Mobilize!

RSS Link

Everything worth knowing about mobile technology -- and how to get more from the devices we love.

by Kevin Purdy

Follow Kevin on Google+

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

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.
- Tweet
- Android, bluetooth
Can an Android phone run without Google?

Posted Feb 20, 2012 - 11:51 am
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.
- Tweet
- 3g, Mobile
Five Key Things about Google's Chrome for Android Beta

Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 12:29 pm
- Tweet
- Android, Apple
Add weather, appointments, and more to your Android lock screen

Posted Feb 13, 2013 - 06:00 pm

DashClock Widget provides useful information, looks nice, and makes me want to use a part of Android I had ignored until now.
It's the little things that make Android 4.1 a winner

Posted Jul 30, 2012 - 08:27 am
Five cheap, mobile-minded, hopelessly nerdy gifts you'll probably just buy for yourself

Posted Nov 19, 2012 - 11:35 am

There are two things I think the typical "Gift Guide for Geeks" gets wrong:
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.
- Tweet
- Mobile, Netflix
The Android lag fix that really wasn't

Posted Jan 11, 2013 - 04:21 pm

One app that claimed to fix "90 percent of lag" in Android phones started a small fire in the open-source phone community. Take a look at some of the wreckage.
- Tweet
- Android, aosp
A fix-it flowchart for fixing or resetting Android devices

Posted Nov 02, 2012 - 12:16 pm

I enjoy helping people customize, improve, and fix up the little quirks and options of their Android phones and tablets. Heck, I wrote a book about Android that’s full of that. But sometimes there is something so wrong with an Android that it just barely works, or not at all.

May is...
Cloud Month

BY THE NUMBERS: Cloud computing

CAREER: Top cloud jobs

MANAGEMENT: Cost battle: Cloud computing vs. in-house IT

REVIEW: 4 killer cloud IDEs

DEVELOPMENT: When to use cloud platforms vs. dedicated servers

SLIDESHOW: Top 10 cloud tools for IT pros

Learn more

Stream PBS content to your Roku player

5 comments
Xbox 720 always-connected rumor debunked, PS4 share button nerfed, and Wii U to get mobile apps?

4 comments
Where are the BYOD phone commercials?

2 comments
It's Change Your Password Day. How hackable are you?

1 comment
If you need ammo, Bing is your search engine

1 comment

White Papers & Webcasts

White Paper

When Application Performance is Better, Business Works Better

White Paper

Intelligent IT operations: Making IT smarter with advance event correlation and management

White Paper

Open Data Management Configuration vs Specialized Database Systems: Considering All the Factors

See more White Papers | Webcasts

Join today!

Get FREE access to premium content, in-depth reviews, practical tips

6 IT hiring tips to weed out the duds
Rule #1: Don't hire out of desperation.
4 free tools to simulate a cloud connection
Linux-based WAN emulation tools worth a look.
15 common IT resume mistakes (and how to avoid them)
Learn how to build a better resume.