Category: Google

On the First Day of CES Sony Gave to Me, A Sony Xperia Z

Phones, electronics, and liquid don’t mix. As one person put it yesterday on Google Plus, “Beer + Macbook Pro = tears. I’ve learnt my lesson and keep liquids as far away from my machine as possible”. Sony is setting out to change that among many other things with their brand new Sony Xperia Z, an Android smartphone running Jellybean (4.1 soon to be upgraded...

Big Tech Companies Are Anti-Social

Maybe it’s me, but it seems like the only way to talk to most big companies is to sue them. Take Aaron Greenspan with Google for example. He had to sue them for them to answer him on why his Adsense account had been suspended (more on him later). He’s not alone either. Thousands of people have reported similar stories with Google. Look at...

The insurmountable challenge that Windows Phone 8 and BB10 Face

“If you build it [they] will come”. That call, similar to the call heard in the classic movie “Field of Dreams” seems to be the call driving the creation of Windows Phone 8, and BB10, but unfortunately for the builders, they face the challenge of having to lure two different groups, and that is what will make gaining market share such a challenge. Building...

Does Gangnam Style Hitting 1 Billion Views Count as the world ending?

Breaking News- The World did not end. Worst. Apocalypse ever. The only disaster that’s happened so far is the fact that people have watched Gangnam Style 1 Billion times (the most of any video ever). By my calculations, Gangnam Style has likely made over 2 Million dollars in Youtube ad Revenue alone (assuming a $2 CPM Return). Add in single and album sales, additional...

7 Most Groundbreaking Apps For Breaking News Junkies

Perhaps no market has more completely unique apps than the news category. There are so many different news apps for iPhone that it can be overwhelming to find good ones so today I’m making it easy. Ten unique tried-and-tested apps that will get you the news you want. Google Currents (free): Google Current is basically a personalized newspaper app. Currents has thousands of “channels”...