Google and Android

iPhones Are Preferred by 71 Percent of Congress

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If congress has a 14% approval rating, could that mean that only 14% of you would even care about what smart phone they have? Well, being that we seem heavily dominated by Windows Phone fans here, let the moaning and snide comments commence. Turns out, most of congress, 71% of them to be exact prefer … Read more

Microsoft Will Buy Minecraft for 2.5 Billion

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Redmond Tech giant Microsoft will purchase the very popular multiplatform game Minecraft for a whooping 2.5 billion dollars. Mojang, the company that developed the popular game created a “Lego Like” virtual player game that has been downloaded 100 million times since it launched in 2009. It is a played across PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and … Read more

TouchRetouch – A Universal App

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When I downloaded TouchRetouch to my phone last week, I was impressed. When I discovered that TouchRetouch is now available in the Windows Store as a Universal App (pay once, get it everywhere) I was excited. And this app is truly universal as it’s also available for Mac, iPhone, IPad and Android. Sure, we’re not … Read more

Which Will Win Your Heart Android L or iOS 8?

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I saw a pretty interesting article on CNET over the weekend that was stating 9 reasons to get excited about Android L (pictures). Click the link to head on over there and read about it if you don’t already know the Android L new features but it got the Mobility Digest team talking and I … Read more

Google’s WebM Eviscerating GIFs (at least on 4chan)

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Animated GIFs have long severed the Internet adequately for short, low-quality animated cat and sleazy porn videos. Google improved on the decades-old GIF technology with WebM, a format that has better compression, lets you watch cat videos in true color instead of a crappy 256 color pallet, a higher frame rate (like 60fps), greater CPU … Read more

NGINX #1 BABY!

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NGINX, the most powerful web server in the world that could blow your latency and CPU load clean off has snatched the number one spot from Apache as the most used web server among the most-trafficked 10,000 websites, according to W3Techs. After hearing the nerds sing its praises I tried NGINX on my own Linux … Read more

C’mon WordPress, Support WebM and WebP [rant]

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What’s wrong with this picture of my WordPress v3.8.2 wp-includes/functions.php in which image and video types are defined? click to make it big — ahh, don’t bother, who cares That’s right chief, it’s not the real and current functions.php — it’s shopped to include WebM and WebP. Why? Because WordPress obviously should include these formats … Read more

Andyroid Let’s You Run Android on Desktop for Free

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Here’s something neat, it’s called Andyroid or Andy and it let’s you run Android on your desktop for free. I already grabbed it an installed it but didn’t set it up yet but setup looks just like setting up a new Android device. The program is free and it let’s you run most anything on your Windows computer that runs on Android, which is impressive. It also says you can use your Android phone as a remote for Andy but I couldn’t find an app in the appstore for it, but I’m am going to certainly look into it. More info below for you..

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What’s the definition of insanity again?

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Oh, that’s right. Last week a reporter from The Verge shared a personal dilemma with her readers. Her parents had gone through three (sub-$400) Windows laptops over the past two years that broke down for one reason or another. She was looking for a replacement that would meet Mom’s needs. Like with most Moms, the … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7" $139.99 Free Shipping NEW!

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Cheapest we’ve ever seen for new tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 3! $139.99 with free shipping http://1sale.com/electronics/computers-tablets/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-70/   FEATURES Display: 7.0” WSVGA (1024 x 600 resolution) Touchscreen display Processor: 1.2GHz, dual-core Storage: 8GB onboard memory Communication: Bluetooth v3.0, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, GPS with GLONASS Audio: Stereo Speakers Webcam: 3MP rear-facing camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera Memory card … Read more