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How to create text expansion shortcuts for your iPhone

If you find yourself constantly typing out the same thing over and over on your iPhone, consider the new iOS feature for creating shortcuts that expand into whatever you want.  (iOS = the operating system used on Apple’s mobile devices, like the iPhone and iPad.) Apple quietly added this feature to iOS 5 recently. You… [Read more]

Frequently asked questions about virtualization

What is virtualization? Virtualization is a means of taking a physical server—its hardware, operating system, etc.—and running it as software. By virtualizing a server, we’re removing hardware dependency, so we gain the freedom to move virtual servers among many physical servers. How is virtualization deployed? Ideally, we would host several virtual servers on several physical… [Read more]

Where will Apple go without Steve Jobs?

As most people are aware, last month Apple’s founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, announced he’s stepping down as CEO effective immediately. This news sent a shockwave through the IT and financial communities, as anyone who knows Apple knows that Jobs’ influence on the company is so deep it was often denoted as a future problem… [Read more]