Five apps with Feedly support already baked in

Feedly is quickly becoming the fan favorite as a Google Reader replacement. It has offered users a solution to the Reader shutdown months before Google pulls the plug next week. Feedly has also surged to the top due to quickly implementing a functional API that requires minimal tweaking for mobile developers to pickup where they were left hanging by Google's RSS service.With that said, there are already apps covering the...

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Tuesdays at the Polls: What's your Google Reader replacement?

In this weekly feature we want to give our readers the opportunity to provide some point-and-click style input on some of the questions we have been pondering. Got a great poll idea? Drop us a note! In six days, Google will officially close the doors on Reader. Many of us have become dependent on the RSS platform to consume our daily dose of web news, and have scurried to find an appropriate alternative to the service....

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Tales of a Google Glass Explorer: The Pickup

After being selected to be 1 of 8000 #glassexplorers through the #ifihadglass contest on Twitter/Google+ in March, I finally received my Direct Message on Twitter to purchase Google Glass! The earliest I was able to select at the time I received the DM was July 5th at 4pm. A day later some slots opened up for Saturday June 22nd, so I immediately switched it to 5pm that day, shaving 2 weeks from my wait time to have...

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Samsung Launches 3 More Galaxy Tab Devices

Samsung has been announcing a lot of devices lately, and their newest lineup is called the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Portfolio." The Galaxy Tab Portfolio, as it's called, is a lineup of three different tablets, ranging from a 7" tablet, to a 8", and all the way up to the standard 10" tablet. One thing that makes this portfolio of tablets stand out is some of the awesome features and bonuses it comes with: A $10 voucher...

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Sony, you have a problem. Microsoft removes DRM and internet requirements for Xbox One

Sony's PS4 had been the fan favorite coming out of E3, due to gamer reactions to many of the new restrictions surrounding the Xbox One. However, it would seem Microsoft has been listening to it's users. The company's President of Interactive Entertainment has released a statement, via the official Xbox Wire blog, that reveals that the company has turned a full 180 on its stance on DRM, and internet, for the new console. The...

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Tuesdays at the Polls: Gamers mount up!

In this weekly feature we want to give our readers the opportunity to provide some point-and-click style input on some of the questions we have been pondering. Got a great poll idea? Drop us a note! With all the news surrounding the next renditions of both the Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles just around the corner, I wanted to get our readers input on which unit they are leaning towards. Both boxes have their...

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Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 8.0 on AT&T

Today has been a good day for Samsung, first with the announcement of the Galaxy S4 Zoom, and now announcing the Galaxy Note 8.0 on AT&T. See below for the full press release and a video:   Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 TABLET PROVIDES ENDLESS WORK, ENTERTAINMENT POSSIBILITIES AT&T Offers the Largest and Best Portfolio of 4G LTE-Connected Tablets DALLAS, June 12, 2013 – AT&T, the U.S. leader in 4G...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom announced

We've all wanted a phone with better zooming than the standard digital zoom most phones come with. Well, Samsung has heard our pleas and come up with a solution: The Galaxy S4 Zoom. It boasts a nice 16 Mega-Pixel camera with 10x optical zoom, and it also has OIS (optical image stabilization). Whether you're the Instagram addict who wants to take a close-up of their food, or you just want to take a picture of an overhead...

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Tuesdays at the Polls: Did the iOS 7 redesign impress you?

In this weekly feature we want to give our readers the opportunity to provide some point-and-click style input on some of the questions we have been pondering. Got a great poll idea? Drop us a note! Apple unveiled their latest version of iOS yesterday at WWDC. Many had been wanting a redesign of the OS that has stayed relatively unchanged over the last few years. Users now have that request with iOS 7 bringing a...

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6Sec: A Vine client for Windows Phone now available in private beta

With the recent release of Instance (Instagram for Windows Phone) and apps like Swapchat (a SnapChat client for Windows Phone), it's only fair that we get a Vine client, right? Vine was actually just released on Android not too long ago, and it now has an unofficial client for Windows Phone! We have not had a lot of time to play around with 6Sec yet, but we will keep you guys updated on it with things we find and on...

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Tuesdays at the Polls: To be a Nexus or not to be...

Now that Google I/O is behind us, many of us were left wanting for a new Nexus smartphone. The general consensus going into the event was that a new version of Android, and at least one Nexus device, would be unveiled at the conference. We didn't see that happen, but we were introduced to the Samsung Galaxy S4 with a "Nexus User Experience". Since I/O, HTC has also announced the same experience is going to be available...

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Tech News Roundup for Monday, 6/3/13

In this series we round up the technology-based articles from around the web that have caught our eye in the last week. Have something we should know about? Send us a note! In Case You Missed It Five for Friday: Staff app picks of the week HTC One with "Nexus User Experience" confirmed, launching June 26 Verizon now taking pre-orders for BlackBerry Q10; to ship June 6 Verizon offers "text-to-donate" relief program for...

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