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Why You Shouldn’t Trade In Your Mobile Device
Mobile device retailers like Apple, Best Buy, Amazon & Verizon want you to recycle or trade-in your mobile devices. They even offer a good chunk of change to do so. It’s usually not a terrible...
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The Rules of Mobile App Design (Presentation Slides)
Last week I had the honor of presenting to the NJ Mobile Meetup group. NJ Mobile is a collection of about 300 mobile technology enthusiasts that I co-organize. While I’ve been one of the groups...
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Apple & Android Websites Not Mobile Optimized
This is just plain old weird. Apple.com via a mobile browser: Seriously? Apple.com isn’t mobile optimized? The “design meets technology to form magical blah blah blah, and birthed the mobile web into...
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Is Chrome OS Ready for Primetime? (March 2012)
Question: “If we take Chrome apps to its logical conclusion: Do you like Samsung 5 Chromebook? Do you see any there at SXSW?” Browser As An Operating Systems Rumors circulated for years that Google was...
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Tablets Are Not TV’s Friend
According to Nielsen, 85% of people who have tablets use them while watching television. The report also claims that 30% of tablet use happens while watching television. “As mentioned, 85 percent of...
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Why Can’t Facebook Build A Good Mobile App?
I’m genuinely confused. Mark Zuckerberg dropped a billion dollars on Instagram, and has a small army of top development talent at his disposal. Why the hell can’t Facebook put out a good mobile...
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Are Tablet/ Laptop Hybrids Bad?
Who’s Making Hybrids? Microsoft’s Windows 8 will serve as both a tablet and laptop operating system. This will allow PC makers the opportunity to produce laptop/ tablet hybrids. Apple CEO Tim Cook...
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Google Glasses – The Rise of Wearable Computers
A few weeks ago Google announced Project Glass, or Google Glasses. A number of people I’ve spoken to are quick to mock these as another bluetooth headset. While I agree that walking around with a...
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Why I Don’t Review With Scores or Numbers
All of my product, movie, concert, game and music reviews are written long-form, and never have any numerical rating associated with them. They almost did. I had this clever idea to have a 5 star scale...
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World Maker Faire New York 2012 (Geek Event)
Looking for… a renewed love of technology and geekery? a fun time? Well my friend, then you must come to World Maker Faire New York. If you think that Americans don’t make things anymore… Then you must...
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Speaking on Mobile App Design for Business at NJ Connect
Wednesday, October 17 at 6PM in Red Bank, NJ - I will be joining Juergen Berkessel (@polymash) and Robyn-Stratton-Berkessel (@robbiecat) of Polymash at NJ Connect’s October event to speak on mobile...
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The Ubiquity of Porn & Mobile Apps
“When did apps become like porn?” The delightfully crazy lady ask. The tired traveler stared back at her with a look of befuddlement. She laughed, “Ok, that wasn’t clear… I mean, there’s like a porn...
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Device Security: Fingerprints vs Passwords
Apple’s announcement and release of the iPhone 5s raised an interesting question that many have asked me: “Which is safer, Touch ID or a pin code?” The answer is, it depends on what you’re protecting...
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Defeating Snapchat’s Privacy in 4 Easy Steps
Snapchat doesn’t fulfill on it’s promise. It can’t, and it won’t. Not now, and not in the foreseeable future. Self-destructing pictures only work if another copy can’t be made. The obvious problem:...
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Use Airplane Mode Often & Live in the Moment
I accidentally discovered that “Airplane Mode” is the most useful feature on my mobile device. As my Galaxy Nexus from December of 2011 (I know, I know… it’s a relic) aged, the battery started sucking...
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Is Snapchat the Platform of the Future?
Snapchat may be the next big platform on the web. I still firmly believe that their mission of creating self-destroying photos is inherently impossible (for now), but that hasn’t stopped the app’s...
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New Facebook App “Paper” is Stunning
I don’t recall ever using the word “stunning” to describe a mobile app. Facebook’s new alternative app Paper is the first one that has left me stunned. There are some magnificently designed apps out...
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SwiftKey: The Reason iOS8 is Exciting
Android’s Best App The killer app on Android was the predictive keyboard, SwiftKey. A lack of SwiftKey on iOS was almost enough to keep me from jumping off of the Android bandwagon (but Android’s...
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The Geek Whisperer’s 2015 Tech Predictions
I’ve been at this for a long time, this is the first time I’m taking a stab at industry predictions. Let’s see how I do in 12 months. Security Breaches Everywhere Information security is going to...
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Fingerprints, Security, and the Law
In October of 2013, I wrote a post titled, Device Security: Fingerprints vs Passwords. That post was published about a month after Apple released the iPhone 5S, the first device with Touch ID. In the...
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