I’m a big fan of the Voice Over iP service Line2. The company’s iOS app is clean, fast and lets you make clear calls, especially when you are in a high-speed WiFi network. (They also offer an Android app and I’m hoping to see a version for Windows Phone soon but I have not [...]
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Thank You! You All Helped Influence the Zinio Influencer Contest and You Did Some Good in the Process!
Over one month ago, Zinio launched its “Influencer” campaign contest. The challenge? To find the biggest fan/influencer/evangelist for the eMag company and service possible. Along the way, individuals who voted were eligible to win great prizes, and at the end of the month-long contest (which seemed to last forever!), the influencer with the most [...]
New Safely Android App Stops Teens from Playing Angry Birds in Class
Angry Birds! Angry Birds in space! (Sorry: IN SPACE!) Angry Birds on cups! On billboards! On adhesive bandages, for the love a’ Pete! They’re EVERYWHERE! Which, if you’re a teacher with a classroom full of fidgety kids with smartphones, is a bit of a problem, nu? It was hard enough for teachers back in the [...]
Bubbly Social Messaging App for iPhone; Android Version Coming Soon
So okay, yeah, I follow Twitter (and I tweet way more than I should) and I have a Facebook account and such, but as geeks go, I’m kind of old-school. I mean, I still use email a ton–I don’t think my daughter uses email at all (she’s 16). I guess my point here is to [...]
Let’s Create! Pottery Lite – Get Most Creative App in Google Play for FREE!
Believe it or not, my entire family now uses iPhones. (And with a family in a decent-sized house I can’t even begin to tell you how awesome that is. Since the arrival of the “all iPhone Moran Household there is no more yelling from one room to another. No, now everyone just texts! Better still, I can [...]
Got a Weird Icon in Your Android Notification Area? Here’s How to Remove It
I have only had this happen twice, and it has annoyed me to no end until I figured out what was causing it. What I am talking about are two different issues caused by the same piece of adware; one issue is a weird icon appearing in your Android notification area. Another is an icon [...]
Using Tech for My Bible Study
I never really thought about it much, but I do something that for some who practice my faith, might be alien. Much like my friend Dan, I use either apps or eBooks to do most of my Bible studies. Why It’s Better The app that I use the most when doing my Bible reading on [...]
Mensa’s Brain Test App Goes Multi-Platform
I first heard about Mensa when I was only 10 or 11 years old; for his birthday (or maybe Christmas–they were only a few weeks apart) one year, my Dad got a book by James Fixx called “Games for the Super-Intelligent”. (Fixx is most famous for writing “The Complete Book of Running”, arguably starting America’s [...]
Open Letter to Google: Fix Android Now
Dear Google, I love Android. Ever since Judie gave me my G1 I was in love. You had an OS that was pretty good then, even better now and getting better all the time. So I don’t have too many problems with your OS. However, the problems that remain are ones that are bad enough to [...]
The Stark Contrast Between iOS and Android Platform Adoption
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, look at the picture above – it shows the iOS 5.1 adoption rate since the new version was made available on March 6th alongside the announcement of the new iPad, as compiled by developer David Smith. After two weeks … 63% of the total userbase [...]
Lose Weight with the ‘Steps to Lose’ Pedometer App
I am overweight. There’s absolutely no question about it–after 30+ years of being (let’s face it) skinny without having to do much more than pay a little attention to my diet, I hit some tipping point in my 40s, and boom, extra weight. It really tanks, but lemme tell ya, that’s the kind of thing [...]
Temple Run Lands on Android!
If you are one of the ‘cool kids’ Angry Birds is something you played back in 2011 … and Temple Run is now the game chewing up your time.. if you have an iOS device that is. Yes, while over 40 million Apple device-users have been loving the game, Android gamers have had to site [...]
App Avalanche! How Do You Deal with Constant App Updates?
For anyone in the tech biz, one of the scariest words is, “Upgrade”. You’re bumping along just fine, things are going well, and you get that dreaded email from your IT department informing you that some critical change has been made (usually to security and networking software), and you are required to upgrade your system. [...]
Angry Birds Space Comes Rocketing to iOS, Android, Mac and PC!
Well … March 22nd has arrived, and with it – Angry Birds Space! There is not much more to tell – gameplay is pretty similar – but in space. Graphics on the new iPad are REALLY well done, and it also looks great on Android in the standard version. Perhaps the biggest news is that [...]
Sonos’ New Controller App Now Available
We brought word last week that Sonos would be releasing new controllers for both Mac OS X and Windows computers. We had a chance to quietly check it out in advance of its release and I can tell you it is fantastic. Seriously, it looks great, as exponentially faster than the old version and it [...]
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