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If you need a dirt-cheap desktop PC and don’t mind Android, $74 will get you one that fits in your pocket.To use this little guy, you’ll need a monitor or HDTV that accepts HDMI input, plus an HDMI cable. You’ll also need a wireless USB keyboard and mouse combo, which would plug into the machine’s Continue Reading →

Besides the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, the highlight of today’s Google Chrome release is the addition of tab syncing to Chrome. With this, Chrome users can now have their open tabs synced across all of their devices, including tablets and phones that run the Ice Cream Sandwich-only Chrome for Android beta. Read the Continue Reading →

 Read the full story at Davide Houle. I am frequently asked about what technology I carry and use.  This is due in large part because I am a futurist and to many people technology and the future are close to synonymous.  That of course is not wholly true, but certainly understandable as it is technology Continue Reading →

More evidence that Microsoft is increasing its lead in the digital living room race: Data that shows its Xbox gaming console is the most popular non-PC device to watch Web video. That is, more people are watching Web stuff on Microsoft’s machine than on the iPad, iPhone or any Android machine, anywhere. Read the full Continue Reading →

The rumors of a Facebook app store were true, it appears, as the company has announced an app-pushing portal that will be accessible both by mobile users and by those on the web.But earlier talk of Facebook pushing HTML5 apps to Apple’s iOS platform and thereby circumventing the iTunes App Store seem to have been Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120504_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Samsung has unveiled the much anticipated, Samsung Galaxy S3.  This new smartphone has a simple mission, be the best Android smartphone you can buy – and, although it won’t hit the States until this summer, it may be just that.  The Samsung Galaxy S3 features a big, Continue Reading →

We’ve been hearing the rumors for months, and now Samsung has gotten official with the newest member of its Galaxy line of smartphones, the Galaxy S III. Samsung announced the most anticipated Android handset of the year Thursday at an event in London. Read the full story at Mashable. Continue Reading →

For Android users, one of the more convenient features that Google’s app ecosystem offers has been the ability to pay for app purchases via their phone bills. The problem, however, is that that functionalty has been limited to apps, even as Google expanded its other media offerings and rebranded the Android Market. Read the full story at Continue Reading →

Google is trying to make a video destination out of the revamped Android Market, now known as Google Play. The company announced today that a pact with Metro Goldwyn Mayer will bring 600 of the famed studio’s movies to Google Play, the software store that services Android mobile devices. YouTube’s premium rental service will also receive Continue Reading →

Something that’s a potential watershed in the generation of interactive TV takes place next weekend. Something not on anyone’s radar screen just two years ago, now quite commonplace in the digital frontier–the hackathon. What’s a hackathon?  Groups of people coming together in one place over a weekend, firing up their imaginations and coming up with Continue Reading →