2Day Tasks App for Windows Phone Review
When I made the switch to Windows Phone, I had to start replacing my various “go-to” apps. Chief among them was a decent lightweight to-do manager. Something more robust than, say, “Reminders” on the...
View ArticleWindows Phone and Gmail Finally Learn to Play Better
Thanks to the latest Windows Phone update, Windows Phone finally syncs properly with Gmail — bringing along all of your shared calendars and properly formatted emails. No more shredded...
View ArticleScout Comes to Windows 8!
I love my Lumia, but I will be honest — Nokia’s HERE Maps and HERE Drive are not my favorites. They are perfectly fine, but they lack many bells and whistles. It was hard giving up Scout when I left...
View ArticleTapatalk Comes to Windows Phone!
Tapatalk Coming to Windows Phone Windows Phone is fast developing parity with other platforms, and while there’s a handful of top tier names missing (cue the 10,000 “Instagram or bust” complaints), it...
View ArticleFL Studio Groove for Windows RT Announced
FL Studio Groove for Windows RT In a rather surprising move, music app maker FL Studio has launched a new app called ‘FL Studio Groove’ … and they launched it for Windows RT first! The app provides an...
View ArticleG5 Entertainment Launches Special Enquiry Detail on Windows Store
Special Enquiry Detail Lands on Windows App Store I love the Special Enquiry Detail series and have reviewed both games on multiple platforms – and they are just solid experiences that do not diminish...
View ArticleGoogle Voice Cuts Off Third Party Apps
Are you still using Google Voice? Better hope it’s an official Google Voice app, because third-party access is being yanked later this year. Most users won’t be affected, unless, of course, you use...
View ArticleStar Wars: Tiny Death Star Puts You in Charge of an 8-Bit Death Star in this...
Developer NimbleBit has teamed up with Disney and LucasArts to bring you Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, where you take the helm of the Death Star in order to build, develop, and prepare the planet-sized...
View ArticleThe Eternal Optimism of Bing Weather
It may not be clear here, but it was actively snowing HARD when this photo was taken I have a few weather apps on my Lumia 928, but I’ve been keeping the Bing Weather app pinned to my launch screen...
View ArticleVirtual City Playground from G5 Games is Now on Windows Store
Virtual City Playground Comes to the Windows Store I have reviewed Virtual City Playground multiple times on different platforms and tracked major updates since the game was released. The game takes...
View ArticleWhere Angels Cry from G5 Games is Now in Windows Store
Where Angels Cry HD for iPad I reviewed Where Angels Cry earlier this year for the iPad, as well as for the Mac and Kindle Fire. The game deftly integrated story, mystery and hidden objects all in one...
View ArticleFirst Impressions of the Lumia Black/GDR3 Update for the Nokia Lumia 928
I’ve overall been quite pleased with my Lumia 928 Windows Phone. In fact, almost all of my complaints are hardware and not software related (the screen is far too fragile, and the phone has some...
View ArticleINSTEON Connected Home System Gets Some Microsoft Love
I’m currently working on a review of the INSTEON Connected Home Control and Monitoring system. Simply put, I’m impressed and I think you will be too. This morning comes news that the company will be...
View ArticleEvernote Tops 100 Million Users! #Evernote
Evernote just topped 100 million users; that’s pretty impressive. Even more impressive is the fact that those 100 million users can be found in any of 190 different countries. Taken together, the two...
View ArticleWhat eWallet Needs to Do to Stay on Our Devices
Judie and I were huge fans of eWallet from its earliest days, back when we used Palms; we synced the info on our Palms to the eWallet program on our desktop PCs. Later on we used eWallet on our Pocket...
View ArticleWellograph, the First Sapphire Crystal Wellness Watch Launches!
Most fitness watches share a common element – not GPS, or heart-rate, or step-tracking, or Bluetooth sync. They are pretty uniformly NOT fashion watches. They might work as ‘Geek Chic’, but no one will...
View ArticleHow To Fix the Ugly MIME Headers When Using Gmail on a Windows Phone
If you have a Windows Phone and you use Gmail, then whether you realize it or not, you have sent at least one email that was received looking like this: And if you were replying to something that had...
View ArticleBattery for Windows Phone Review
I am having fun setting up my new Lumia 928, and part of that is getting to know new apps and settings. On my iPhone I had my battery percentage listed in the status bar, but that’s not an options in...
View ArticleG5 Holiday Sale: Get 10 Gripping Games at up to 80% off on All Platforms!
The Holiday Sales in the iOS, Windows and Google Play app stores have kicked in this week – just check out any of the stores for amazing deals. Amongst these deals are some great adventures from G5...
View ArticleLibratone ZIPP MINI Is a Great-Sounding Reboot of One of My Favorite Speakers
The Libratone ZIPP was one of my all-time favorite speakers. It looked great, sounded amazing, and let you customize the look with exchangeable covers. With portable AirPlay it was as close to the...
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