The Kindle Fire will be arriving in the eager hands of the millions of people who have pre-ordered this groundbreaking and low cost alternative to Apple’s popular iPad tablet as early as next Thursday.  There have been lots of other Android based tablets sent to compete with the iPad,...

Whether you’re a recent convert from PC (here, referred to as any hardware running Windows or another inferior operating system) to Mac, or a long time Mac user who is just curious about how the other half live, the infographic here will be of some assistance to you.  Many people are...

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who still serves as chairman of the board at Apple, Inc. after his announcement that he was officially stepping down as CEO, has been a household name since he co-founded Apple Computer back in the 1970s with friend and business partner Steve Wozniak.  Over the...

The long awaited Google+ app has finally landed in the iTunes App Store, or so we read.  At press time, the editors here at likeageek.com were unable to find the app in a search from the App Store app on any of our iPhones.  We’re told that we can definitely get it...

We all have a geek in our life — someone we cherish as a beloved member of the family, perhaps a close neighbor, or even a friend from work.  You know the type:  they always seem to be on a natural, legal high of some kind as they peel through page after page of PC Magazine or...

Two years ago, Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs went on the record, admitting that MobileMe was a big mistake.  At $99 per year, a subscription to Apple’s failed first cloud attempt got you an email address @me.com, some online storage space, a gallery, access to web hosting using...

There was a time when the two largest and most successful avenues to the World Wide Web were CompuServe, and America Online.  Millions of Americans dialed up on a daily basis, and relied heavily on their ISPs for every imaginable Internet service.  A hallmark of these two giants in their...

Everyone wants to be safe on the internet, a task that a number of expensive security tools can accomplish. The good news is that protecting yourself online does not need to be expensive in fact you can protect yourself for free. The number of threats online is greater than the gross domestic...

The iphone, as its name suggests is a phone. I am not going to be writing about that though. Its second main use is probably as a music player and music storage device. I am not really that interested in that either. I will be writing about how the iphone’s third most used function is...

The Nintendo 3DS is the newest addition to the Niontendo family. Like all of its relatives in the DS series, it is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. It is a worldwide known game console. It first launched in North America through an all day event on March 27, 2011. Nintendo had...