So I ran across a little bug in my HTC One. I love the phone, it works great, I’ve never had an issue with it, never had to restart or anything like that but I found an odd bug recently in the built-in timer. I’ve got kids, and if you have kids then you know timers are important and you need at least one and sometimes more than one depending what’s going on. I like to use the timer on my HTC One as it’s handy of course, it’s right there for me to use whenever I need it. So I found a little bug in the timer but it’s only when the screen turns off that it happens. I have my phone set for 2 minutes o turn off automatically so save battery life as I don’t need it on all the time, who does really right?!
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Mozilla, you’re killing me…
In 2010 a Firefox user submitted a bug to the Mozilla developers requesting that they implement WebP (the most powerful image format in the world) into Firefox. Now in its fourth year, even though Mozilla identified this as an “important, high-profile subject” on which they have “image codec specialists“ on the case who have been … Read more
Ematic Announces New Android Tablet the EM63
I’ve never had the chance to play with an Ematic tablet, but wouldn’t mind it as I like to try everything. I’ve had good experiences with all types of tablets and I’ve had bad ones, you just never know what you’re going to get. Just because you pay top dollar for a tablet from a name brand company doesn’t mean you’re going to get a great tablet really. At least that’s my experience with it. Anyway, Ematic has just announced a new 7” tablet called the EM63 and it’s colorful, you can pick from pink, black, red, purple or even blue. The tablet is priced at only $89.99 and it’s actually got some decent specs like running Android 4.1 with a 1.5ghz dual core CPU with 1gb ram and 4gb storage with 5gb of cloud storage as well. You can of course use a microSD for even more room for your stuff. More details below for you..
Google wants Chrome OS on Windows 8; Microsoft wants WP on Android
You guys saw this all, right? They’re not two independent stories- they’re part of the same story line. Google wants to get the advantage of all of the hardware out there with a touchscreen already running Windows 8 and put their Chrome OS on it as a way to lure people onto their platform. Makes … Read more
Google Improves Scroogling User Experience
Hey! You know how when you click on a link for something you just googled your browser first connects to Google to let Google hack your webcam and know what you clicked, and then Google finally bounces you along your way to your destination? That’s always been an irritant to me – not the privacy … Read more
Major Reason A Dual Booting HTC Is Bad For Windows Phone
Dual booting Android and WIndows Phone seems like a grand idea. I mean, who wouldn’t want the best of both worlds on one device, right? Except there is a major issue in trying to get consumers to pick up the device and walk out the store with it. How do you brand and drive awareness … Read more
Win 8.1 + Haswell finally show all ARM tablets are overpriced
When the iPad was first released a lot of people, myself included, asked who was going to pay $600 for a large phone. Well we know the answer now. But let’s remember at the time there were no alternatives. For that price you could get a garbage notebook or a heavy laptop, but none of … Read more
George Takei talks Google Glass. Oh, myyy!
I am a long time, die hard Star Trek fan. I grew up in science fiction fandom. I have gone to conventions, sung filksongs, and even shared a stage with George Takei. (It was a reading of a short, fan-written “Sulu story.” I got to say 3 sexy lines to him. Before he came out. … Read more
Netflix to Mozilla: Give Us WebP
Netflix has joined the ranks of marquee heavyhitter names that include Facebook and Wikipedia which, in a bid to save massive amounts of bandwidth and money and to improve user experience, is lobbying Mozilla to add native support in Firefox for WebP, the most powerful image format in the world, developed by Google. A prominent and … Read more
Tit For Tat, You Kick My Dog, Nokia Will Kick Your KitKat!
If you want to run with the big dogs, you got to learn to pee in the tall grass! Well not only is Nokia learning how to whiz in the tall grass they are pissing on Samsung’s leg with a pretty funny jab at Android’s new OS Name called KitKat! Finally announced yesterday, Android version … Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note III Video Released
Samsung let the cat out of the bag yesterday at IFA as they unveiled the Galaxy Note III, the flagship Phablet or mini-tablet which ever you prefer, and have released a 6 minute video covering the device and anything else you wanted to know including what the engineers had for breakfast that day. Be that … Read more
Android Roundup: 1 Billion Served and a Kit Kat Parody!
In case any of you were wondering just how popular Android really is, then get your head around this. One billion activations! Even more impressive is that the little green robot activated 500 million operating systems in the last year! That is incredibly impressive since the operating system has been around for 6 years. With … Read more