Category: Tech

What a very sad way of starting the day hearing about the loss of Steve Jobs. In the coming decades he will be remembered as being the genius who moved technology in the world further forward than anybody else. Forget so-called celebrities, Steve Jobs was a genius of a man who has really changed the…

I’ve recently written a blog post on the Frog Blog which has just been published. See here . . . http://frogtrade.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/making-sure-students-stay-safe-online-2/

After a weekend with my phone off as the Freeloader doesn’t work with it, I decided to send it back to Firebox. I mentioned that the comments said it worked with the 3GS, and they said they’d remove the comment and give me the free address to send it back. The moral of the story…

The Freeloader took all yesterday afternoon to charge, so didn’t get around to testing anything! The Freeloader comes with loads of fittings so out came the Apple connector (which charges all iPods and iPhones except the Shuffle) to charge my iPhone. Plugged it in – nothing! Tried it in my iPod – started charging. Not…

Just got one of those rather snazzy solar chargers from Firebox.com (http://www.firebox.com/product/1796/FreeLoader-Solar-Charger) to keep my iPhone going over a camping weekend. The charger is actually a lot smaller than it looks in the picture which is good, and it is currently charging itself up from the USB port, much better than having to wait for…