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Google Celebrates the Phonograph’s Birth, Fifty Classic Albums Selling for Just $3

Tim August 10, 2012 20

To celebrate the birth of the phonograph, Google is hosting a sale on fifty albums that have shaped music throughout the years. For example, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Bob Marley's Legend, and even Licensed to Ill from the Beastie Boys are up from...

How to: Use Jelly Bean’s Sound Search [Beginners’ Guide]

Tim August 10, 2012 44

With the release of the Jelly Bean operating system, it brought many new features for Android users to take advantage of. One of new features is called Sound Search. Sound Search can be directly compared to other applications like Shazam and SoundHound, the...

Custom ROM Friday: BAMF Paradigm for Verizon Galaxy Nexus

Tim August 10, 2012 98

It's an appreciated change of pace when a team of developers can simply state their goal. Over on the BAMF site, the developers intro the Paradigm ROM with, "When we set out to build this ROM, we wanted to keep the feel as stock as possible while adding as...

World’s First Drag Race Scratch Test Takes Place – Galaxy S3 Vs. iPhone 4S

Tim August 10, 2012 115

If you don't mind some extreme shaky-hands syndrome camera work and a guy being overly dramatic about what is to take place, then watch this video immediately. What takes place is the world's first official drag race scratch test between the iPhone 4S and the...

Google Makes Mobile Search from Phones and Tablets Interactive and Content Rich

Tim August 10, 2012 7

Google is rolling out more interactive search results on mobile phones and tablets. For example, when searching for math answers like I have done above, instead of just giving you the answer, Google Search displays an entire calculator for you to edit the...

Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android Updated, New Mobs and a Bow to Slay Them With

Tim August 10, 2012 18

Last night, Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android was updated. In terms of updates, it's pretty decent and brings some new mobs and a means to destroy them. In the caves and outside at night, you will find skeletons and spiders trying to ruin your fun, but...

OTA Update Center Allows Custom ROM Developers to Push OTA Updates to Users

Tim August 9, 2012 29

The perfect service for ROM developers was announced this morning. The service is called OTA Update Center and allows for developers to host their ROM's on the site's servers, which can allow for the pushing of OTA updates to end-users. What makes it different...

Dead Zebra’s Series 03 Android Minis Coming Q3, Features Ball Jointed Arms

Tim August 9, 2012 52

After what was going to be a "late July" release, we have learned this afternoon that we can expect the Series 3 Android minis to begin shipping out in Q3 instead. Due to some production holdups, the minis team fell a little behind, but ensures customers that...