Google and Android

Angry Birds Star Wars Available Now!

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May the force or should I say feathers be with you! Yep, today is the day, the much anticipated Angry Birds Star Wars has been unleashed upon the world. So go grab it and play through the 80 levels fighting the evil imperial piggies and save the galaxy!   Angry Birds Star Wars®, the new … Read more

Google Now just won my heart

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Android has not been on my favored list for quite sometime now, although for various reasons, mostly just performance issues and lacks of consistency in the user experience. Now simply known as “Android lag,” this issue has driven me away from Android time and time again. With the introduction of the now “old” update Ice … Read more

No VPN on the Surface RT?!

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I was just catching up on our internal email and found David K bitching about his $600 Surface RT not letting him connect to his office’s virtual private network. Googled it, yup, no VPN client on this thing. Meanwhile, on a $249 Chromebook, you’ve got OpenVPN, IPsec with PSK or certificate-based authentication out of the … Read more

Mobility Digest Review: MFX Screen Protector for Acer Iconia A500 Android Tablet

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if you know me, then you know I am a big fan of screen protectors, I need them on everything with a screen really. I have them on my phones because they get used everyday and it needs protecting. I have them on my cameras even, one of my cameras is the FinePix Z900EXR which features a 3.5” touchscreen on the back which certainly need protected. I even have one on my HDTV, not what you would think as a screen protector really, but it protects the screen and it has, on more than one occasion, saved my TV from damage by my children! Tablets have a larger screen that needs protecting as well, I recently got an Acer Iconia A500 Android Tablet and today for review I’ve got an inexpensive screen protector that Mobile Fun sent me over for review.

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Why I Feel Its No Need To Upgrade My Hardware – Galaxy Nexus Owner

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Life as a Nexus Owner Over the past week it’s been a Microsoft and Google world. With Apples latest device the iPad Mini getting bad reviews and Microsoft and Google putting out device after device, all WinPhone and Fandroids are in geek heaven. In particular, I am ecstatic as it’s soon going to be a … Read more

Nexus 10 Review Exposes Android’s Lag, AGAIN

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First pointed out by 9-5 mac, The Verge’s review of the Nexus 10 tablet sure does expose Android’s short comings in full force. While watching the video, you’ll see just how “laggy” the UI performances, even doing simply things like navigating the browser or home screen become a problem.  It amazes me to see the … Read more

Google’s Nexus Thoughts From A Windows Phone Advocate

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  Google announced several additions to their maturing Nexus line of devices. The Nexus 4 (smartphone), Nexus 7 updated version (small tablet), and Nexus 10 (Large Tablet). Each with its own usage cases and varying degrees of consumer appeal. I’ve been finding myself increasingly, and probably wisely, paying more attention to what Google is doing … Read more

Isis

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First, what is Isis? Isis is a mobile payment system akin to Google Wallet (you can read more about it here www.paywithisis.com). In what seems a rare partnership Verizon, AT&T and T-mobile have also worked with merchants and credit card providers to build this NFC payment network. I’m lucky enough to live in one of … Read more