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Five Companies That Are Revolutionizing Mobile Gaming

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Mobile gaming is in the midst of a revolution that can be compared to the Dotcom boom when it comes to growth and public enthusiasm. Unheard of amounts of money are being poured into this industry in order to develop the leading platforms and push the associated technology over the next horizon. More and more companies are shifting their resources in this direction, making this one of the fastest growing industries associated with tablets, PCs, … Read more

Cyber Security: Who’s Watching You Online and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself

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As you surf through the Internet, browsing stores, chatting with friends, reserving a few books at the library and paying your bills, followers lurk in the digital shadows behind you. When you think about who is watching you online, you may picture your creepy neighbor, your ex-boyfriend or the cute guy from work who has a crush on you, but in reality, the lurker in the shadows isn’t any of those people. Rather, you are … Read more

Have Your Own Wi-Fi Hotspot with Internet on The Go

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Have you ever gone someplace, and discovered you left your phone at home? Do you even own a cell phone? I don’t, but I do have several tablets and devices that rely on Wi-Fi in order to communicate with the outside world. Sadly when I need one the most, I usually have to hunt down a local hot spot, and there are times when they are not close by. It is at those times when … Read more

The Dragoncast Episode 7- Let’s Discuss 2012 and look ahead to 2013!

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On this episode of The Dragoncast we welcome back Dragonblogger’s very own Victor Salazar to discuss with Brian and Bryce their favorite movies and games from 2012 as well as some of the movies, games and other awesome forms of technology to look forward to in 2013. Also we would like our listeners to give us some feedback and let us know what your favorite movies, games or anything else you really enjoyed from 2012 … Read more

The Dragoncast Episode 4 with Victor Salazar aka. MetallManX

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On this episode of The Dragoncast we welcome Dragon Blogger’s very own Victor Salazar also known as MetallMan to his fans, where we discuss how Victor became a part of the Dragon Blogger team as well as his current projects and website. Also we welcome Luke Bayliss from vehq.net as Bryce, Brian and Victor all discuss how they came to be an addition to the masses of social media as well as some tips to … Read more

Google Plus Starts Rolling out Custom Profile Links

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I had an email from Google that they had pre-selected a custom URI for my profile and I was quick to accept it.  My custom Google+ profile URL no longer contains that long crazy number string and Google Plus was far behind other services in letting you hand out a simplified profile URL you can just share with your friends that had your name or brand in the URL itself.  (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and just … Read more

Protect Your WordPress Blog from Being Framed

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After reading about @ileane having her blog iframed by other blogs which can lead to not only your content being read and used on another site, but your Google banner ads displayed on another site and a violation of AdSense ToS which does not allow AdSense ads to be displayed via an iFrame.  This could risk in an account ban. So I decided to test out the WP No Frames plugin after I saw it … Read more

Bloggers Start Paying Attention to Your Mobile Users

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How often do you check your Google Analytics for your blog to see what percentage of your users come from a mobile browser, compared to standard desktop browser?  Have you started putting in a mobile theme yet or started on a plan to appeal to your mobile readers/customers? You have even more limited real estate on a mobile browser screen, so it is imperative that your mobile theme be optimized for the mobile experience.  In … Read more

Speed up Chrome with HTTP Pipelining

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In the later versions of Google Chrome HTTP Pipelining which was available in Firefox and Opera for a long time was finally made available.  HTTP Pipelining allows the Chrome browser to open multiple threads to call and load web page resources at the same time in parallel instead of sequentially which can speed up website load times when visiting websites online.   Update:  This article is pretty much useless at this time as Chrome has … Read more

Speed Up Google Chrome: GPU Composition Rendering

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If you have a decent video card in your system you may be able to get improved performance from Google Chrome simply by adjusting the GPU compositing setting in Google Chrome.  This setting is easy to experiment with and the worst it can do is cause Chome to be slower and you can just undo it. The first thing you want to do is go to your flags, type chrome://flags and be careful what settings … Read more

Is Facebook Reading Your Messages?

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Recent reports have come to light letting us know Facebook is actually monitoring your chats and messages. You may think this is some move out of a B-rate cyber thriller or political blockbuster, but it’s not. Facebook and other social media sites are screening and monitoring your messages and chats using software that is reminiscent of the Carnivore program that the FBI began using back in 1997.   The software actively goes through and scans … Read more

ACTA and HR 1981: SOPA Meets Orwell’s 1984

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On the heels of SOPA’s defeat, attention is being drawn to two additional measures making the rounds in the domain of global politics.  Apparently SOPA is a drop in the bucket compared to the worldwide ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) agreement and the H.R. 1981 bill (Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011) in Congress.  If you thought SOPA and PIPA violated the sanctity, security, and liberty of the internet – wait till you get … Read more

Introduction and Disclosure

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Dragon Blogger Disclosure Policy This is primarily an entertainment blog designed to bring attention to technology, gaming and entertainment related products to readers. We cover anything gadget, geek and tech related and often we receive products to review and showcase to readers. Below is Full Disclosure for my blog content and applies to our social media properties. Software and Product Reviews This is a multi-author blog, all authors may receive products in the form of … Read more