Articles (page 7 of 50)
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How Scared Should I Be To Use Public WiFi on My Smartphone?
The question came from someone close to the Pocketnow family, which means that even the geeks among us are still confused with just how secure (or insecure) public WiFi is. It’s a…
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Will the App “Bubble” Pop?
Ask any small child and they’ll tell you: all bubbles pop. For many kids, popping bubbles is exciting and entertaining. Whether it’s soap bubbles, bubble wrap, or bubble gum —…
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I Just Switched to T-Mobile’s Unlimited Everything Plan, Here’s what I Think So Far
T-Mobile has been my cellular carrier since before they were T-Mobile. Yes, I’m a VoiceStream guy! Anyone remember those days? I picked VoiceStream because (1) they were all…
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Why I won’t shop at Times Ticking ever again
Owner Times Ticking 2044 Layton Hills Mall Layton, Utah 84041 Subject: I won’t be coming back Dear sirs, I’m an advocate of buying local. I try to do business with local stores…
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Here's how to comfortably carry an extra magazine for your sidearm
I carry a sidearm for defense of self and family whenever possible. That comes with a big responsibility -- one that's beyond the scope of this article. One of the most common…
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Here’s Why You Should Avoid Rooting Your Android Phone
“Rooting” could mean causing a plant or cutting to grow roots, or when an animal turns up the ground with its snout in search of food. In this context, however, “ rooting ” is the…
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Are Raised Bed Gardens Suitable for Berries?
The most difficult part of gardening, according to some experts, has to do with your soil. "Natural" soil, the kind found around your house, isn't very natural at all. Before…
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Where Are All the Intel Phones?
At the core of every smartphone, phablet, tablet, computer, or piece of electronic equipment is a processor. Processors aren’t as simple as a single chip anymore. The processor…
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Does Your Compost Look Like Road Apples and Elephant Droppings?
Anyone who's used a tumbling composter will eventually run into "road apples" or "elephant droppings". No, I'm not talking about stuff that you put into your composter, I'm…
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SuperDell Schanze Reportedly Chases and Kicks Bird While Paragliding (video)
A video has leaked, apparently shot from a helmet-mounted camera, where the pilot of a powered paraglider chases a bird (which the pilot identifies first as an owl, then as a…
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SuperDell involved in paraglider crash over frozen lake (video)
While paragliding over a frozen lake, SuperDell and another (unidentified) pilot got tangled up. The other threw his reserve shoot and came down on the ice -- hard. Both had…
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What You Need to Know About Android Trojans
The story of the Trojan Horse originates from an ancient battle between the Greeks and their siege of the city of Troy. As the tale goes, the Greeks, after trying to defeat Troy…
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How to Pick the Right ROM for Your Device
Android users aren’t forced into a life of running just one ROM forever like owners of some “other” devices are. Users can change the way their device looks by changing wallpaper,…
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My Pebble Smartwatch Finally Got Here! (Video)
After several long months my Pebble Smartwatch is finally in-hand -- or should that be "on wrist". Nonetheless, here's my unboxing and initial setup of the watch, along with a…
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It’s National Joe Day!
According to Yahoo! News, March 27th is "National Joe Day". All these years I never knew such a day existed! How can you properly show your appreciation for your favorite Joe?…
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Your Smartphone Is Probably Faster Than Your PC
It seems we all want better, faster, smaller, and lighter when it comes to our mobile devices. Why wouldn’t we? When we’re talking about size and weight, you won’t find many who…
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Why Doesn’t NFC Always Play Nice With NFC?
Not long ago I told you about my experiences with NFC one year after it became available on phones that I own. In that article I shared how I use NFC and how I don't, but I…
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I’m going to start doing more videos
Hey guys and gals, I've decided that I need to be doing more videos. So, with that, I've produced an "introduction" video to tell you what my channel is going to be all about…
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This Might Be the Most Visually Impressive Android Launcher Ever (Video)
I love showing off replacement launchers on my devices. Why? Any Android user can quickly and easily change the entire look and feel of their home screen experience just by…
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SAFE – How Samsung Wants to Make Android Safe for Business
We recently talked about smartphones, brand names, and saturation of the major players in the mobile arena, and the fact that handsets powered by Android make up over 50% of the…
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Harden Your Android Against Hacking Attempts (Video)
One of the reasons we all love Android is because it can do so many things, especially when rooted. Unfortunately with that comes the ability for bad guys to do many things,…
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Franco Kernel Reduces Lag and Increases Battery Life (Video)
I love my Nexus 7 . It's one of the best tablets on the market for the money. Recently, Google updated it to Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and brought with it irritating lag! That lag…
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I Just Destroyed My Nexus 4 (Video)
Gravity is all around, pulling us down. Without it we'd fly off the earth into space — cell reception isn't very good in space. In the meantime, we've got to guard against gravity…
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LMT Launcher For Android Hands-On (Video)
They say you can't have your pie and eat it, too... or was that cake? No matter, LMT Launcher is an app that augments your built-in launcher — it doesn't replace it — by letting…
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Here’s What Flexible Screens, Batteries Mean for Future Smartphones
Manufacturers have been teasing us with flexible displays for years. You'll be hard pressed to find a trade show anywhere in the world that doesn't have some booth with a thin…
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Qi Wireless Charger Face-Off: Nokia DT-900 vs. Energizer (Video)
We've been taunted and teased with the dream of inductive charging for years, and now it's finally here! Well, it's here for some of us. After more than a few competing standards…
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ParanoidAndroid Turns Your Smartphone into a Tablet, and the Other Way Around (Video)
ParanoidAndroid is one of the most novel and interesting custom ROMs that you'll find today. Unlike other ROMs that simply add cool goodies to Android, ParanoidAndroid lets you…
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Google Wants One Ring To Rule All Your Passwords
Our lives are becoming more tightly integrated with online services every day. From email, calender, and to-do lists, to grades, banking, and bill payment, almost everything can…
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Is 5-Inch the New 4.3-Inch?
When talking about the sizes of the screens on our mobile devices, people can be lumped into one of two groups: those who don't care, and those who are passionate about how big or…
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Tile Launcher Makes Your Android Look like Windows Phone, Only Better! (Video)
One of the complaints we have here at Pocketnow is how the iOS experience is getting someone "stale." Over time people may want to change the way their smartphone or tablet looks.…
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Android Needs To Get Serious About Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth is a wireless technology that's supposed to make connecting our devices easy. When we're talking about headsets, keyboards, and mice, the process is usually pretty…
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Octa-Core Chips Are Coming; Here is How They Will Change Your Life
When dual core processors were announced we knew it was only a matter of time before they'd be upstaged by quad-core chips. What we didn't expect was how soon after we started…
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Android App to Increase Battery Life Comes at a Cost (Video)
At CES 2013 we learned about about a whole new class of SoC that will power the next generation of smartphones and tablets. These new chips not only come with more speed and…
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NVIDIA Tegra 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
NVIDIA isn't the only chip maker showing off new technology at this year's CES . Qualcomm has some news, too. Just incase you don't remember, Qualcomm makes the Snapdragon SoC and…
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This App Might Instantly Make any Android Noticeably Faster
There are two problems with "random" in the computing world. First, "random" isn't truly random, it's only pseudo-random, and the process of making pseudo-random numbers more…
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How to Remove Bloatware From Your Non-Rooted Phone
For some reason carriers like to load up "their" phones with apps that they think you want. These apps take up space on an already limited storage partition, they occupy screen…
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How to Make Auto-Rotate Smarter (Video)
Auto-rotation is one of the thing I either love or hate. When it works right, it's wonderful! The gyroscope/accelerometer inside my device recognizes that I've turned it and…
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8 Scenarios Where NFC Would Make Sense
One of the problems with technology in general its reliance on the widespread adoption of that technology before it's of much value. Take WiFi, for example. Back in 1998 wireless…
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What is Ingress and What Does Google Hope to Accomplish With It?
"The world around you is not what it seems." At least that's what the website for Google's latest pet project would have you believe. Two new apps from a group inside Google have…
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Hands on with the Energizer Wireless Charging Mat and the Nexus 4
We've talked about wireless charging in the past and have wondered why it's not more popular. One of the reasons could be the relative scarcity of inductive chargers, another…
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CyanogenMod 10.1 Running On the HTC G2 (Video)
Over the past several days we've shown you CyanogenMod 10.1 running on the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, and even the Samsung Galaxy S III. These were official "nightly" builds, straight…
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The Android Governor: Overclocking Is More Than Just Clock Speeds
Whenever we think about computing speed we usually limit ourselves to Gigahertz — how fast the processor is that's crunching all the data inside our devices. The number of cores…
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How to Install Google Now on Ice Cream Sandwich
Updated: Alternate method to flash from a custom Recovery Image, and video showing the final result. Android Jelly Bean brought with it a whole new way to search and get…
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Here’s What an Eight-Core Processor Means For Smartphones
It seems like just yesterday we were starting to see dual-core processors arrive in our smartphones and tablets. Today you'll have a difficult time finding one that only has a…
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Google Wireless Could Be Google Fiber in Your Pocket
Back when Google was floating the idea of what would eventually become known as "Android", there was a lot of speculation that Google could be making their own phone and offering…
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Everything You Need To Know About Wireless Charging
Electricity has always been a thing of wonder, but like most technological advancements, it's had its challenges and even a fight for what standard to adopt. Thomas Edison…
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With LTE, Are You Still Prioritizing WiFi?
Wi-Fi is one of the greatest technological advancements of our time. Networking without wires, and without the need for a large deployment of towers and antennae. It's relatively…
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How-To Flash and Hands-On With Android 4.2 (Video)
Google started selling their Nexus 4 and tablets with Android 4.2 earlier today — though the ordering process hasn't been ideal. Another special treat was the beginning of…
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Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR HD Review
The Droid RAZR HD is one of a handful of new RAZRs being offered by Motorola on the the Verizon network. It’s closest siblings are the the RAZR MAXX HD , which is the same phone…
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This is Why the Snapdragon S4 Pro Performs So Well
Single-core versus dual-core used to be the big debate. As expected, we saw a fairly substantial jump in day-to-day activities when we went from one to two cores. People thought…