• Google gets a $25,000 slap on the wrist and warning of more punishment for its Street View

    Google was fined $25,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for accessing unsecured networks and collected personal information without users’ permission. The  U.S. investigation is not even done yet but seems that things will not turn out so well for the Big G. The investigation all stems from the data collection scandal surrounding its Street View project.  The…

  • Facebook buys Instagram: This is how to transfer your pictures out.

    When I heard that Facebook had brought my beloved Instagram; I was shocked, angry, sad, and finally at peace. Someone told me those are similar emotions felt when you lose a loved one. It was enough to open the floodgates to Android. I was happy for that move but to sell out to Facebook is…

  • Amazon Fire Phone: Dear Google we can do an Android phone & we can do it better

    Google’s Android device makers love Android because it is open source. What they don’t like is that they have to pay Google to use parts of it and that so much of it is locked down. Amazon’s Kindle Fire showed them another way it and they want to release their own.  Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet…