Skype 2.0 For Android Selectively Brings Video
Wow, it was only about two weeks ago that I complained about the lack of a good use for Android’s front facing camera (are you stalking me, Skype?). Skype is fortunately following through with their promise to continue rolling out updates and new features for other platforms, despite being purchased by Microsoft. As of an […]
Tablets Versus Netbooks, Part I
The ultra portable computer market sure has been heating up lately! It seems like only yesterday Asus debuted the first commercially successful netbook, the EEE PC, and with it created a new fad of inexpensive and super portable laptop alternatives. Two years after that, Apple unveiled the iPad. Following the success of the iPhone, the iPad is […]
Draw Your Own Electrical Circuits With A Silver Pen
Two researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a silver-inked rollerball pen that allows the user to draw conductive pathways on any typical writing surface. The pen looks and feels like any regular ink pen, but the solution of real silver nano-particles it contains retains its electrical conductivity even through multiple bends or folds […]
SnApp Judgments: Doodle Fit
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Doodle Fit by Advanced Mobile Applications LTD, […]
Google Music Beta Strikes The Right Notes
“Welcome to Music Beta, a new service from Google that lets you store your personal collection online and access it instantly without the hassle of wires or syncing.” I received that message about a week and a half ago, and I’ve been using the service since. Before I go any further, just remember, I’m commenting […]
Look Out Facebook, Here Comes Google+
Google doesn’t have the best history when it comes to their attempts at social networking. There was Orkut, a social network that never took off, which actually predates Facebook, and was designed as a competitor to Friendster. Then, there was the disastrous launch of Buzz. I was never quite sure which was more fatal to this […]
Windows Phone 7 Pulls Ahead of Blackberry OS in Most Important Way Ever
It’s official. If you’re one of the few but proud Windows Phone 7 users, you can now download and play the current game du jour, Angry Birds. Sure, this doesn’t seem like news but as I note in the headline, this now leaves only one mobile OS that doesn’t run Angry Birds. For goodness sake, […]
It’s Like Google Docs, But You Pay For It
You may have missed it, but Microsoft has been running a beta of their own online office suite, called Office 365, for the last year. Yesterday, it officially lost the beta tag. There are some great features, but here’s the catch – unlike Google Docs, you pay for Office 365. To be honest, my first […]
SnApp Judgments: Speed
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s app is Speed from developer High Caffeine Content. Ordinarily $.99, […]
Google Sneakily Asks What Do You Love?
Do you love Google? Google sure hopes you do. Although it hasn’t been announced anywhere, go to www.wdyl.com or google.com/whatdoyoulove, type in a search string, and it creates a sort of mini-portal where it runs the search through every Google product. So, instead of individually having to look up a Google Map, YouTube, Trend, and photo album […]