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For a while now I have been controlling my Windows Media Center HTPC with a remote control app on my Android phone. Recently I have been playing with...er reviewing...a DirecTV remote control on the same phone. I control my FreeNAS home server from that phone. I could also control Windows Home Server, a TiVo, a Comcast DVR, and probably many
As the fall-out from the News of the World scandal continues, many sources continue to inaccurately refer to "mobile phone hacking". The truth (as far as is known) was that it was the voicemail of the mobile phone that was hacked rather than the phone itself. There are two ways to do this - the first is to simply guess
With Verizon instituting data usage plans for all new users, and AT&T having already done so, it has become a sad fact of today's mobile life that we all need to watch what we download, upload, and browse. Of course, you can visit your account on your wireless provider's site, and Verizon will be sending text messages to users to
WebOS is the most underrated mobile operating system on the market. It has everything but a large user-base. So, it seems a bit strange that Wordpress has chosen it to be the first recipient of their new visual editor app. Android, with the largest market share, would have been a no-brainer, iOS would have seemed logical, and Windows Phone would
Most people don't know it, but there is a slightly modified interface for Facebook for Android floating around. You could wait for it to reach and Android Market, but, thanks to the folks over at Android Central, there is a hack to get it on your device right now. This may go down as one of the strangest work-arounds that
According to a tweet today from @oedonline and subsequently retweeted by British author and actor @stephenfry, the first use of the term "mobile phone" was in Yank, The Army Weekly back in 1947. The context was, "They say the mobile phone will enable Doc Jones to start out on his rounds and keep in touch with his nurse back in
Everyone is talking about the mobile revolution, but today Google announced the next step in it. All of Google Sites properties are now receiving automatic mobile rendering. The new update is compatible with iOS 3.0+ and Android 2.2+ devices. According to Google's announcement: By going to General settings under More actions > Manage site and clicking on Automatically adjust site