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by Kevin Purdy

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

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.
Mobile & Wireless, cloud messaging service, Google I/O
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.
Mobile & Wireless, Google, google sms
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.
Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, cloud computing
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.
Mobile & Wireless, bluetooth, bluetooth 4
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.
Mobile & Wireless, Android, bluetooth
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?
Mobile & Wireless, contextual data, Google Now
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.
Mobile & Wireless, app reviews, five-star reviews
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.
Mobile & Wireless, Android, Google
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.
Mobile & Wireless, Android, android file transfer
Get phone notifications about actually cool things with IFTTT and Pushover

Posted Apr 19, 2013 - 04:57 pm

Your phone dings all the freaking time. Why not have it tell you cool stuff? WIth these two tools, that's very possible.
Mobile & Wireless, Android, howto

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