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Look Out McDonalds: Samsung Sells over 100 Million Galaxy S Devices

McDonalds sold over 10 billion $1-5 hamburgers. Samsung sold over 100 million $300 Galaxy S devices. Which is more impressive? It’s a matter of opinion. They’re still far from Apple’s 400 Million + active iOS devices, but those are some big numbers. Samsung has been really successful with their S line lately, with both the SII and SIII coming to rave reviews. Can they...

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...

Facebook’s Best/Worst Year Ever: A Full Report on FB 2012

This new years, all of the thousands of employees of Facebook are trying to determine what happened in 2012, which was probably their best and worst year in their 10 year history. Let’s take a look back, and see what happened. IPO Facebook goes public. Good or bad? Debatable. While the IPO is usually a good sign of permanence and value to most companies,...

I Could Talk About Technology But…

I could talk about technology as usual, but today I’m going to do something different. As we close the year, I want to highlight an organization that doesn’t get enough credit. How many times have you been on Wikipedia this year? Dozens? Hundreds of times perhaps? Every poorly researched research paper, and verified scientific fact you get from them is  ad- free thanks to...

Poke Vs Snapchat- Which is Better?

Snapchat and Poke, the new service competition. I’ve been using Snapchat for over a half a year now (our original review here), so when Facebook released Poke, a similar service, I wasn’t sure it was even worth trying to get into, but what I’ve discovered may have changed my mind. Here’s the truth on which is better from a user of both. Both Poke and...