Pebble. The smartwatch with Linux at its heart!

Do you think the wrist watch era is over and soon the wrist watches will be doomed to the graveyard of floppy disks, cassettes, tape recorders etc., as mostly people use their mobiles and smartphones to check the time? Think again! The era isn’t over, it’s time for smartwatches! Meet Pebble, a tremendously customizable smart watch that integrates perfectly with your Android and iPhone. Read on for more exciting details.

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Remotely Connect to your Desktop with These Apps | Android

There is a lot of stuff that people can do on their Android. This is the reason why most people connect to Android. I read an interesting quote in an article on a fun technical blog: If you want to impress nerds, get Android. That is so true. To impress girls, get iPhone… but to impress a more learned group, get Android.

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What You Can Do with Rooted Android

I’m sure you, as an average Android user, know what rooting is. But just to revive your memory- rooting means getting extra permissions and rights to use the phone software. With extra privileges, you can load your own custom software in the phone and increase its performance. You can even install some software for free that would otherwise cost you money. So basically, rooting means hacking.

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Some Android Travel Apps for Travel Freaks

Do you like traveling? Most of us do. Traveling to far off places and seeing the beauties of nature is a great thing to do- especially when you live in a country like New Zealand that is full of exotic places. But things can get pretty difficult if you don’t have (or you’ve lost) directions. This is why you should have some good travel apps.

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Ubuntu on Android, won’t work for me, 3 serious considerations!

Ubuntu on Android! So you are guessing that your Android smartphone will have a dual boot or you will be able to boot Ubuntu on your Android phone? Certainly none of that is possible as yet. Ubuntu for Android is simply full-fledged Ubuntu hidden in your Android phone that that remains inoperative until docked. Once your smartphone is plugged into the dock connected to a moniter the OS (ubuntu) surfaces and starts making use of peripherals such as mouse and keyboard. All of that sounds interesting however neither it is new or useful. Let’s find how!

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Google Chrome for Android vs Opera Mini

Today is the day! Finally my favourite browser Google Chrome has hit the Android Market; well, when I am already quiet in habit of its rivals Opera Mini and Mozilla’s Firefox on my android device.  After working with the Chrome browser for the entire day I have gathered my impressions about the browser; what is good, what is yet to be improved. As I am mostly used to Opera Mini browser on my mobile devices, I shall compare the two browsers in my post.

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Chrome browser beta is available for android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Announced today the release of the beta version of chrome browser for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone or tablet, according to the announcement, Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity, but it also features seamless sign-in and sync so you can take your personalized web browsing experience with you wherever you go, across devices.

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