• Wearable Technology

    Use The Fitbit App With Your iPhone Instead Of A Fitbit

    Recently, I had my third Fitbit in a year break. I decided to pick up a Jawbone UP3 instead. But I got to missing my Fitbit friends and some of the other features that are great on the Fitbit. So I looked into using the Fitbit app without a Fitbit device. And I was in luck; I found that the Fitbit app has a feature called MobileTrack. MobileTrack allows you to use your iPhone as a Fitbit, in a way. To setup MobileTrack, install the Fitbit app from the App Store and login with your FitBit account. From the Fitbit app, tap on the “Account” icon in the icon bar. You’d normally add your Fitbit…

  • iPhone

    iPhone: More Juice Please

    One of the things that has plagued me since my first phone is that I seem to pretty much always be on it. Annoying as that is for those around me, it seems to take the most toll on the battery of every mobile device that I’ve ever owned. The iPhone is actually one of the better of the devices that I’ve had, but I could just use a little more juice. Which is why I got a Mophie Juice pack. The Mophie is an iPhone case, but it also has a battery in it. The battery can give it up to 4 and a half more hours of talk…