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This website is a stream of her daily activities, updated via an iPhone, a Droid, and a Blackberry, with an occasional blog post here and there.
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White HTC Evo 4G makes early appearance at Best Buy
The white HTC Evo 4G, a Best Buy exclusive, should be available for purchase this Sunday, July 11, but some lucky people are seeing them a full five days early. Even better, it seems that at least a few Best…
Apple posts article on how to fix iOS 4 Exchange sync problems
Apple has posted a knowledge base article support note for users whose Exchange ActiveSync mail, contacts, and calendars are no longer syncing post-iOS 4 update. Here are the symptoms as described by Apple: Immediately after updating to iOS 4, some…
Bump shares contacts between iPhone, Android
Longtime iPhone app Bump will now not only let you knock contacts between iPhones, but share with Android friends as well. Our good buddy Phil Nickinson, General Grievous of the Android Central army, got some video at Google I/O, so…
Clear outs two new Android 4G handsets -- one HTC, one Samsung
Here's something I thought a few of you out there in Android Central land just might be a little bit interested in. Clear has posted exception first quarter results for 2010! Oh, and by the way, the company expects to…
Want a custom HTC keyboard for your Android phone?
That's right. It's a Hello Kitty skin on top of the HTC on-screen keyboard. I'm OK with that. And you should be, too. (There's also Batman, Spider-Man, a panda, Jango Fett, Autobots, Ohio State, Atari and the N.Y. Giants, if you…
AdMob numbers show Android overtaking iPhone requests in the U.S.
AdMob, which serves up many (for 18,000 sites and apps, it says) of those little ads you see in Android applications, has released its March findings. The bullet points:Of smartphones in the United States, Android overtook iPhone usage, 46 percent…
Gizmodo editor's house searched by police last Friday
Filed under: iPhone Gizmodo editor Jason Chen came home last Friday to find police going through his house in California, according to a just-posted report on the blog that purchased Apple's prototype iPhone, originally lost in a bar a few…
Motorola ditching Google location services on Android phones for Skyhook
Here we go again. First it's Samsung going with Yahoo services, and now comes word that Motorola's switching to Skyhook for its location-based services over Google. Devices with the new service will "begin shipping later this year," Skyhook says, and "will have…
RIM Introduces Two New BlackBerry Phones
Research in Motion has announced two new BlackBerry devices today, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. The announcement comes a day before the company’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES), where it will show off further software and hardware…
Game Gripper brings Emu-goodness to the Droid
The folks over at Game Gripper have come up with an incredibly needed add-on for the Droid. This handy-dandy gadget slips over the Droid's keyboard and does the work of pressing the keys for you, bringing the feel of a real…
Apple uses AdLib JavaScript framework to make richer web apps for iPad
Done21.com has discovered something interesting in the online iPad user-guide: a new JavaScript framework they’ve dubbed AdLib (after its filename) that allows for very native app look and feel in the decidedly web-based app. AppleInsider notes that it appears to…
Netflix, ABC, CBS, and maybe even Hulu coming to iPad!
In that stream of 700 iPad apps revealed last night, Engadget noticed a few gems including Netflix and ABC, and with CBS doing the HTML5-video thing and Hulu once again being rumored, could content consumption nirvana finally be near? Netflix…
How Google Wave is Changing the News
It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave. Although it’s still invitation only and in preview, the real-time wiki collaboration…
Facebook Launches Share Buttons for Publishers
Sharing content on Facebook hasn’t generally been as easy as it has been on Twitter. Part of Twitter’s advantage is just how easy it is to share from blogs and other websites. A lot of this has to do with…
HOW TO: Create a Branded Version of TwitPic
More and more brands are starting to use Twitter, whether it’s to promote new products or connect with customers. The only problem that some brand marketers have with using Twitter is that it can be difficult to have a conversation…
Facebook 3.1 With Push Notifications Coming Soon
Early this morning developer of the iPhone Facebook application, Joe Hewitt, posted that Facebook 3.03 is on it’s way to squash a few bugs. Even bigger news is that update will then be followed by Facebook 3.1 which will include…
PhoneView Desktop Companion for iPhone on Mac OS X
PhoneView is a desktop companion that fills in the holes left by iTunes for any iPhone user on the Mac (sorry Microsoft faithful). Some of PhoneView’s features are as follows: Use your iPhone as a disk Play and export music…
Compare The Old and the New Google, Side By Side
*Update: it seems that comparegoogle.com has stopped working, but you can also check out a similar service called http://www.comparecaffeine.com. Remember Google Caffeine? It’s the new Google search engine that’s going to replace the old one. We’ve tested it thoroughly, and…
HOW TO: Get Your Data Out of Google
One of the best things about the Internet and the proliferation of social media and cloud computing services is that more and more information is tied to a server — not an individual device. That means you can easily access…
Can't sleep? Go online for insomnia therapy
Sleepless people sometimes use the Internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of Internet-based therapy.