Simple. Beautiful. Beyond Smart. That’s how Google and Samsung describe their new Galaxy Nexus mobile phone. Galaxy Nexus was unveiled yesterday in Hongkong. It is the first phone officially running on Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest Android 4.0 Operating System. Key Features: 4.65″ Super AMOLED Display (1280×720 res) Dual Core 1.2Ghz processor 4G LTE/HSPA+ ready […]

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Tweetdeck is a cool way to organize twitter updates. Tweetdeck can also act as a real-time browser, and help you manage not just Twitter tweets, but also Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and Google Buzz updates as well. Yesterday my Tweetdeck update hanged, and usually Tweetdeck updates are smooth so I got curious. And I also […]

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One of the important concepts in the Android scene is the Android Market. The Android Market is the online software store that holds most of the apps made by 3rd party developers. Android users can also search for and read comprehensive information about apps on this market. Right now I’m into the free apps (of […]

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TrendLabs published some cool infographic about Android and threats. And since I mentioned in my previous post that I’d do my best to write more about Android here at menardconnect.com I am featuring that infographic here. To commemorate the first year of the discovery of the first Android trojan, TrendLabs released a blog post on […]

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I recently switched to Android OS! Image Credit: Android.com I’ve been itching to jump ship since the year started because my old mobile phone OS was a little bit out of date already. I will not bash Symbian and Nokia here. I am a little sentimental today because I remembered that Nokia was my first […]

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The tech week started with a bang! Google decides to buy Motorola for USD 12.5B (40 bucks per share in cash, some 63% premium on last week’s Moto’s stock closing price). Wow! Google’s got a pile of cash 🙂 . Image Credit: Android.com Google’s Mr. Page tags that the move will supercharge Android ecosystem. Motorola’s […]

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I’m a Linkedin user and I like their website and services. I am just a little disappointed that they sneaked in some default privacy settings that allowed them to display my name and photo in their so-called “targeted social advertising”. Earlier this week, I was doing my usual Linkedin chores (managing groups and community stuff). […]

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