Android Market Extended to the Desktop

Don’t like the phone-only Android market and would rather use a more clearly and comprehensively organized and roomier client? Here you go: market.android.com At first glance my initial impressions are that it’s like iTunes minus wondering for two hours what the hell your computer is installing for that long just so you can install the … Read more

Android Honeycomb Event Video

Google just posted a video on their press conference they had today showing off their new Honeycomb Android operating system we all have been drooling over, especially on the XOOM, which was front and center at the event. It’s 52 minutes in length so I have not watched it all the way through yet, but … Read more

AT&T Tethering goes 2GB to 4GB with Mobile Hotspot coming

AT&T Customers who are on the Tethering plan will be getting a pleasant surprise. AT&T has just announced that it will double the existing Data Cap from 2GB to 4GB for no additional charge which probably a good things since they are already into you for $45 bucks for their Tethering plan. So expect to … Read more

Toast Notifications…..Any Time You Want Them

Waiting patiently (lie, actually impatiently) for the WinMilk Task application to release an update with Live Tile support. It is in final testing and promised for the next version release. Already have Remember The Milk sending me text messages every morning I have tasks due along with texts 15 minutes before a time sensitive task … Read more

LG Video claims they have “Something Bigger”

LG has just released a promo video claiming they are “LG Triumphantly Returns Back To the Spotlight in a Fierce Smartphone War” and that  the “LG Optimus 2X, World’s First Dual Core…Opened a New Era in Smartphone History”. The video is pretty cheesy and the voice is a little strange but what I like is … Read more

Microsoft Reverts to Original Categorical Denial over Google Accusation: Some Suit Accuses Google of Fraud and IP Theft, Likens Google to Spammers, Suggests Bing Search Core Is and Was Already Superior to Google Which Scared Google into this Nonsense; Accuses Google of Attempting to Sabotage Bing Event, Accuses Google Engineer of Feigning His Frustration; Despite Pledge Fails to Clear Things Up, Miffed that this Screwed Up His Plans Yesterday

From Yusuf Mehdi, a suit, veteran in marketing and advertising on behalf of the Bing Team in response to Google’s engineer’s allegations of being cheated by Microsoft: “We do not copy results from any of our competitors. Period. Full stop.” Okay good, nice and explicit, succinct, so we can go ahead and stop the tape. … Read more

Google and Twitter Subverting Egyptian Govt Internet Cutoff

This weekend, working with Twitter, Google has set up a voicemail transcription, translation and Twitter relaying service to field calls from Egyptians wishing to get a message onto Twitter, handled automatically and tagged with #egypt, people otherwise mostly stranded without means of sending information about this historic protest to the outside world. They’re calling it … Read more