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Ahh the Treasure Island Music Festival, one of my favorite fall time activities. The two-day festival has it all; multiple stages of performers, a pretty sweet beer garden, DIY craft stylings and a shit-ton of pota-potties. As anyone who has attended in the past can attest, finding out where your next favorite act is performing…
The American Airlines Android app just revamped its entire user interface, as it did away with the drab look it had before. Now folks can enjoy the AA application’s newer, more enjoyable Android-style ambiance. The new update brings proper navigation and a refresh button, and the app kept all the usual airline functions like mobile…
On the heels of the recently launched Evernote for BlackBerry 10, the popular note-taking service updated its application with some must-have features. The first thing you’ll notice are checkboxes, allowing users to easily create lists like travel itineraries, project plans and shopping lists with the ability to mark items as complete. The feature is available…
Pinterest has teamed-up with Telefonica Digital to preload its Android app and widget to millions of the carrier’s smartphone users in Europe and Latin America. According to MobileWorldLive, the scheme will start with O2 UK, which will be the first carrier to offer the “exclusive Pinterest widget,” with other operators from the Telefonica group following…
Oh, the old Blue Screen of Death. Older Windows users are sure to remember the dreaded sign, which would lock up one’s computer and display a blue screen along with white text explaining a Windows error. We all thought those days were behind us, but apparently they are not. In a sick twist of fate,…
Instagram is updating its Android app today, bringing a few goodies that the iOS version of the app has had for a few months now. The update, version 4.1.2 is rolling out slowly to Instagram users. The app now has to ability to straighten pictures, which is a feature iOS users have been enjoying for…
HTC is working on another update to its Sense UI. Version 5.5 has been leaked thanks to the ROM maker mike1986 who shared screenshots of the upcoming version of the launcher. Perhaps the biggest change included in this release is (will be) the ability to turn off BlinkFeed. While we’ve always liked this particular app,…
You may’ve heard about this BYOD trend, where BYOD stands for “Bring Your Own Device.” The idea is to allow employees to use their existing smartphones and tablets at work, instead of buying them corporate-owned devices. It’s a huge trend with pretty much all big software companies taking note of it. Yes, this includes Google,…
Today Yahoo’s photo-sharing service, Flickr, rolled out a fresh update to its iOS app. This version of the mobile application brings a new Auto Upload feature, which simply places new photos in your camera roll to Flickr. Images are uploaded incrementally starting with 25 of the most recent photos, as they’ll be automatically uploaded in…
Skype has once again updated its Android app which now comes with a different UI if you’re running it from a tablet. The new interface “puts conversations first,” displaying your most recent calls and chats. In addition, Skype for Android has several bug fixes and quality improvements, including accessibility improvements with full support for TalkBack…