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by Kevin Purdy

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Freelance writer, author of The Complete Android Guide, former Lifehacker editor.

Google Hangouts solves the iPhone-Android emoji problem

Posted May 21, 2013 - 06:14 am

iPhone and Android phones can't always see the tiny Japanese icons they send each other. Unless they use Google Hangouts.
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One useful thing actually coming to your phone from Google I/O 2013

Posted May 17, 2013 - 04:08 pm

A lot of Google's announcements at its I/O conference were developer-related, and long-term. This one thing is neat and needed.
Google kills off SMS Search: What you can't do now that it's gone

Posted May 13, 2013 - 04:30 pm

Why should anyone mourn the loss of a service that most people didn't know existed? I would offer a few reasons.
How Netflix is revolutionizing cloud computing just so you can watch 'Teen Mom' on your phone

Posted May 10, 2013 - 05:52 am

You should know what it's like to be the Big Red Movie Firm. Since you don't have time to read 3,700 words right now, I will provide some highlights.
Five things you probably don't know about Bluetooth

Posted May 06, 2013 - 04:12 pm

Danish runes, tricky terminology, and Polish marketing firms that try to pair you up in malls. Bluetooth is a hoot.
Turn your dust-catching Wii Fit board into a smart scale with an Android app

Posted May 02, 2013 - 02:23 pm

Someone made an Android app that turns your Wii Fit board into a new-fangled, web-connected "smart scale." Awesome.
Google Now arrives on iPhone/iPad. So how do you make it useful?

Posted Apr 29, 2013 - 11:26 am

Google Now promises "just the right information at just the right time." But how do you "use" it?
Your weekend homework: review the apps you love, fight the jerky types

Posted Apr 26, 2013 - 05:27 pm

Fight the system that listens to hair-trigger angry reviewers but allows quietly happy users to be unheard. Write a good review for an app you use, unprompted.
Google Keep is just a notepad, so use it that way

Posted Apr 25, 2013 - 04:00 pm

Google Keep is the equivalent of Notes on the iPhone: a space in which to write quickly, with online backup and access as the only real feature.
Transfer music, photos, and other files from Android to your computer

Posted Apr 22, 2013 - 03:43 pm

Here are the best tools, in a short list, that I recommend for transferring music, photos, and files between Android and systems.

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