Software

Autocorrect Is Not Only Annoying, It Also Kills Apps

Here’s a pro tip for mobile developers: before you submit your application to an app store, check to see what autocorrect does to your application’s name. Just ask Dallas company Locai, this simple check could make or break your app.


January 5, 2011
Software

Use Google Voice Search As A Voice-Operated Dictionary

If you a hear a word in regular conversation that you don’t know, it can be hard to look it up if you don’t know how to spell it. Instead, just throw it at Google Voice Search to get an accurate definition.


December 18, 2010
Geek Out

Depresing Newz: Spelcheking During Exams Now OoKay

Hey, here’s a thing that’s suddenly not cheating anymore: using a computer spell checker on school writing exams. This week’s top head-shaking sign of the times is courtesy of Oregon, now condoning the practice for middle and high schoolers.


November 12, 2010
Software

Apple (Dictionary) Thinks Ballmer Is Baloney

If you are using an iOS device, open any text window and write Ballmer. Unless you have someone named Ballmer in your address book, you are just going to get this from the autocorrection engine: Baloney.


November 5, 2010
Mobile

Damn You, Auto Correct!

I’m typing these sentences on my iPhone and the ducking auto correct feature is getting in the way so much that that I want to hump up and down in frustration. Damn you, auto correct! Damn you to ducking hell!


October 30, 2010

A Typo That Can’t Be Corrected

People get tattoos commemorating the things they love most: mothers, lovers, pets, flaming skulls, etcetera. But in our spell-check era, it’s good to see someone who appreciates that squiggly red line enough to keep it around permanently. [Neatorama]