Nexus 7 Fail Just as I wrapped up “Nexus 7 Integrated Services – Continued Review”, my Nexus 7 fritzed to black and didn’t turn back on. Ah, irony is still alive and well in the universe. So, being a technician, I plugged it in and hard reset the device by holding down the power and…
So, you thought the Nexus 7 was the cheapest tablet manufactured by Asus? Well, think again because Asus has single-handedly launched a new 7” tablet with a price tag of just $149. Yes, for real. The new tab is known as Asus MeMo Pad and resembles the Nexus 7 in terms of design and style….
Mega is said to be largest, most secure cloud storage service to date. For the geeks who aren’t aware Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz, is the well-known founder of Megaupload, the early generation file hosting service which fell under government possession due to Dotcom’s alleged copyright infringement. Understand that Megaupload was not seized…
Many of us now spend our lives living on multiple devices – laptops, tablets, smartphones. Maintaining data, and maintaining consistency across the devices can be, and almost always is, a problem. Cloud storage services are here to our rescue though. They provide cross platform compatibility and are pretty handy for the obvious file sharing that…
According to Stephen Sneeden, Sony’s Product Marketing Communications for Xperia, Sony is interested in moving away from the low end of thesmartphone market. Unfortunately for Sony, this also means moving away from what is very much their product base. The premiere of the Xperia Z was meant to be the beginning of this transition, and it shows in…
Angry Birds have been in the business for quite some time now. There might be some players who have become a little bored with this widely popular game and want to try something new. If you are one of them, you will want to check out Shoot the Apple. Droidhen, a popular developer of many…
Wireless networks are becoming dominant to provide mobile users with ultimate experience of accessing the internet. Pre-installed widgets for Wi-Fi make the best possible efforts to entertain the Android users. However, there are some applications that can enrich the experience of Wi-Fi usage on Android devices. Not only are these applications free, they are easy…
Sony’s PS Vita has no doubt been a commercial failure until this point. It has not done as well as Sony would have hoped, and is losing miserably to both the 3DS and (its perhaps unexpected competitor) the iPad. We hear a lot of press that the Vita is doomed to fail, but I’m here to offer…
When you buy an iPhone you’re spending a lot of money, so usually your first thought is “how am I going to look after this?”. If you’ve spent up to $1000 on an iPhone you probably want to grab a screen protector to make sure your screen doesn’t get scratched when you put your keys in the…
GBA Games are still in action. Remember those days when the Gameboy Advance was considered a fairly powerful handheld console? With a rich line-up of entertaining games, GBA was definitely Nintendo’s super-hit handheld console. There are 1000’s of games available for Gameboy Advance including the popular first-party titles like Pokemon and Zelda as well. Today,…
The way Android applications are discarding physical standalone devices is completely amazing. Android applications are call of the new age technology and this fact cannot be ignored. Released in the year 2009, gStrings is one such application that allows musicians to replace their plastic tuners with a chromatic tuner that can reside inside an Android…
The US Department of Homeland Security warns its users to disable, or even, uninstall Java software due to several warnings from security experts about Java’s inherent threat to security. Java is a well-known programming language and computing platform that a lot of Internet users utilize in order to be able to produce utilities, games and…
The next two games in the Pokémon series, Pokémon X and Y, will be released for the Nintendo 3DS October 2013. During a Nintendo Direct live internet broadcast, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata highlighted the significance of the Pokémon brand via retrospective on the entire series and the innovations they have brought to the world…
Is the launching of a “Star Wars” live action series finally going to happen? Paul Lee, ABC Entertainment President, says that he’s going to pay more attention to finding out what to do with the long-overdue Star Wars live action series, especially now that Disney has already acquired Lucasfilm. Paul Lee has been quoted that…
Amazon’s Kindles have come a long way since the original, black-and-white E-readers of yore. The new Kindle Fire HD is an all-purpose tablet, capable for emailing, web-browsing, streaming videos and gaming. It comes in two models. The first has a 16GB memory and retails for £159. The second comes with a 32GB and retails…