A lot of film people complain about the number of comic book movies that are released every year. Of course that’s not a problem for us at Geek Insider. But in terms of blockbuster source material, people often overlook the constant presence of another genre, young adult fantasy. Maybe the general public doesn’t know where…
Samsung has found itself involved in legal issues once again. The Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission is probing Samsung over allegations that the tech giant had paid students to promote and publish negative reviews about rival HTC’s devices online. The Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission launched its probe after receiving a number of complaints against Samsung,…
The MTV Movie Awards are something else. Sure the awards probably mean something to some of the actors who win them. But seeing that the nominees are selected by MTV executives and the winners are chosen by whoever votes on the MTV website, to win means an odd pairing of stodgy suits and “Twilight” loving…
Some Spoilers Ahead Fans of the G. I. Joe franchise have been anxiously waiting for the second installment since the 2009 release of G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. So the question here is whether G. I. Joe: Retaliation lived up to high expectations? This is pretty much a debatable topic since everyone has mixed feelings about the…
PlanItGreen: The Big Switch, developed by Wyse Games, with National Geographic, GE and the Center of Science, is an environmentally focused free browser game. Players develop and manage a city, pursuing individual goals while competing against friends to make citizens happy and make an environmentally sustainable city. PlanItGreen: Organic Farms and Energy Creation Players can…
Scammers are everywhere in the world and the internet is the perfect breeding ground for scammers of all types. Even though, getting scam emails/calls from scammers around the world has been going on for ages now, it’s not often that a Security Researcher from a company like, Malwarebytes gets (nearly) scammed. Scammers: Bait and Switch…
The first batch of Google’s Glass Explorer Edition is ready, and the first units are going to reach users in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the technical specifications for Google Glass are now public. Google has just released specifications for the augmented reality glasses we’ve all been waiting for, along with documentation for Mirror API –…
Just a year from now and Microsoft will pull the plug on one of its most popular desktop OS’s, Windows XP. This will leave the users, who still love the Operating System, vulnerable to security loopholes. Recently Microsoft issued a clear warning in a blog, asking the users and businesses to switch to a newer…
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So Google Glass is coming. So what? It’s just another one of those many revolutionary products from Google right? Over the years, Google has indulged in almost every product category and given us products making our lives infinitely easier. It’s nothing new. We’ve come to expect such stuff from a ‘search engine’ company. Google has…
BookGorilla: Free e-books in Your Favorite Literary Genres New site BookGorilla alerts readers to Amazon discounts and freebies for ebooks they’ll like. Users sign up for the type of books they read, like sci-fi, young adult, or cookbooks, and receive daily emails offering books in that genre for 99 cents, a penny, or a free…
Please invite the new Facebook Home, Facebook’s desperate plea to stay relevant and cater to the number of addicted cell phone users and social media addicts. But my bluntness should come as no surprise because Geeks Anonymous is overly judgmental with a broken filter. The New Facebook Home Facebook Home is described as the mobile…
Samsung is continuing to launch more devices (and big ones, at that). After the recent announcement of the mid-range Galaxy Win, we now have another smartphone – the Galaxy Mega, which is heading to Europe sometime next month. Galaxy Mega will arrive in 2 sizes – a mammoth 6.3 inch display variant, and a 5.8…
Get Facebook Home via Google Play Finally, Facebook has released its not-so-anticipated Facebook Home launcher and it is available for download via Google Play store. You can download it right now from Play store, however there is a catch, it’s only available for U.S. residents at the moment. So, if you’re not living in the…
After a year of waiting, Cinemagram has finally arrived on your Android smartphone. Cinemagram, a app popular for turning videos into animated GIF images, launched last year on iOS. Think of it as something of an Instagram equivalent for animation, which apparently sells quite well. Nokia ended up launching its own version of a similar…