Author Archives: Terrance Gaines

About Terrance Gaines

I'm a husband, father and Technology Evangelist who shares tech news, reviews, tips and tricks on my site BrothaTech.com in addition to writing for other tech sites across the web and in print. Catch me blabbing about all things tech (and some other stuff too) on Twitter as well @BrothaTech.

TripIt Users Get 15% Off Park ‘N Fly Reservations

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Park N Fly Bus

Imma need you to get the airport on time!

I use TripIt as go-to service for travel organizing. I simply book my plans and make sure to check the “receive a copy of your confirmation via email” button. As soon as those email hit my inbox, I forward them to Plans@TripIt.com and BOOM! My travel itinerary is automagically created complete with phone numbers, addresses, reservation info., and even maps and weather information.

So I thought I would quickly drop this little gem on you…

(If you can manage to make it to the airport on time) You might want to sign up for the free TripIT travel organizer and download the mobile app for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. Why? Because customers can save 15% on their next Park ‘N Fly reservation.

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MOO.com Offers Facebook Businesses Free Biz Cards

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Facebook MOO Cards

Take Your Online Facebook Page Offline

I must say i’m a fan of MOO.com. Sure, you could get cheaper business cards made someplace else, but MOO.com has the easiest card creation and best quality cards out there. Now, I would prefer that people adopt more techie ways to share contact info (You DO know I’m also a fan of QR Codes, right?). But, since everywhere I go people still ask “Do you have a card?” I’ve decided to combine the two and use MOO.com to create QR Code biz cards.

MOO is becoming more and more recognizable and has previously launched campaigns That uses your information from sites like About.me and Klout to personalize your own biz card. Well, the latest victim is Facebook, who will now let businesses and brands create free eye-catching cards based on their Page.

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Mother’s Day Scorecard: To Tech Or Not To Tech?

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Mothers Day gadget

Thanks...you REALLY shouldn't have

Since Mother’s Day 2012 is over, and the flowers, brunches, and generational pictures (you know – those pictures where the women of all ages get together an take one picture to show how many generations deep they are) have ceased, I want to know – How do you REALLY think your gift of a geeky gadget went over with the mother in your life?

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Tell ‘Em Why You Mad, Son #3 Whack QR Codes

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BrothaTech's Scan.me Mobile Contact Page

#NoWhackQRCodes

Anybody who knows me or has been following me for longer than a week should know that I am a QR Code fan. I even have a place on my website that lets you create your own QR Code for peet’s sake. I can’t help but scan them everywhere I go.

So you can say it frustrates me when I scan whack QR Codes. I love you to death, but if I meet you and come across one of your QR Codes, be warned – I AM going to scan it and I AM going to talk about you if it’s whack.

Peep my latest “Tell ‘Em Why You Mad, Son” video on how to identify if your QR Code game is whack…and what you can do about it.

links: Scan Pages

Ask a Brotha: iPhone 4S Or Wait For iPhone 5?

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iPhone 5 Concept

iPhone 5 Concept Drawing Courtesy of Uptown Magazine

Every once in a while, I get tech questions via social media networks and other channels. So I decided to start a new area on my blog where I answer some of those questions in order to help a larger audience who my have the same questions. So don’t go getting all up in your feelings if you ask me a public question and it shows up here – Consider your question as inspiration for a blog post…You’re welcome.

This one comes via Twitter:

“Bro Terrance is it worth waiting for i-phone 5…..In fall maybe? or just go with 4S”

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