One by one, the smoke detectors in my home have started to show their age and require replacement. So, I do some research and as a nerd, I started my product hunt with Nest Protect. As I just installed a Nest learning thermostat last December, the Nest Protect would work well in my existing set up,…
Google doesn’t get social. Or at least, that was the thinking about three weeks ago before Google+ came out. Now, Google is getting some respect and people are coming around to the idea that this engineering-heavy company from California might have a social muscle that has yet to be flexed. I am a huge fan…
A story came out last week during the Where 2.0 conference hosted by O’Reilly that, unbeknownst to most iPhone owners, that iOS tracks your location and keeps this valuable information in a file. The unencrypted file is then housed on the computer in which you back your phone up to and can be utilized to…
If you have a smartphone, what activity do you conduct most often on your favorite little handheld device? If you’re like most Brits, the functions you use your phone for are likely social networking. In fact, Facebook is garnering a truly incredible amount of time that folks in the UK spend on their mobile phones….
Great news for Sonos lovers (like me!) who also happen to be Android device users. Everyone’s favorite Interenet connected sound system will soon have an Android app to control their music all throughout the house – or wherever you have a Sonos system set up. For those unfamiliar, Sonos makes an amazing Internet-connected speaker called…
With much excitement, I installed Skype for Android onto my Nexus One just the other day. However, my first impressions are not good. Here are my experiences thus far: first, the good things. The user interface is snappy and pleasant to work with. I like the groups feature that allows you to look at just…
As an Android phone user, I really appreciate Google’s embrace of voice with the Android OS. With my voice, I can do data entry in any text field just by speaking. The voice recognition isn’t bulletproof, but it’s quite good and works most of the time. However, what about those times you are in your…
There is no doubt that to be successful as a phone maker these days, the major players including Nokia, RIM, Apple, Google and Microsoft are seeing that app stores are almost as important as the phones themselves.’a0 If there aren’t numerous and attractive application marketplaces for your phones, consumers will go elsewhere when they buy…
Introduction Motorola is at it again, releasing a third phone into the Verizon Wireless Android lineup. After releasing the Motorola Droid (review link) and the Motorola Devour (review link), they are at it again with the Droid X. This new handset is the king of Verizon’s Android offering at this time. It has some amazing…
There’s no doubt that web applications on the traditional web applications (using a conventional browser on your computer) have taken a huge leap forward in the last 5 years. ‘a0Web apps such as Gmail, Zoho and a few others are bending how we think of web apps as just a marriage of dynamic web content…