Google’s “Gesture Search” has been available for Android smartphones for a while now, but the company just updated the app to include a feature that allows users to “double flip” the actual handset in order to initiate a search.
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You simply flip the phone’s face away from you and …
Christopher Caleb and I seem to share a disgustingly over the top love of Star Wars but he is far more dedicated than I.
Chris built a GPS version of the targeting computer used in Luke’s X-Wing, you know, for the Trench Run with Adobe Air for Android. Just watch the video. This is another fine example of why Android kicks …
Wondering what the R2-D2 version of the Motorola Droid 2 for Verizon looks like? Wonder no more because it was captured last night at Celebration V in Orlando. What do you think of it?
Update: The R2-D2 Droid 2 will become available September 30.
(Have Fun and Help Out Sick Kids While at Celebration V With Lego)
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A day after two separate shark encounters while out SUP (stand up paddleboard) surfing, big wave surfer Chuck Patterson decided to go back in the water the next day. Crazy, right? This time he armed himself with a GoPro HD to capture everything on film. And that he did. According to Chuck, the second shark, a ~7-foot Great White aka …
Samsung’s third Galaxy S Android device in the U.S. will launch August 31. The redubbed Epic 4G for Sprint will cost a whopping $249.99 after a $100 MIR. Sheesh.
Starting tomorrow, Sprint customers can reserve the Epic 4G, “while supplies last.” If you happen to reserve one, you must complete the transaction no later than …
UPDATE: Looks like the issue has been fixed now.
Oh, lovely. Check this out before Facebook patches this up—hopefully they’ll get it fixed quickly. Go to Facebook and try to log in with someone else’s e-mail address. Don’t worry about the password, it doesn’t matter. If this person has a Facebook account, you’ll see their full name, …
With deal sites like Groupon and BlackboardEats popping up in rapid succession, the mother of all deals sites has released a mobile app for iOS users. Over 350,000 local deals from the U.S. and U.K. are aggregated into the Dealmap app.
The free app offers the localized deals in list form or displayed on a map within a given radius of …
In case you hadn’t noticed, your Gmail looks a little different today. Google has tidied up the overall interface and added prominent Mail, Contacts, and Tasks links in the upper left corner along with a big "Compose mail" or "New contact" button depending upon which feature you’re using.
And speaking of contacts, Google has overhauled
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Earlier, I saw a “Save Google Wave!” tweet. I clicked. This is what I got:
Did this exist? The Internet says it used to. And yet, it is gone. I suspect Google’s hit squad is behind it. (Hey, what’s this lasery-looking red dot on my shirt?)
Poor Save the Wave campaign. We hardly knew ye.
Do you like Adidas shoes? Do you use a cell phone? Do you like Adidas shoes enough to get a cell phone that looks just like an Adidas shoe?
You’ll have to get it from China and it’s not entirely clear whether the "Adidass808" has Adidas’ legal blessing or not, but the ~$80 handset sure looks cool if you’re into shoe-inspired flip
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Samsung hasn’t necessarily been coy about its plans to develop a tablet, and it appears that the company is preparing to officially unveil it in early September at the Berlin-based IFA consumer electronics show.
According to Korea’s JoongAng Daily, the tablet will be part of Samsung’s "Galaxy" family of products—the company’s
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This week’s app is admittedly limited in scope but for those of you living in one of 22 states where AT&T offers U-verse TV service, the U-verse app is perfect for any TV junkie with an iPhone or BlackBerry Torch.
The free app allows you to peruse your U-verse TV programming guide, as well as scheduling and managing your DVR. So …