About a week ago, Amazon announced the an upcoming release of a cheaper Kindle on May 3rd for US$114 that will feature ads on the home screen (as a small banner at the bottom) and as screensavers (full screen advertisements when the device is not in use). Amazon will also push special offers of its …
Apr 16 2011
Huge Security Hole in Skype for Android
A quick heads up for tonight. If you use Skype for Android (like myself) then you should probably be made aware of a major security hole that can reveal a significant amount of personal information from Skype, including: Username, E-mail address, Gender, Contact List and their information. I have included a video sourced from YouTube …
Apr 15 2011
NAB Caught Napping Once Again
One way or another, many of us have been affected by the National Australia Bank (NAB) again suffering problems with updating the accounts of its many customers. This comes nearly six months after a similar incident that affected people right around the country. The Twitter account for NAB copped a pasting today whilst all the …
Apr 14 2011
Push Content to Android Devices with Chrome to Phone
Sometimes it can be a pain having to e-mail URLs or finding cross-platform bookmark syncing solutions when you just want to be able to quickly look at a webpage you are currently viewing on a mobile device. Perhaps you want to have the ability to copy and paste text from a webpage in Chrome on …
Apr 13 2011
Sometimes Other Android Devices Have Better Apps
For a while I’ve been looking for a decent weather app for my Samsung Galaxy S and had last week selected GO Weather which has a pretty good widget and a very attractive app complete with video backgrounds and detailed three day forecast. However, I have had a slight yearning to move toward a pure Google Android experience as you would expect using an untouched Android Open Source Project (AOSP) ROM.
Apr 12 2011
A Faster Way to Install Apps on Your Android Device
Here’s a quick tip for tonight. Sometimes, browsing the Android Market from your device can be a pain and, depending on the version of the Android Market you have installed, it can be slow and difficult to find what you want quickly. Luckily, there’s a fast and easy way to rapidly fire a stack of …
Apr 10 2011
Reppler: A Service to Monitor Your Facebook Activity
Just a quick note tonight A new service called Reppler was brought to my attention earlier in the week and so I am checking this out. This service advises that it can be used to provide an inward looking impression of your activities as well as what potentially inappropriate content you might be publishing to …
Apr 09 2011
Easily Resize Your Windows with Sizer
Particularly for the web designers there comes a time when you need to view your content in a variety of different resolutions. This often needs to be done to ensure that a webpage displays and works correctly in lower resolutions where screen real estate can often be at a premium. Otherwise, capturing video of a …
Apr 08 2011
Improve Your Workspace Comfort with USB Fans
At work, the air conditioning in my area of the floor in which I sit struggles in the warmer weather and also has a hard time trying to offset heat coming off the windows as the sun is setting in the afternoons. It almost feels as if the air isn’t moving which only adds to …
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