I’m pretty sure that many of the people reading this article will know what Google Drive is, but for those who don’t I’ll quickly explain. Google Drive is a cloud syncing application from Google that allows users to sync data autonomously across computers and to the cloud. It’s pretty much the same thing as other services like Dropbox and Ubuntu One. The problem is that the... »
So Windows 8 is finally here, and with the latest iteration of the Microsoft productivity suite Microsoft Office 2013 set to hit the shelves some time this month it really is a busy time for Microsoft at the moment. Users have been able to try Windows 8 for many months via the release previews that Microsoft sent out into the wilds of the internet. Now you can do exactly the same thing with Office... »
A few days ago I wrote about the latest offering from the Humble Bundle team. Since announcing the original six titles in my original article, the Humble Bundle team have decided to give you guys even more value for money by adding a further 5 titles to the line up! All you need to do to get these titles is donate anything above the average donation, which at the time of writing this article is ju... »
Update Nov. 15 So after being down by a day, a helpful Google+er pointed me to an update this morning of Firefox Beta. Flash works again just as well as it did before the 4.2 upgrade. So be sure, if you follow the steps below, to use Firefox Beta. Tuesday is the official release date of two new Nexus devices — the LG Nexus 4 and the Samsung Nexus 10. With a refreshed Nexus 7 ... »
It’s been about a week since my last post on going Android at work. So far much of my time spent work on Android has been a lot more productive than I even suspected. I’ve talked about hardware here a little — I’ve essentially used the two best Android devices available in the Asus Transformer Infinity and the Nexus 7. But the real power behind Android has been the software... »
There are a lot of reasons people prefer Android over iOS – choice, openness, Google service integration and more. But one of the biggest reasons to go Android if you’re going mobile is the fact that you have access to your file system. This reason alone makes iOS a non-starter for me. I like putting files where I want them and I like to find them where I put them. And I prefer to orga... »
I’m the editor of a small weekly newspaper and run its website. I do a lot of different things, but what I spend do more than anything else is write and edit text documents. When I first started working with documents on a Mac (that was what the newspaper where I worked used) I wrote with Corel’s Word Perfect. Opening Office documents required translation software. It was a pain. That ... »
Google+ App for Android finally gets what pages owners need… Yesterday the Google+ product manager, Anish Acharya posted on his G+ profile that the Google+ App for Android and iOS got the update to the version 3.2 with the much sought after support for pages. Today we’re rolling out v3.2 of the Google+ app to Android and iOS; both versions include one of our most highly-requested featu... »
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