by Erik Kain on November 2, 2011
While everyone waits eagerly for HiveMined to launch so that we can all abandon Google, there are a few ways to make the most of a bad situation. Google Reader has killed its social functions, and redesigned Reader in a way that makes it much less readable. Fortunately there are a few hacks floating around [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 27, 2011
[Updated] 4G takes your slow mobile internet connection and turns it into your fast home or office internet connection. You can stream videos, watch Netflix, and download songs and programs much faster than 3G. It drains battery life a lot faster, too, but you pay for what you get. Steve Berry says that 4G is [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 14, 2011
Nintendo makes portable gaming devices but they probably won’t make a smart phone – at least not any time soon. The company doesn’t think it could compete with current market players, and isn’t sure it would want to share revenue with carriers. This is sensible enough, even if playing Mario Brothers on your phone would [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 5, 2011
The surprising delay of the iPhone 5 at Tuesday’s big event has some tech experts asking if Apple has a bigger problem than the company is letting on. Joe Wilcox thinks that all the patent suits and delays are just a massive effort at misdirection. “Magicians are all about getting people to look over there so they [...]
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