(this brand new image for Spinning Gears columns is courtesy of Narilka, who graciously gave permission to use it!) Now that Google+ is open to the public (and you can add me to your circles here by the way,) some…
Prototype 32-Inch Android Multi-Touch Display
I love Android, I really do – and I especially love how imminently customizable and tweakable it is, regardless of how sometimes carriers and Google itself will try to arrest some of that tweaking and hacking. Still, it’s probably the…
The Meta-Watch Wants to Be Your Smartphone Buddy
Over at Google I/O last week, one of the interesting but under-reported items on the event floor was the Meta Watch from FOSSIL. The folks over at This Is My Next managed to play with it a bit, and in…
Facebook Admits to Hiring a PR Firm to Smear Google
When I heard this story, I was more saddened than anything else. Frankly, there’s no love lost between Facebook and I – I don’t find the service quite the panacea communications platform that so many other people do, but I…
Google Unveils +1
I have to say, the concept of “+1” is actually pretty geeky. Lots of people have pointed out how close to net-speak +1 really is, although Google has the right idea with it. Saying “+1” is usually a way to…
Android Trojan Tackles Piracy by Messaging Your Contacts
I’ve reviewed a bunch of mobile apps that promise to help you text while walking or in motion without forcing you to not pay attention to where you’re going, but this is the first time I’ve seen an app that…
Spinning Gears :: Is Android More Profitable than iOS for Developers?
(this brand new image for Spinning Gears columns is courtesy of Narilka, who graciously gave permission to use it!) So the blogs have been buzzing recently thanks to a report that for SpaceTime Studios, the developers of the popular mobile…
PC Mag :: Google Unveils Android Market Web Store
Google had a huge announcement today: partially unveiling Android 3.0 “Honeycomb,” which we all knew was coming and were waiting for details on, and partially to show off a new, revamped Android App Market (finally with a Web-based store that…
Motorola Pokes at Apple in New Xoom Teaser Video
Don’t get me wrong, I’m looking forward to the Motorola Xoom as much as the next person, but the tone they’re taking with this new piece – which points fun directly at Apple’s iconic 1984 ad and clearly calls Apple…
Site Highlight :: Tech Parents Tech
A lot of parents clearly don’t need this – especially some of the ones I know that are just as – if not clearly more so – tech savvy than their offspring, but for those folks who find themselves constantly…