Kelly Guimont

One of the appealing features of photo messaging app Snapchat is that the photo is temporary; after a short period of time the image disappears, or at least, that’s what people thought until the FTC got involved. Some of the FTC charges were related to a security hole discovered earlier this year that disclosed over 4…

Part of the issue is the goal of pro-Net Neutrality people to keep “Internet access” synonymous with “phone line.” While we take it for granted today, a phone line is a wire provided by one company that allows you to choose who you call, whether they are using the same telephone provider you use or not. Many large…

Facebook's new Anonymous Login option. This solves a common problem with Facebook apps or logins, where maybe an app looks interesting, but a user doesn’t want to share a bunch of data up front. This way there can be a trial while a user forms an opinion about an app, then go back and adjust…

Image made with help from Shutterstock. Here's how it works: Like a lot of sites, when you visit Verizon’s site and log in, it sets a cookie on your computer. Verizon’s cookie includes an anonymized identifier (also common in cookies). What's new here is this identifier will now be made available to third-party mobile ad firms…

World's Fair Site I know, the World's Fair isn't Apple related, and normally I'd have made this a Cool Stuff Found entry here at TMO; but, when I went to write it up I had so many cool things I decided to make it an editorial. Sadly what remains on site is minimal and only…

Kelly bends iTunes Radio to her will, and so can you! So here’s how to tune those stations, both on iOS and Mac OS: First, on iOS, here’s where the tuning options live. Launch the Music app and tap the iTunes Radio icon in the lower left: There's iTunes Radio, down in the lower left.…

T-Mobile has ramped up what it calls the Uncarrier initiative, aimed at “freeing Americans from the from the greedy, absurd practices of the old wireless companies.” That's most likely marketing hype, but whatever the case, T-Mobile's Uncarrier policies are good for customers. In the last week there were three days of Uncarrier announcements, and the…

Snap a photo of your idea sketch and make it interactive with Marvel. Even better than the good idea, the whole thing is free and you can sync via Dropbox so your resources are all available everywhere your Dropbox folder resides. If it turns out that you aren’t a designer or even particularly good at…

Photo Courtesy of Boy Genius Report Those reportedly include a 13 megapixel rear camera, one front facing selfie/video chat camera, and four additional cameras that work in conjunction with sensors to create a glasses-free 3D effects, one of the biggest features that differentiates Amazon’s smartphone from others. These effects are reported to trickle down through the…

Amazon has reportedly been demonstrating the unreleased handset around San Francisco and Seattle. Apparently the distinguishing feature of Amazon’s phone is that it can display 3D images but does so in a way that doesn’t require special glasses. The WSJ pointed out that Apple and Samsung make up 49% of the mobile market, and it would…

Internal Samsung documents show 1 million Tabs sold in all of 2011, compared to iPad sales of 17.4 million, Kindle Fire’s 5 million, and even 1.5 million Nooks, putting Samsung in fourth place. This bit of information in particular caused a lot of ripples because research firms based reports on Samsung's falsified numbers. IDC said Steve…

Mr. Christie started at Apple in 1996 to work on the Newton, so he has a long relationship with Apple's touch screens. He was invited to work on a secret project in late 2004, resulting in two meetings a month (in a room with extremely limited access) with Steve Jobs to show progress and get…