Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Google Voice Blog: Port your existing mobile number to Google Voice

Google Voice has finally introduced number porting to it's popular phone service. According to the Google Voice Blog:

"One of the most frequent requests we hear from people who use (or want to use) Google Voice is that they’d like to get all of Google Voice’s features without having to give up their long-time phone numbers.

Today, we’re excited to announce that Number Porting is available for all existing Google Voice users. This means you can make the mobile number you’ve always used your Google Voice number, so it can ring any phone you want—or even your computer."


Visit the official Google Voice Blog for more.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Common Sense Security for Your iPhone

Venerable blog Lifehacker has just published a guide titled Common Sense Security for Your iPhone. I know we are not alone in worrying about losing or forgetting our iphones. If you take away anything from the article at least setup the "Find My iPhone" feature, it's free and can help locate a lost or stolen iPhone/iPad in a pinch.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Our Top 3 Gadget Picks from CES

The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has just wrapped up and we can't help but be excited about some of the announced devices. Without further ado here are our top 3 picks to looks out for in 2011.


1.The Razer Switchblade - A compelling proof of concept PC from the gamer peripheral company Razer. It features a small form factor, LCD keys that change depending on the application, and a touchscreen interface.This laptop packs portable gaming on the go in a pocketable computer. Find out more at Razer and read more about CNET's 2011 best of show.


2. The Motorola ATRIX 4g - If anyone was worried that AT&T would be hurt by the iPhone's soon showing up in Verizon flavors, don't be. This is as compelling if not more so than any smartphone AT&T has ever had . It feature a dual core Nvidia Tegra2 processor, a world first qHD display, and a laptop style dock that has to be seen to be believed. Basically, the phone docks into a laptop-esque enclosure and gives you access to a larger display to do email, surf the web and even play back media. Learn more at Motorola.

3. Not a product per se, but for us AMD fired back across the bow of Intel with serious fusion low power processors. The C and E series fusion processors from AMD feature a dual core CPU and a full DirectX 11 class GPU integrated on 1 package. Featuring devices with up to 10hours of battery life and gaming ability to spare, multiple products were announced from HP, Toshiba Lenovo, Sony and more. Read  more about AMD Fusion.