Just a quickie....Samsung UK have an offer on at the moment that if you buy one of their Chromebooks during August, you can claim a free smartphone. Don't get too excited as the phone is only a Galaxy Mini but it's better than nothing and you can always flog it on ebay. There are further goodies if you buy a 3G Chromebook. Pay attention to
Great news for people who love to hang out in Starbucks, or who are using the local Starbucks as their “office”! Google has teamed up with Starbucks in order to bring a faster WiFi connection to all 7,000 company owned Starbucks stores that are located in the United States. Best of all, you will be able to use the newer,
The Lollapalooza music festival has been around for quite some time, originating with Perry Ferrell and Jane's Addiction. The concert series persists, and will take place this weekend in Chicago -- in fact, starting today at 2:30pm CST, taking place from Grant Park and featuring more than 20 artists. The entire festival will be broadcast live on YouTube. The Google-owned
For Android fans there is perhaps no bigger news than the rolling out of a brand new version of the Google Play store. This weekend version 4.2.3 hit the web, with a few alterations to the software coming along for the ride. Sadly, this latest iteration is built for the Nexus 4 -- the LG manufactured handset which became available
Last fall I got a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone. I love the S3. It's an awesome piece of technology. Sometime overnight a couple of evenings ago, it developed a hardware problem and the next day it would no longer boot. It was working perfectly when I went to bed, but when I woke up something had gone wrong. So, I
Google Maps and its Street View program have traveled across much of the world, beginning with streets and then venturing out to trails, museums and even under the waves at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Now the search giant wishes to enlist the aid of users to go further that ever. The company is enlisting volunteers to strap on its
Once a pon a time a number of years ago I went through a period of several years where I spent a fair amount of money on compact discs. Those days are long gone and have been for some time. It's probably just my age showing more than anything, but in recent years I lost interest in finding new music.