Author Archive: Tim Lenahan

(266 Posts Published to Date)

Flickr Finally Releases First Android App

Flickr Develops Android App Toting Filters & Sharing Capabilities; Watch Out Instagram
By on Thursday, 29. September 2011

Flickr has been around for awhile and, at one time at least, was one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the Internet. One specific area was found lacking at Flickr and that’s the availability of an Android app. Iphone has had one since 2009 but Android has been [...]

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Is Twitter Ready For The Traffic Sure To Come From iOS 5?

With Twitter's Integration Into The Core Of iOS 5, The Site Says They Are Ready For The Traffic That Will Ensue
By on Thursday, 29. September 2011

Since Twitter (and Facebook) are planning on being integrated into the core of soon-to-be-released iOS 5, there is bound to be a large increase in traffic at the same time. Companies like Twitter need to be ready for these spikes in traffic or they’re looking at some technical difficulties and [...]

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Google+ Will Soon Get A Name Change

Bradley Horowitz Says The Google Plus Name Will Be Dropped & Will Simply “Be Google”
By on Thursday, 29. September 2011

Google is up to some changes. Until now, many of Google’s services have been very separate, each going their own way and becoming their own animals. YouTube, Gmail, Picasa, and even Google+ have been their own products on a certain level. Google is working on changing all of that which [...]

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Man Goes To Jail For Taking Photo In Courtroom With His BlackBerry

UK Man Charged With Contempt Of Court & Sentenced To Two Months In Jail Over BlackBerry Photo
By on Wednesday, 28. September 2011

If you’re going to go and sit in court, it’s probably a good idea if you behave yourself. If you know the person on trial, they will probably thank you. One UK man decided to make a scene of himself anyhow and made himself a distraction even taking out his [...]

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WiFi Signals May Be Used To Spy On Your Movements Inside Your House

A High-Tech Snoop May Be Able To Use WiFi To track Your Movements From Outside Your House
By on Wednesday, 28. September 2011

In a high-tech world like we live in, there are many ways spies and snoops can keep a bead on you. Is you life interesting enough to elicit such dubious actions as spying and snooping? For the high-tech snoop, almost any tool can be used for their deeds. What if [...]

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Tweets Could Become Part Of Historical Record

Andy Carvin's Tweets Will Be Added To The Library Of Congress' Twitter Archive
By on Wednesday, 28. September 2011

Twitter is one of those platforms that seem to be directed toward real-time consumption. As people write their tweets, people follow them as they are published making them expressions of the moment. If those tweets are archived, can they tell people years from now what we were thinking during those [...]

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Evernote Update Adds Smoother Lines & Cropping To Skitch Feature

Evernote Updates Skitch Feature Improving Line Smoothness & Adding Cropping
By on Wednesday, 28. September 2011

The Evernote team has been quite busy in the last few months. Lets see, they bought and integrated Skitch, they released the Skitch Android app, they’ve improved the Evernote iOS and Mac apps, and even released an app for the BlackBerry Playbook. Now they are hard at work improving the [...]

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SanDisk Memory Zone Helps Android Users Control Their Phone's Storage

SanDisc Recently Released Android App Making It Simple For User To Control Storage
By on Wednesday, 28. September 2011

There are a good number of apps in the Android Market that help users control storage. Some of them even help move applications from internal memory to the SD card. SanDisk Memory Zone, however, takes it to a different level. With SanDisk Memory Zone users have total control over any [...]

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Smartr Contacts For Android Makes Your Contact Manager Smarter

Xobni Releases Smartr From Closed Beta Bringing Better Contact Management To Android Users
By on Wednesday, 28. September 2011

One of the main uses of phones is still contacting other people. Through the years this one main use will probably never change. Even now with all of our smartphones, most of what we do with them has something to do with connecting with others. With the many ways of [...]

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Sprint CTO Still Promising Not To Axe Unlimited Data Plan

Even Amid Slashing Other Programs, Sprint Still Promises To Stay True To Unlimited Data Plan
By on Tuesday, 27. September 2011

Sprint has been going through a bit of restructuring as of late. Perhaps they are doing all of this getting ready for the iPhone launch but when will they stop? They recently increased the early termination fee and got rid of the Premier Program and even though they promise they [...]

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