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  • Google to introduce potential Twitter/Facebook competition

    Google’s Gmail has been the king of e-mail for several years now. But new means of communication through social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have eliminated a lot of the social communication that e-mail once had. Let’s all be honest it’s 10x easier to DM your friend on Facebook and Twitter because you are already on them and it doesn’t require you to look at all of the work in your inbox. However, it…

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  • Motorola Droid to receive Android 2.1 upgrade this week

    Motorola chose to announce some pretty exciting information via Facebook earlier today.  Rather than issuing a formal press release, Motorola has stated the Motorola Droid…

  • Google lowers ETF on Nexus One

    The Nexus One is a strange device.  It is the only cellphone of any kind that has two Early Termination Fees, one from the carrier…

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Google Contacts, otherwise known as my first big issue with the Palm Pre Plus, and a simple fix

by Robert Nelson on Feb 8, 2010 at 10:53 AM

The folks at Verizon Wireless were kind enough to send me a Palm Pre Plus and a Palm Pixi Plus to play with for a little while. And because of them sending out a few review units, I will in-turn be able to offer some hands-on posts about my use… Continue Reading »

Dropbox, a file sharing app, coming to an Android phone near you

by Natesh Sood on Feb 6, 2010 at 08:10 AM

There are many services available that allow users to share files over the Internet, such as documents, photos, videos, and music.  These services become much more efficient and popular if they create an app to be used on smartphones such as the iPhone, Palm webOS, BlackBerry, or Android phones.  Well,… Continue Reading »

Google Maps gets multitouch support on the Motorola Droid

by Natesh Sood on Feb 5, 2010 at 08:41 PM

It seems Google has finally updated Google Maps to feature multitouch support.  Since the Droid runs on Android 2.0, the capability for multitouch was always there, but the program was never written to encompass multitouch.  If you own the Motorola Droid, go to the Android Market app and find the… Continue Reading »

Hulu to stay free - for now

by JG Mason on Feb 5, 2010 at 04:08 PM

According to Disney EVP Kevin Mayer , Hulu isn’t transitioning to a paid model of any kind any time soon.  Hulu, a video content distribution website partnership between Fox, NBC and Disney, has rocketed in popularity.  Mayer did add that Hulu will be asking it’s customers to pay, though it… Continue Reading »

Spotify vs iTunes: the coming war

by JG Mason on Feb 5, 2010 at 11:32 AM

Spotify looks to woo music labels with the idea that the album is not dead, as iTunes would have us believe.  In fact, Spotify says 30% of music download on their site is albums.  Spotify uses a subscription method that looks to transform users buying habits and it is using… Continue Reading »

Nearly 200 million people a day log on to Facebook

by Sue Walsh on Feb 4, 2010 at 01:22 PM

Facebook has doubled in size in the last year, boasting a whopping 350 million registered users, and what’s even more impressive is that fully half of them-175 million-log on everyday. By this summer it’s predicted that over half of all Internet users will visit Facebook. Last year Facebook’s COO Sheryl… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Hands On: Pogoplug

by Robert Nelson on Feb 4, 2010 at 12:11 PM

I have used the Pogoplug for all of 20 minutes now (5 of which were to set it up) and I have to say that this seems to be a device that I am going to wonder how I ever lived without. Of course, that is just a first impression,… Continue Reading »

Google gives Android a disadvantage?  Ups security for Apps on iPhone, WinMo

by JG Mason on Feb 4, 2010 at 10:59 AM

To make their products more appeasing to IT security mangers, Google has added some security to their Google Apps.  Google is looking to provide a similar security experience to Microsoft’s Exchange.  These changes make smartphones accessing company data much more secure. The new security settings allow IT admin to add… Continue Reading »

Netflix breaks into the top 20 for video sites

by Robert Nelson on Feb 4, 2010 at 08:56 AM

It is no secret that Netflix is pushing their Watch Instantly movie streaming, and according to the December comScore numbers that push seems to be working. It seems that Netflix has broken into the top 20, albeit just barely at position 19 falling in between Break Media at 20 and… Continue Reading »

Is your Twitter account safe?

by Cheng Hung on Feb 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM

Several Twitter users have reported that their accounts have been locked out of Twitter, and are forced to perform a password change. They have received an email notifying them of possible phishing attacks on their accounts, sparking rumors of a wide-spread phishing attack. Some of them have even suspected that… Continue Reading »

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