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by Kevin Purdy

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

Smartphones make car buying somehow even less appealing

Posted Nov 28, 2012 - 12:12 pm

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- car buying, cars
What makes the Roku streaming box so good?

Posted Mar 07, 2013 - 09:45 pm

Roku is a company without phones, tablets, publicly traded stock, quotable CEOs, or ardent fans or haters. And it's doing a great job in the streaming video space.
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- Mobile, Netflix
Where can I sell my old iPhone that isn't eBay?

Posted Sep 19, 2012 - 05:42 pm
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- Android, gazelle
Why you can totally tether your Verizon Android phone for free

Posted Sep 17, 2012 - 08:19 pm

Verizon thought it could strike down unofficial Android tethering, but the DIY hotspot movement became more powerful than it could imagine.
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- 700 MHz, Android
Why your cousin Merle can't make his own smartphone

Posted Nov 09, 2012 - 09:36 am

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Who holds the patent for Yoda dog?
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- Android, Apple
3 things Android’s keyboard needs to fix

Posted Jan 18, 2013 - 05:04 pm

I wish the standard Android keyboard, and the lightly modified version installed by some Android phone makers, had these features.
I am the target market for the Chromebook Pixel, and I do not get it at all

Posted Feb 22, 2013 - 04:33 pm

The Chrombook Pixel seems like a prank, a vanity project, a favor someone owes, or possibly some kind of tax write-off necessity.
More of this, please: Verizon turning 3G network into pre-paid realm

Posted Feb 01, 2013 - 05:09 pm

I think no-contract, $60, 3G-powered plans are an entirely sensible and usable thing, especially if the used smartphone market can step up.
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- 3g, Mobile
Better Android keyboards get even betterer

Posted Jun 21, 2012 - 12:01 pm
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- Android, Google
How to do something about the phone unlocking fiasco

Posted Jan 30, 2013 - 06:44 pm

Announcing that people now faced fines of up to $500,000 and imprisonment of up to five years for trying to use their phone on a competing cellular network certainly stirred the pot.
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- DMCA, legal

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