January 4, 2018

My Latest Android For Dummies Book

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Android For Dummies

Months after Android 8.0 “Oreo” became available, my latest Android For Dummies title is released. I just missed Christmas.
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December 7, 2017

No More Room for Your Apps

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The 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, 2017

Goodbye to My Beloved Pixel C Tablet

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It 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, 2017

A Phone with a Mechanical Keyboard

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It 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, 2017

Chrome and Web Security

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Back in August, I wrote how I updated Wambooli to https, the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) URL. This move was done to avoid a warning that Google informed me would appear in the Chrome browser. Well, here it is in mid-October, just when Chrome is supposed to display the warning. So where it is?
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October 9, 2017

Location Technology and Security

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A 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, 2017

The Folding Galaxy Tab

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Samsung 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, 2017

Android Oreo Thoughts

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Back in the old days, major software releases were a big deal, not an annual PR event.
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September 28, 2017

Android’s ‘Check For Updates’ Button Works for Reals

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It 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, 2017

Samsung Galaxy S8 Features

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Getting 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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