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Samsung and Marvel Make Galaxy Tab S Deal Providing Free Comics

If you’re in the market for a new tablet and also love free comics Samsung may have the right deal for you. Samsung has announced that it has partnered with Marvel to off three free months of subscription to the Marvel Unlimited service with the purchase of a Galaxy Tab S. One of highlights of…

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Mobile Google Chrome Browser Now Supports Chromecast

Recently I received an update on my Nexus 5 for my beloved Chrome browser and there were two features implemented that instantly had me excited. The first may not be super exciting but still is great nonetheless – it’s the ability to undo a tab after closing it. I often find my Chrome Window full of…

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My experience with the iMessage Not Delivered bug after switching from iOS to Android

As I have frequently mentioned on the GonnaGeek Podcast, back in December I made the switch from an iPhone 4S to a Nexus 5. I had heard (and seen first hand) about potential issues with iMessage so I did what I was supposed to and a couple days before switching I disabled iMessage on my iPhone. Shortly…

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Apple iPhone 6 Comparable Size to Google Nexus 5

Reports are surfacing that this alleged leaked case for the iPhone 6 could be one of the first major pieces of evidence that the upcoming iPhone could have  a larger 4.7 inch screen. The case comes courtesy of a recent video placed on the YouTube channel Unbox Therapy. If the purported iPhone 6 case is…

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Nest Smoke Alarm Sales Halted Due to Potential Safety Issues

You may recall the announcement just a few months ago that Google acquired Nest Labs for 3.2 Billion Dollars – well it appears they are dealing with their first safety concern since the acquisition. The company announced on Friday that they would halt all sales of their hi-tech smoke alarm for concerns of a possible…

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Was the BlackBerry CEO’s “Wall Hugger” Comment Just An Innocent Jab?

iPhone users now have a new nickname courtesy of BlackBerry CEO (at least the current one) John Chen. While speaking at the Oasis Montgomery Conference this week Chen was asked about the popularity of the iPhone. The CEO must have been at the top of his game because he was quick to respond “I call…

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The Future is Here: 10 Sci-Fi Gadgets That You Can Buy Right Now

Next year, the movie ‘Back to the Future’ predicts that we’ll have flying cars and hoverboards as our modes of transportation. Unfortunately, from where we are standing now, it looks like there’s still a lot of technological advancements before we can reach that point in the future. We’re currently excelling in producing almost anything in touchscreen technology,…

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iThing of the Week: Yahoo! Weather

Cold. Snow. Even colder. More snow. That’s basically been the weather for the past month here in Minnesota. To help me keep track of weather conditions throughout the day, I’ve been using Yahoo! Weather. Yahoo! Weather is a much better app than the one included on an iDevice and other weather apps I’ve used because…

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Microsoft Announces New CEO

The news broke yesterday the replacement Microsoft CEO five months after Steve Ballmer announced that he’d be retiring. So who is it? Satya Nadella – the company’s executive VP of cloud and enterprise. With Microsoft struggling to maintain the market share it once held critics wonder if staying within the company was the right decision….

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Lenovo Buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.9 Billion

Google’s Motorola experiment has been short lived as recently it was announced that China’s Lenovo Group would purchase Motorola Mobility’s smartphone business for $2.9 Billion Dollars. If it seems like it wasn’t long ago that Google bought Motorola Mobility that’s because it was less than two years ago the $12.4 billion transaction occurred. While there…

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