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We all know that Google Android activations are on a rocket ship to the moon – the recent Mobile World Congress show was heavily focused on the little, green robot – but the video shows you exactly how impressive the Google Android activations have been. I remember when Google first introduced the mobile platform in…
We all salivate when we hear that networks are rolling out super fast 4G networks – I’m still holding out upgrading my Verizon phone until I can get one with 4G LTE like the Droid Bionic – but could these 4G networks be hurting the accuracy of the GPS chips in the smartphones? A new…
Look, everyone! It’s another study on cell phones and how they affect the brain, and with the very predictable and usual results, too: it may or may not cause cancer. We don’t know. What we do know is that cell phones affect your brain activity, or something like that. A study that was intended to…
This is a bit of a stretch, but an Android application might have helped a man get out of a speeding ticket in Yolo County, California. After Sahas Katta of Skatter Tech was cited for going 40MPH in a 25MPH zone, Katta realized he had Google Tracks running on his phone. The app recorded his…
If you pride yourself on being the nation’s largest and most reliable network, you’d think that connecting and sustaining emergency calls would be a no-brainer. However, Verizon dropped about 10,000 911 calls during a January 26 snow storm in Washington, D.C. The FCC now wants a detailed report from Verizon regarding the incident and why…
Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry, once believed that mobile applications were nothing more than a passing fad. However, even when that statement was made, it was very evident that apps weren’t just a fad, but sales and downloads were surpassing what we could have ever imagined. In fact, Apple recently awarded $10,000 in…
The Verizon iPhone was expected to be a huge and dramatic hit by many analysts, journalists and even AT&T, but so far it doesn’t seem to have the gravity we’d all been anticipating. According to Instapaper founder, Marco Arment, the lack of a huge spike in Verizon iPhone sales might be because of those who’d…
Teresa Danford works for Crane Interiors, a small Tennessee company that makes seating and soft trim for premiere boat manufacturers. She is also the mom of a soldier that left his Woodbury, Tennessee home six months ago to serve his country in the desert of Afghanistan. As most military moms know, calls from their sons…
You didn’t think the Nook Color would be having all the fun did you? The Honeycomb SDK preview has been ported over to the EVO 4G, Desire HD and Droid Incredible and there are three videos to show the progress of the builds. While the ROMs are in no way fully functional, it’s exciting to…
If you’ve been looking at iPhone users with envy because you’re a Bizzy user but own an Android device, today is your lucky day. The recommendation is now available for the Google’s mobile OS, and it’s just as feature rich as its Apple counterpart. For those of you unfamiliar with Bizzy, it’s a recommendation engine…