Contracts are something that we’ve had to deal with forever now as wireless customers. You buy a phone and get a discount because $600 out-of-pocket sucks, and that carrier owns your balls for 2 solid years, sometimes more depending on the company. If any situation later with the carrier goes afoul, you’re stuck dealing with it, or paying a hefty ETF charge. Two years of getting ben... »
Google’s new App, One Today, is leveraging the scale of the Play Store to raise money for charities. It is a simple app, showing you a different not for profit each day which you can choose to donate a dollar to through Google Wallet and ask your friends to do the same. While you can only directly donate $1 at a time, you can set up a matching donation and match the funds that your friends r... »
Iceland is a small country with a small population of about 320000. That can mean that despite peoples best efforts, accidental incest is a real issue for those people. Now there is a convenient way to check if your related before you have relations. See what I did there? With ÍslendingaApp, potential maters can bump phones and receive an alarm if the person on the other side of the mattress is re... »
Next Thursday April 4th Facebook opens its new home to us and we’ve already been there …*Yawn* Facebook announced today that it will be hosting a press event next Thursday, April 4th, to introduce its “new home on Android”. The not-so-big news let loose a firestorm of media frenzy as speculation among the general media as well as the tech community flared. What could... »
After an 18-month tenure with the world’s hottest smartphone manufacturer as a software engineer, CyanogenMod’s head-honcho and founding father, Steve Kondik, has revealed that he is no longer a Samsung employee. The news broke yesterday on Google+, where Steve posted his thoughts about the upcoming Galaxy S IV and casually slipped in that he was no longer with the company. Almost imme... »
The new Samsung Galaxy S4,on T-Mobile. When is it coming? How Much? Read on below: T-mobile’s big press event for their new “uncarrier” plans was held today in NYC. The company announced it’s intention to scrap carrier contracts, LTE rollout plans, and announced pricing and availability for the Galaxy S4. Led by rebel executive John Legere, T-mobile let loose a ton of new ... »
World Wide Maze: First of possibly many Chrome browser games to sync smartphones as a game controller As a gamer who’s not too fond of Web-based games (although I have been known to get down on an MMORPG here and there), I’ve got to admit I’m hella excited about the prospects for the almighty Google’s latest development. Google’s new Chrome Experiment looks to have ma... »
In an interview today, Google’s Chairman and former CEO, Eric Schmidt denied speculation of a soon-to-be merger between Android and Chrome OS. Stating that the two were “certainly going to remain separate for a very long time, because they solve different problems”. Disappointing news for any ‘Chromium’ (Android and Chrome OS) hopefuls out there, looking forward to a ... »
Spring Cleaning isn’t over just yet for Google. In fact, it might only just be getting under way. We’ve already heard that the search engine giant is pulling the plug on Google Reader, and an update just rolled out to Currents yesterday that adds audio playback and podcast support for Editions. Now it looks like the Google Play Store will be next in line to get some lovin’, and t... »
The blazing-fast, envy-provoking Google Fiber service is expanding, according to a post on the Official Google Fiber Blog, and it’s finally headed to a locale not named Kansas City! Unfortunately, there’s only one new area that’s going live for now — and it’s only 25 miles away from Kansas City. Google did announce, however, that it intends to light up several other a... »
