Android hardware – mobile phones, tablets, pads, etc.
If it looks the same, how will people know I upgraded? I read somewhere that the so called smartphone war was over long ago because we all get stuck on a particular brand, so it’s game over. I don’t think so and neither does Samsung […]
Google Photos My wife needed help with another tech issue– how to download backed-up photos from Google Photos to her computer. After checking it out, I decided to write the steps in case you have had this problem, too. As an addition, I also show
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Samsung Galaxy S8 The Samsung Galaxy S8 was launched in April this year and in June I became the lucky recipient of a shiny new one, as mentioned in an article last month. I had furtively planned to acquire a Galaxy S7 Edge, but in
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Yesterday the president of Samsung Mobile Communications D J Koh, presented the Galaxy Note 8 to the world in an impressive fanfare and stage presentation. Clearly still reeling from the PR disaster of the exploding Note 7 and on the rebound
Android Battery Saver You know how your Laptop has that a power saver mode, right? Well, your Android phone has that same feature on it. Recently I was wondering how I could configure the settings for my battery on my own cell. You might be
iPhone Like a long running marriage breakdown, akin to a Burton-Taylor novella, Apple and I finally parted ways no more than three weeks ago – for the second time I might add – in an often acrimonious and bitter war of tastes. It had been no
Is it a brick? It’s been a bit slack in the shop recently, which is an understatement, as during January and February, Buenos Aires resembles a ghost town, much like Paris in August. Fortunately for me, there are still a few souls left in town
Other than a Windows 7 laptop at work and an Amazon Echo at home, I live exclusively in Apple’s ecosystem — iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Time Capsule. I am very happy living in Apple’s walled garden. Life is good. I had no
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If you are a Verizon customer and currently qualify to upgrade your cell phone, you may want to do so NOW if you are considering the Verizon Edge program. This is Verizon’s program that let’s you forgo the cash outlay upfront and, instead, let’s you
I’ve had my Amazon Echo for not quite two months. If you read my earlier post, you know that I’m a fan. But, apparently, it got even better. Amazon sent me an email last week (January 30th) to let me know that their Echo has
Microsoft Tablet – RT No More Microsoft has dropped the RT designation from its 1st-generation RT-equipped tablet, referring to it as the Surface. Last year’s tablet was originally called the Surface RT and even, for awhile, Surface with Windows RT. In addition, the default desktop
Break Me Off a Piece of That… Android KitKat Android’s first released version started sweet enough, named Cupcake. It has progressed through all types of sugary and confectionery delights — Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. So, what will the
Kind of a slow week techwise… Yahoo Bests Google Chalk one up for Yahoo. comScore announced this week that, for the first time since May of 2011, Yahoo! had more of its sites visited in the U.S. than Google. Yahoo had 196.6 million visitors to
There has been some confusion about what happened recently regarding modifying smartphones. First, let’s distinguish between some terms that are often at the “root” of the confusion: Jailbreak: essentially this is the act of obtaining superuser (root) access on your device so you can modify
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