopped playing, and played a strange noise and stuck on 2:47 seconds on the display in the car.

I am not sure if this is 100% to do with the Absinthe Jailbreak, however I am going to do a iPhone restore to see if this brings it all back.

iPhone users be weary! Make sure you do a backup of your iPhone BEFORE doing the jailbreak..

Let me know if you experience the same issue with your Apple iPhone 4s

Thanks,
Chris

After arriving on site at Planet Eclipse, myself and my team mate were greeted by Rob the Planet Eclipse technician. Rob can be found at most big paintball games and events. In my experience, before having taken this course, I would always go and find Rob in the Planet Eclipse tech support tent to answer any of my questions or to show me what I was doing wrong with my paintball marker. Top bloke!

After the remaining paintball players who were taking part in the course had turned up, the course started. It was an in depth course lasting approximately 6 hours. At the end of the course, you are given an exam to complete. If you are able to complete the exam and achieve a pass score. You are awarded with a Planet Eclipse certification for the technicians course and you are also presented with a Planet Eclipse badge that only technicians can earn once they have passed.

I won’t bore you all with the fine details of how to carry out the maintenance, but I would highly recommend the course to anybody wanting to service or troubleshoot their own paintball markers!

Total cost of the course – £30! (Included in this price is a Planet Eclipse techflex mat for disassembling your marker, a complete allen key tool kit, a put of Planet Eclipse oil, Planet Eclipse grease and a complete folder, containing all the diagrams of the markers, firing and operations diagrams and a note pad.. Not bad eh!?)

If you are tempted by this course, keep an eye out on the Planet Eclipse website where you will be able to book in.

See you on the field!

Chris

After spending a couple of months using my new MacBook Air, I have noticed that you can no longer send SMS/TXT messages from your blueooth connected mobile phone

I remember when you could pair up your mobile phone (no matter who it was manufactured by) and any SMS or TXT messages received on your phone would be displayed on screen on my Mac, which you could then quickly reply to via the Mac.

Apple why have you removed this feature and when will you be putting it back?!

Happy New Year!

Chris

I thought I would post up to wish all my readers a Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

I hope you all have a Happy Christmas, and I will update you when im back!

Chris

A great song by Kele! Just managed to find this on iTunes as well, so if you want to grab a high quality version, see the link below..

Kele (Feat. Lucy Taylor) – What Did I Do

Merry Christmas!
Chris

Artist: Blackmill
Album Title: Miracle
Genre: Electronic / Dubstep

You can download it from iTunes here. Turn it up LOUD and appreciate!

Blackmill - Miracle (Album Out Now)

Do not even hesitate about not buying this album!

Let me know what you think

Chris

Thanks to Standford University’s Paul Hegarty, you can now subscribe to one of this university modules that takes you through the basics of creating your very own iOS app. Ok so the tutorial is not the most exciting iOS app in the world, but this is a great foundation to work with.

Where can I find this, I hear you ask. Well these lectures and videos have been uploaded to iTunes U! See the link below to subscribe for FREE!

iTunes U – My First iOS App

If you have found a good iOS development tutorial, feel free to share them in the comments section below.

Happy Coding!
Chris

It has come to that time of year again where the plans for New Years have been left to the last minute. Is it because year after year, you spend the whole of the month trying to plan something with your mates, to find that on the night, it is exactly the same as every other night but with a considerable amount of money missing from your wallet due to the mammouth entrance fee you had to pay to get in to the pub/bar/club that you paid £0 to get into the week previous.. Not forgetting the increased drink prices and the really long wait to get to the bar for a drink (Ok, so this is coming across a bit negative.. it is not meant to appear that way.. honest!).

What I am asking you is.. Have you ever had a good New Years celebration? What did you do and what was the best part of your evening?

How will you be celebrating the coming of 2012?

How will you be welcoming the new year?

Happy Christmas!
Chris