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Facebook Newsfeed redesign aims for ‘mobile consistency’

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Mar, 2013

Today Facebook is detailing the all-new Facebook front page known as the Newsfeed, and team Zuckerberg just announced a few details. Everything is changing, again. The new redesign will be aimed at "mobile consistency" as well as delivering what they call the best "personalized newspaper" available. It looks like Facebook is about to start taking mobile seriously.

Facebook focuses on mobile with new intensive training program

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Mar, 2013

The social network giant Facebook surely isn't slowing down anytime soon, but they have recognized the shift to mobile is the future and are adapting quite well. It's no secret that they've been shifting from the web to a more mobile-focused company, and today we're learning a few additional details about how they've done it, and why.

Wikipedia aims to deliver articles via text message soon

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Feb, 2013

Some interesting news and reports have surfaced this week regarding the hugely popular Wikipedia megasite. With all the information you'd ever need in over 25 million articles the company is looking for ways to deliver their content to more people. Mainly users in developing markets that might not have high-speed internet, WiFi, and 4G LTE to quickly access the content. Their plan is to deliver it through text messages later this year.

Google Maps street view takes us inside NFL stadiums

By Cory Gunther
on 15 Feb, 2013

The NFL and Fantasy Football season might be over now, and my Packers didn't win the Super Bowl, but that won't stop us and Google from enjoying the NFL in some way or another. While the Ravens are champions and Ray Lewis is going out on his own terms, Google's giving all of us fans an inside and up close look inside of some of the best NFL stadiums. Starting with a street view mode of Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts.

Nike confirms no Android app is coming for the FuelBand

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Feb, 2013

For all those that love the outdoors or like to keep track of their activities and daily exercise, the Nike FuelBand has been a popular accessory and product thanks to the mobile features included. The FuelBand for those who don't know nicely syncs to your iOS device of choice to easily track and monitor everything you can imagine. We've all been under the impression an Android version was coming, but sadly that isn't the case.

HD Widgets Colourform theme hands-on

By Chris Burns
on 1 Feb, 2013

This week HD Widgets gets rather colorful in a new set of widgets that take what the app already does extremely well and cuts it all down to a rather Pop Art friendly phase. This release comes as a separate download from the main HD Widgets (now at version 3.8, mind you), and brings you a variety of new backs, fronts, colors, and everything in-between for your fully customizable widget family. HD Widgets just went full tilt simplistic for those that are weary of the skeuomorphism designs of the past - get flat!

Facebook introduces ‘gift cards’ for sending a gift offline too

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Jan, 2013

Today we've learned that the folks from Facebook and good old Zuck have begin rolling out a brand new service. What service is that you ask? The official Facebook Gift Card. Yup, you'll now be able to enjoy those birthday or rare occasions even with your online friends by sending them a gift card of your choice. The concept and system in which these work is actually quite interesting so read on below.

NVIDIA Project SHIELD hands-on with gaming

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Jan, 2013

NVIDIA had a few big announcements here at CES 2013. Those included the Tegra 4 processor, which was demonstrated with a round of Dead Trigger 2 as well as the GRID and SHIELD. And while these will all very in importance, we think the SHIELD is a pretty interesting device. At the basic level, the NVIDIA SHIELD is an Android game console, but there is a bit more to it. We've mentioned it plenty already but here's an additional look.

Google testing ‘quick view’ for mobile search results – on iOS at least

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Dec, 2012

The popular desktop "quick view" feature for Google search results appears to be headed to mobile in the near future. Google seems to be testing out this new quick view feature, at least on iOS, where users can instantly get a quick view of the webpage without loading the full site -- and data. It's called quick view and as you can see there's a big nice button on some mobile browsers.

Twist for Android uses GPS to tell your friends you’ll be late

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Dec, 2012

There's a brand new app that was just released today for Android called Twist. We all have that friend or sibling that is just late for everything right? I'll be there in 10. Then they leave 8 minutes later are are 20 minutes late. Twist for Android looks to curb that by using GPS to give you a real-time alert on progress, as well as the estimated time of arrival. Read on for more details.