Review of the Anker Portable Bluetooth Speaker

I get a lot of products to test and review from various companies including Anker which is one of my favorites and I was excited for the chance to test out a new kind of product from them rather than the compact external batteries.  This product was the Anker Mini Bluetooth Speaker 4.0 which is a portable speaker that connects to your devices via Bluetooth.  This speaker is ideal for letting you listen to your … Read more

The Dragoncast Episode 13: Podcast Talks about PS4, Man of Steel and More!

Welcome one and all to yet another episode of The Dragoncast. This is a special Episode #13 and is over an hour long this week as there is a lot to cover. This week the Dragoncast podcast gang discuss the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, as they give their opinions on whether or not the Superman reboot is one that we have finally all been waiting for. Bryce also discusses about the post apocalyptic … Read more

Download YouTube Movies and Convert Them Free

My kids are obsessed with watching Minecraft videos on YouTube and when we had to go on a trip recently they wanted me to find a way to download YouTube movies and put their YouTube videos on their Kindle Fires so they can watch them in the car without any Wi-Fi access on the long drive.  Well a quick turn and scouring everything from Google Chrome Extensions to software, I found something that works very … Read more

Ematic eGlide XL PRO II Review

As some of you know, a while back I had a very bad experience with a new 10 inch tablet. I was not happy, and I was worried when I had to “settle” for a different tablet that I had no knowledge of, but, I was pleasantly surprised. I feel it is only fair of me to share the experience with you as well. When I went into the store to return the bad tablet … Read more

Why I Want a Kindle Fire HD

Hi, I’ve been a big technology fan for many years; my first electronic device was a C-64 in the late 70’s. Since then I was hooked, Mac, Amiga, Pc’s, cell phones, you name it, I’ve owned it. At any one time, I have close to 15 to 20 gadgets around the house, even though my wife wishes I would get rid of some of them.  About a year and a half ago, I bought my … Read more

Review of the Archos 101 Android Tablet

Recently, I decided to buy a new tablet. I looked around, and found one that I felt was going to fit my needs. This tablet had a large 10 inch screen, and all kinds of bells and whistles. Upon seeing it, I was hooked. I searched all over town trying to see if anyone had one in stock, and finally found one. I got the last one they had, and the last one, as it … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Smartphone Unveiled

Samsung finally lifted the curtains on its latest goliath to join their line of plus size phones the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3. This smartphone isn’t merely big, it’s record breaking. Weighing in as the biggest smartphone to date, the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 squeaks by its adversary, the  6.1 inch Huawei Ascend Mate, by a fraction of an inch. Calling the Samsung Galaxy Mega a phone may seem like a stretch due to its size but … Read more

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S4 Running on Exynos 5 Processor

A couple of weeks ago, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4, which is one of the world’s most anticipated Android smartphones at an unpacked event in New York. Although after an official announcement, we have yet to see the Galaxy S4 on sale for the masses, but that didn’t stop the folks over at XDA-Developers who have already managed to root the Samsung Galaxy S4 which runs specifically on the Exynos 5 octa-core processor. While I … Read more

Free Space on Kindle Fire with Clean Master

If you have an 8GB Kindle Fire (1st or 2nd generation) or a Kindle Fire HD and it only has 8GB or even 16GB of space then you may find out that it quickly fills up, this is especially true after you start adding applications and games, using them frequently as well as storing media files on your Kindle Fire device. You may be quite familiar with this message on the Kindle Fire when you … Read more

You Must Know These 5 Android Terminal Commands

Whether you’re stuck in the middle of some crappy company’s boot logo while rooting your device or doing customization, these 5 Android terminal commands are those that every Android user must be aware of. In fact, it might just save you from wasting extra bucks by allowing you to recover your Android device at your home instead of bringing it down to a service center. Besides, some of these Android terminal commands would definitely help you … Read more

How To Flash Custom ROMs In Your Rooted Android Device?

So, you have finally rooted your Android device and you want to play with it and all it’s hidden features. You can do a lot more with your Android device by having root access compared to a device without root access. Flashing different Custom ROMs in your device is one of the benefits of a rooted Android device. An operating system for your Android which is completely different from the stock OS is unofficially called … Read more

How to Unlock the Nexus 10 Bootloader

Nexus devices are doing a pretty nice job in terms of sales across the globe (especially in the US) and one of several reasons why people love Nexus devices is that they have the unaltered stock Android OS on them.  Although Nexus devices are being sold with a locked bootloader, it is fairly easy to unlock it including doing it on the Nexus 10. However just a bit of fair warning, unlocking the bootloader on … Read more

Best 5 Augmented Reality (AR) apps for your Smartphone

Technology is rapidly developing  and there is no sign of things slowing down. One of the trending technologies lately is AUGMENTED REALITY (AR).  Most people may not realize that most smart phone’s are already supporting this futuristic technology to some degree.   So keeping the “some degree” in mind, here I came up with some trending & what I think are the best 5 augmented reality apps for mobile devices. 5. 3D Pool game – … Read more

PressReader for Reading Newspapers on iPad

Believe me I am one of those people who uses Google Currents, AP Mobile, Pulse and various other news aggregate apps to get the latest headlines online.  Despite this I found that I missed having a local paper, I missed the detailed articles and specifically the more local news around the cities I cared about most.  Online news on Google News can lack a local appeal and I still liked print papers for some occasions. … Read more

Make Your Rooted Android Ad Free

Are you annoyed with advertisements on your Android device? Are you looking for a solution to make your Android device free from annoying banner advertisements? Then you are at the right place. Now Android users who rooted their devices can enjoy an advertisement free experience on their device, all thanks to AdFree for Android by BigTinCan. AdFree removes most of the ads in the browser and other apps. It does this by nullifying requests to … Read more

How to Root Motorola RAZR i Running Android 4.1.2 jelly bean

Motorola has recently released an update to its Android smartphone the Motorola RAZR i. If you have already updated your smartphone to this latest version then you might just need to follow this guide to root your Motorola RAZR i. The device is really beautiful in the hands of developers as it runs on an Intel Atom 2 GHz  Soc processor with PowerVR SGX540 a graphics chip. The stock ROM doesn’t really put extra butter on the smartphone … Read more

Alternate Ways to Select E-mails in Android Gmail

As a basic Android user, you should already be aware of the conventional ways of selecting e-mail messages in Gmail for Android. If you remember correctly, there is a small tiny check-box present at the beginning of each e-mail title in the list view which allows you to select multiple e-mail messages to perform certain operations such as deletion, labeling etc… However, in my case, I do miss those check-boxes a number of times and … Read more