In 2011 Skype made headlines by announcing that its popular service had been purched by Microsoft and ever since the company has been increasing it’s drive to get it on Windows machines everywhere. Although offering a level of confusion to some users, Microsoft even created a totally seperate Windows 8 Skype app, even though the desktop edition…
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There was a time when techies everywhere laughed if someone said they weren’t using Firefox – that time is long gone. For years Google Chrome has continued to grow and receive the praise Mozilla once had. Chrome has made security a priority even incorporating a pretty much seamless, automatic update system to ensure that the…
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While overall I have enjoyed my Nexus 7 tablet I will admit that I often find myself cursing at the terrible auto correct that comes with the device. It seems as if typical “fat finger errors” often aren’t corrected forcing myself to slow down when inputing text. I finally reached the end of my rope…
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Samsung has sent invitation to the press for an announcement on September 4, 2013. The subject? “Note the date”. That seems to obviously imply that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will likely be announced. If the speculation is true, this will be 3/3 Notes announced at the annual IFA trade show in Berlin. For those…
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Haunting Melissa is the first app I know of that is a serialized story. Directed by Neal Edelstein (producer, The Ring) and written by Andrew Klavan (producer, Don’t Stay a Word), Haunting Melissa is a found-footage horror story. The story is about Melissa (Kassia Warshawski), who is dealing with the recent death of her mother,…
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I was one of the lucky few to get my pre-order in for a Google Chromecast when it was first announced last week. For those that aren’t familiar with this device, its a HDMI dongle that plugs into your TV to stream content. This content includes things like YouTube, Netflix, or a mirrored copy of…
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Day One, by Bloom Built, LLC, is a journaling app. While there are other apps allowing you to share every waking moment with every single person on the internet, Day One doesn’t automatically share your entries with the world, giving you a portable diary. Day One has a clean interface. Tap the “+” icon to…
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What feels like not long ago I found myself sitting on an airplane next to a lawyer at Microsoft. As I pulled out my iPad, a conversation ensued to which I naturally asked her about the upcoming Surface. Although she had not had a chance to have any first hand experience with it, she had…
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Like many of us who own iDevices, I enjoy watching TV shows on my iPhone and iPad. Comedy Central has made material from two of the network’s most popular shows, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, available in two free apps. Both apps highlight segments from the shows. The Daily Show Headlines includes The…
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For years one of the premiere smartphone instant messaging apps has been WhatsApp Messenger. Before iMessage was developed, many iPhone users regularly used WhatsApp as their primary messaging platform in order to avoid using text/multimedia messages. While over the years WhatsApp has been a variety of prices, generally the iPhone price has been set at…
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