Reading Time: 3 min I should have seen this coming after my blog post about Android Wear 2.0 back in February, but I’m in love with my “new” old Pebble watch. As I mentioned back then, I really just wanted a dumb smartwatch — so I’d want it to send me some notifications, maybe let me archive some emails, and […]
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Add your Foursquare check-ins to Google Calendar
Reading Time: 2 min It’s a small thing that I set up years ago, but it can be very useful at times. I’ve been a Foursquare user for years (here’s a post comparing them to others back in 2009) and since 2011 I’ve had a magic little IFTTT “recipe” to help push those check-ins to a private Google Calendar […]
My current homescreen icons
Reading Time: 3 min While I change my icons around quite a bit, here is a quick look at the current setup on my Pixel homescreen. Here’s what the apps are for Social Folder: All of my basic social media apps are in here, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and others. Google Calendar widget: This widget automatically feeds […]
Verizon’s new commercial is aimed specifically at ripping you off
Reading Time: < 1 min Cell phone companies often show hilariously inaccurate commercials (I need to talk about Sprint one of these days), and when I saw this Verizon commercial yesterday I laughed. Watch it and let me know what you think. What’s the problem? They say “the majority of people pay for data they never use“. Then, “most people […]
Marco Polo
Reading Time: 2 min There have been a lot of apps kind of like it over the years, but I’m finding myself increasing drawn to video messaging using the Marco Polo app. It calls itself a “video walkie talkie”, which is pretty accurate. It’s not a live video chat app like Skype or Google Hangouts, but instead you can […]
My favorites things in 2016
Reading Time: 3 min With 2016 behind us, I thought it might be fun to look at some of my favorite things from last year. Favorite phone I ended up using six different phones last year, largely related to the Galaxy Note 7 fire fiasco. Mine never caught fire, but the various recalls were messy. Droid Turbo 2: I […]
Google+ for Android gets new post abilities, moderation and more
Reading Time: < 1 min A new update for the Google+ Android app has just rolled out, bringing with it a few nice new features: Support for adding a link when creating a post New notifications tray (now slides in from the right) Additional Community moderation features (remove spam posts from the app) In addition, the folks at GooglePlusDaily have […]
Big update to the Google+ iOS app
Reading Time: < 1 min Hot on the heels of the Google+ Android app update last week, Google has pushed out an update to the iOS version as well. New features include: Instant Upload! This has been one of my favorite features in the Android app, and it’s finally on iOS. The What’s Hot stream. Shake your phone to send […]
Google+ Android app gets some nice updates
Reading Time: < 1 min Still no tablet version (why?!?), but Google released a new version of the Google+ app for Android and it has some nice fixes. Massive performance improvements across the app What’s Hot! View who +1’d a post or comment Stream posts shortened to fit more per scroll Infinite photos feed in ‘From your circles’ Stream no […]
A ton of new updates
Reading Time: < 1 min Google has just pushed out a slew of huge new updates to Google+. They include: No more invitations. Anyone 18+ is free to join. New Hangouts. Now with screen sharing, Doc sharing and more. Hangouts can be broadcast. Go “on air” with your handout, and others can watch even if it’s too full for them […]