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Continue reading →: Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini vs. Apple: Case Dismissed!To add to our list of posts on Apple yelling patent violation, yesterday, they dropped their case against the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. The case was a part of an ongoing lawsuit between the two companies that earlier involved a line of phones with agreements mirroring the outcome of what…
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Continue reading →: Snapchat: Does it Really Disappear?If you’ve ever used Snapchat before you’ve most likely known that all media sent and received disappears after the alloted time set by the sender, right? Well, Buzzfeed has found out a hack that allows those recieving to view the videos forever. So how’s this happening?
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Continue reading →: A Map of the Internet [Image]Ever wonder what the Internet would look like on a map? Well wonder no more.
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Continue reading →: With over 35,000 Apps, Windows 8 has in Two Months what Windows Phone had in One Year
Greetings readers! Today, we hit a new milestone. The Windows Store has over 35,000 apps worldwide. Reaching this number of apps took Windows Phone one whole year; Windows 8 has reached it in merely two months since release. According to Win Rumors, Windows Phone was released in October of 2010,…
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Continue reading →: Game Dev Tycoon – A Game worth Playing
Good day ladies and gents; I hope you had a good holiday break. We are approaching a new year, and to help you wait out the rest of 2012, might I suggest a wonderful game that you all can check out! Game Dev Tycoon is a simulation game that takes…
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Continue reading →: Instagram “reverting” T.O.S.Instagram received a lot of feedback from their users and independent news groups disagreeing with the new changes that were to be made to their Terms of Service [TOS]. After receiving this heat from their users, Instagram reconsidered the change and released this statement: [quote type=”medium” align=”left”] “Because of the…
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Continue reading →: NCAA Football 13: Game ReviewContinuing my previous posts of; “NCAA Football 13: Innovation or Needed Renovation?” and “NCAA Football 2013: An Insider’s Look” I’ve decided to do a review after 5 months. NCAAF13 was one of the most anticipated releases of the year and in my opinion one of the largest changes…
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Continue reading →: Anonymous Account Suspended on Twitter5 Days ago Twitter suspended the regularly used account by Anonymous [@YourAnonNews]. Though Anonymous occasionally [okay maybe regularly] violates Twitter’s T.O.S. but this is the first time we’ve reported on a suspension. Soon after, Anonymous released this tweet from their backup account: When media sources contacted Twitter for a…
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Continue reading →: AppSwitch is back with a vengeance for Mobile OS Switchers
A long while back I ran treatise on an App that debuted in the Store that allows Switchers from other Mobile OSes to feel at home on Windows 8. Since then AppSwitch has grown to become the first app a Switcher should download on moving to Windows 8. There has…
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Continue reading →: December 2012 Windows Store Sales
Happy holidays! We have some sales form the Windows Store, and, in many cases, freebies! The deals are easily highlighted on the “Spotlight” section of the Windows Store. As of this writing, there are six deals; however, this applies only to the US version of Windows Store. If you live…
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Continue reading →: Official Hertz Car Rental App is in the Store
Yet another big name has joined the Windows 8 party. Hertz brings their official Car Rental App to the Store. Unfortunately Hertz didn’t provide much info on the App, and I don’t think they really needed to, everyone knows what Hertz stands for right? They just simply posted as single…
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Continue reading →: Citrix ShareFile App–Another Productivity App from Citrix in the Store
Citrix is really rocking the Windows Store these days. Yesterday I mentioned their GoToMeeting App, now just today, they’ve released another Productivity App to the Store: ShareFile. Well, as the name suggests, Citrix ShareFile is a file sharing and Sync App to allow pervasive syncing/sharing of your files either for…
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Continue reading →: Mobile.HD Media Player–The first MKV Player in the Store
Here is an example of not judging an App by its Title. This App dropped in the Store a while back and I saw it, but didn’t take it seriously because, what’s the point, there are a thousand and one media player Apps now in the Store. Well, I should…
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Continue reading →: TimeCrunch–A Time Recorder App for your Day Job
Here’s to all Self-Employed people out there. If you bill by the hour, or your Boss is siting on your shoulders demanding breakdown of your hours for projects, well this is for your. TimeCrunch is a Timesheet app, allowing your to record your workday activities. Those of you that deal…
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