Communication with an artificial intelligence through voice commands has been the holy grail of sci-fi nuts since the “Library Computer Access and Retrieval System” was first sighted on Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was only with the launch of Google Voice Actions, about a year ago, that voice commands became a reality. Despite being first, Google’s Voice Actions did not receive any major improvements after its initial launch and now it looks as though Apple’s alternative “Siri” has taken the speech input crown away from Google. Unlike Voice Actions, which requires the user to say specific commands, Siri relies on natural language input allowing users to create their own commands, often with humorous responses.
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Meet Iris – The Android Alternative To Siri
By | November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Celebrate Halloween With Android Apps, Themes And Games
By | October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Halloween is a great holiday for all to enjoy and what’s a better way to celebrate than to trick out your Android phone in full orange attire. For this article I have found a number of apps, themes, and games that transform your phone into a Halloween-themed device.
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Keep Track Of Everything With These Two Full Featured Note Taking Apps [Android]
By | October 18, 2011 | 5 Comments
Last week, I wrote about 3 simple note-taking apps that made it easy to keep your life in order. Those apps didn’t have very many features, but that was the whole point, the focus was on the note-taking. In this weeks article, let’s look at two competing note-taking apps, Evernote and Springpad which are bursting with features and aim to completely reorganise your life.
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Organise Your Life With These 3 Simple Note Taking Apps [Android]
By | October 7, 2011 | 5 Comments
They say that the best camera is the one you always have with you. Similarly, the best notebook is also the one always present with you. Although I prefer taking notes by hand, my Android phone is the device which I am always carrying with me and so, my default note-taking device is a combination of my Samsung Galaxy SII and a variety of different apps. In my experience, I have encountered two types of note-taking apps. Firstly, you have the “simple” note taking apps that are basically just barebones notepads. There are also more “advanced” types of notepad apps that include a greater number of features. In this article, I will outline three different “simple” note taking apps.
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A Complete Guide to Facebook Timeline
By | October 3, 2011 | 2 Comments
Unless you were away for the past couple of weeks, you must have heard about Facebook launching its latest enhancement to the standard profile view, the Timeline. In short, Timeline, if you allow it, will be the new default view of your profile, allowing other users easy access to your past activity on Facebook. Once Facebook launches it to the public the only thing they will see when they navigate to your profile page is the Facebook Timeline view. There are a number of major changes that the new view brings to your profile. In this article, I will highlight some of them.
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Android Widget Series: Agenda Widgets To Keep Your Life On Track [Part 3]
By | September 23, 2011 | 3 Comments
In my previous article of the Android Widget Series, I gave a few examples of clock widgets that help keep you on time. In this weeks article, I will give examples of a few different “agenda” widgets. These widgets either place calendars, to do lists, or a variety of other organisational tools on your home screen. This is useful if you wish to glance at your upcoming appointments and tasks.
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What You Need To Know About Facebook New Friend Lists Feature
By | September 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
Facebook officially launched its improved Friend Lists feature today, making it easier than ever to view and share relevant content with the appropriate individuals. In this article I will highlight the main uses of Facebook’s newest feature.
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Android Widgets Series: Great List Of Clock Widgets To Help You Tell The Time [Part 2]
By | September 9, 2011 | 2 Comments
In my article last week, I provided examples of a number of Android widgets that help users monitor and toggle their settings (including WiFi, battery, brightness, data, gps, etc.). In this weeks installment of Android widgets, I will highlight a number of useful clock widgets that assist you in telling the time. Depending on which Android device you purchase, you may already have a clock widget. However, the vanilla version of Android does not come with any and this article will help fill that gap.
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Great List of Android Widgets For Tweaking And Monitoring Your Device Settings [Part 1]
By | September 2, 2011 | 3 Comments
With the growth of apps, the various smartphone platforms are all becoming similar. What makes Google’s Android stands out from the rest is the ability to add “widgets” on the home screen and offer the user a unique experience. For those of you who are not sure what widget is, they are essentially interactive icons on the home screen which update with information or change the settings of your device. There are thousands of widgets in the Android Market and unfortunately there is no effective way of searching for them except to simply search for “widgets”.
In this series of articles, I will highlight groups of widgets that are useful for different tasks. This first article in the series features widgets that are useful for monitoring or tweaking Android settings.
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6 More Exciting Android Live Wallpapers
By | August 26, 2011 | 6 Comments
A little over a year ago, I did a post on Live Wallpapers on Android which became popular as new Android users wanted to push their devices to the limit. Today, the Android platform has matured significantly and with better hardware comes improved support for live wallpapers. This article will feature some of the newer live wallpapers available in the market.
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