Months after Android 8.0 “Oreo” became available, my latest Android For Dummies title is released. I just missed Christmas.
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January 4, 2018My Latest Android For Dummies Book
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December 7, 2017No More Room for Your AppsThe decision is difficult. When you buy a phone, do you pay for the $599 model with 32GB of RAM or pony up the extra $100 for the 64GB model? And who cares! After all, how can you ever fill all that memory?
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November 30, 2017Goodbye to My Beloved Pixel C TabletIt started out subtly. The screen dimmed. So I tapped the display, thinking the tablet might be locking itself. But, no, tapping didn’t un-dim the screen. I restarted the device.
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November 23, 2017A Phone with a Mechanical KeyboardIt was called the Droid. Yes, from the word “android,” just like in Star Wars. But way back when, the Droid was considered the Android phone. It was incredibly popular, then suddenly gone.
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October 16, 2017Chrome and Web SecurityBack in August, I wrote how I updated Wambooli to
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October 9, 2017Location Technology and SecurityA while back, someone panicked. They realized that all their mobile device’s photos had a GEO-TAG, or location data, merged with the image. The concern was regarding kids: If you took a photo of your kids at the playground, a pervert could save the photo, extract the location data, then be able to find your kids. Creepy, but accurate.
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October 5, 2017The Folding Galaxy TabSamsung is all aglow over the potential for a folding LED screen, coming to a Galactic mobile device perhaps as early as next year. Whatever.
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October 2, 2017Android Oreo ThoughtsBack in the old days, major software releases were a big deal, not an annual PR event.
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September 28, 2017Android’s ‘Check For Updates’ Button Works for RealsIt was once a joke. That CHECK FOR UPDATES button lurked deep in the Settings app on an Android phone or tablet. You’d tap the button and . . . [suspense] . . . nothing. The device would say, “Oh! I checked for an update. Alas, one is not available.” It was a lie!
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September 7, 2017Samsung Galaxy S8 FeaturesGetting a new phone not only involves the toils of configuration, you also experience the pain and delight of its new features. On that front, Samsung never disappoints.
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