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July 2013

47 posts

Day One: A Journal for the 21st Century

Day One is a journal for the digital age. I decided several months ago to start keeping a daily journal. Many people were recommending Day One on the Mac and iOs but I resisted, thinking the price was too high. It is $9.99 for the Mac app and $4.99 for the iOs version. I tried a couple of free journals

New Nexus 7 Review!

I was very excited to get my hands on the new Nexus 7. Straight out of the box I knew this was a different animal. First and foremost it is as light as a feather compared to the prior model. Frankly I was shocked at how much lighter it is compared to the first model. The second thing I noticed

Chromecast Outlook & Review

There have been a lot of sites already talking about the function of the Chromecast, I would like to focus on how it is going to be used, and the impact it is having in my living room. I introduced Chromecast to my family on Saturday, my wife was wanting to watch a series of short YouTube videos on the

Diamond Wireless Range Extender WR300NSI Review

Over the past couple of years I have had mixed results with Wireless Range Extenders. In many cases I have become very frustrated as the performance has been bad, or they simply refused to hook up to the existing network. In receiving The Diamond Multimedia Wireless Range Extender, I really did not know what to expect. What shocked me the

Duracell PowerMat Review

Wireless charging has come a long way in the past couple of years, the first year we saw Wireless charging at CES a number of years ago we did not know how long it would take for the technology to become mainstream. When Duracell jumped into the Wireless charging space we knew the product had come of age. Duracell introduced

GNC-2013-07-29 #878 Storm is Coming

We give away a Chromecast, and on the next show we give away two great prizes listen to win. I have a storm bearing down on me here, lots of wind and rain should be fun. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews

Facebook Hashtags Lack Engagement

Facebook added hashtags as a new feature a little more than a month ago. How is that working out for them? Not quite as well as they hoped it would. Somehow, this does not surprise me. It seems that the idea was that adding hashtags would allow Facebook users to add some context to their posts. It would also allow

SoundCloud Gives You More Control

SoundCloud just got a little bit easier to navigate. They have added some new features that people have been asking them for. It's always nice when a company not only listens to feedback from its users but also makes changes in response to requests. SoundCloud released their brand new play controls earlier this week. To use them, you need to

Sleep Time by Azumio Review

I work from home, and although I don’t have a required schedule I like getting up around the same time each weekday morning between 5 and 6:00 AM. My goal is to get between seven and seven and half hours of sleep. Anything less than that I feel like a zombie all day and anymore then that my day always

GNC-2013-07-25 #877 Chromecast

Your going to enjoy this show I tell a few stories along with covering the Chromecast announcement along with and the news you can handle. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek News Central Facebook Page Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365

Shared.com Gives 100 GB of Storage Space

Shared Media have announced a new service where you can share files with others instantly - up to 100 GB in the freemium model with 2 GB upload cap.

Is ChromeCast the only Set Top Box You’ll Need?

Today at Breakfast with Sundar, Google announced ChromeCast. This is a single dongle with a slimmed down version of Google Chrome browser. You can connect with any mobile device and push music, TV shows or movies. Android or iOS - PC or Mac with Chrome installed. From Netflix to YouTube. Pandora to your library on your mobile phone. Even pictures

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