You can now order the BlackBerry Z3 SIM free in the UK
This one maybe a little late to the party but if you fancy picking up the low cost BlackBerry Z3 SIM free in the UK you can now do so thanks to Clove. The British online retailer has the Z3 priced at £154.99, including VAT, which seems reasonable value for money if you ask me.
Android 5.0.2 OTA files available for Nexus 7 2013 and 2012
A number of Nexus factory images for Android 5.0.2 Lollipop sprung up at towards the end of last year and now the update has begun appearing over-the-air for the Nexus 7, both 2013 and 2012 WiFi models.
If you simply cannot wait for the OTA update to reach you, you can grab the .zip file to install yourself from the links below:
- Nexus 7 2013 WiFi (razor) – LRX22C to LRX22G
- Nexus 7 2012 WiFi (nakasi) – LRX21P to LRX22G
As for what’s new in Android 5.0.2, you won’t notice any major new features or visual overhauls. Instead, 5.0.2, as the name suggests, is a bug fixing patch and should improve the stability of the OS overall. Previously, we have also seen a particular mention of addressing “issues with MountService which should now start before performBootDexOpt [and] changes related to NAND have also been pushed. Fstrim, introduced in Android 4.3, caused some serious issues on Lollipop… devices with slow NAND should now have a noticeable performance boost”. Sounds like good stuff.
If you’re not the manual updating type, don’t fret. The Android 5.0.2 OTA update should be rolling out to you soon.
Evernote for Mac helps you organize your digital life
Evernote has long been a popular way for people to take notes and archive important information. If you’ve never used it, here’s an introduction to the Mac version of the software, and some tips on why you might be interested. By the way, Evernote is free to start with, so you can get try it out without paying a dime.
Evernote isn’t just an application — it’s a service. In order to use the app you need to create an Evernote account that serves as an active online repository of all the data you enter using the app. But this makes it a breeze to synchronize your content between devices, and Evernote is practically ubiquitous: In addition to the Mac, you can download it for iOS and for other platforms like Windows, Android, Windows Phone and more.
Evernote divides content into notes and notebooks; notebooks are collections of individual notes. I’ve set up separate notebooks for home, work, and projects that I’m working on.
The individual notes in each notebook can be free-form text, ordered and unordered lists (including checkbox lists, if you’re picking up groceries, say, or supplies for a craft project) and more. You have extensive control over text formatting, and you can also include audio snippets, images, even snapshots using your Mac’s built-in camera.
Evernote isn’t just for typing and recording words. It works equally well if you have images you want to save (and notate). If Evernote isn’t the active app, you can just drag an image into the Evernote icon on the Dock and it’ll import the image too. This is great if you’re collecting images for inspiration or later collation and collection and just want to grab stuff and go quickly. There’s also an Evernote Web Clipper extension you can install for Safari and other browsers that will help you capture text and images from web sites.
Notes can be tagged so you can group and find them more easily later; you can also share them with other people using a connection to your own Contacts list; or post them publicly on social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. You’ll be notified if and when others make changes to the shared content, if you’ve enabled that functionality.
This only scratches the surface of Evernote’s core functionality, and this is only the “free” version of Evernote. If you choose to pay for Evernote Premium — which costs $5 per month for individuals, $10 per month per user for businesses — you get other features, like the ability to have longer notes, annotated PDF file attachments, improved search functionality, and perhaps most importantly, offline work support.
And because Evernote has long been a popular app, there’s a constellation of support for it — including devices that work with Evernote like scanners and pen styluses for the iPad — as well as third-party software that supports sharing with Evernote.
Evernote was updated this past November to take advantage of the new user experience Apple created for OS X Yosemite. The developers also used the new release to introduce other new features like easily resizable tables and images, redesigned interface elements and more.
Hopefully this has painted in broad strokes some of the features Evernote have and some of what Evernote can do for you. At the very least, you might want to give a try by downloading it yourself, since it won’t cost you anything (except a few moments of time to set up an account).
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Android 5.0.2 OTA links are starting to arrive — this is how you use them
Android 5.0.2 factory images started arriving back in December and continued into January, and now we’re starting to see the first OTA updates rolling out to Nexus devices as well. As is usually the case with these small point releases there’s no major reason to run out and flash the file, but if you’re the kind of person that absolutely has to be on the bleeding edge it’s easy to take a few minutes and get up to 5.0.2 without waiting for the file to be pushed to you.
Head past the break for the links to the OTA files, and to find out how to use them!
Marriott looking to bring Netflix, Hulu Plus and Pandora to your hotel room TV
Marriott is about to make your hotel stay much more rewarding. The hotel chain has confirmed to Bloomberg that it is testing a TV service that allows its guests to access streaming content from their own Netflix, Hulu Plus and Pandora accounts. The service is currently being trialled in eight hotels across the US.
Latest promo video from LG shows just how curvaceous the G Flex 2 really is
It’s no secret LG is excited about the G Flex 2. The company took what made the original G Flex so unique and has made some notable enhancements. LG has published a new promo video showing off some of these features and why you should definitely consider picking one up for yourself, should you be looking for a new handset.
Latest promo video from LG shows just how curvaceous the G Flex 2 really is
It’s no secret LG is excited about the G Flex 2. The company took what made the original G Flex so unique and has made some notable enhancements. LG has published a new promo video showing off some of these features and why you should definitely consider picking one up for yourself, should you be looking for a new handset.
If Spotify was an ’80s record store, it might’ve looked something like this
Have you ever wondered what a Spotify record store would’ve looked like in the ’80s, or a Now TV-branded video rental chain? Me neither, to be honest, but that didn’t stop Vodafone from including these fantasy locations in its retro-inspired “1984G Street.” Set up a stone’s throw from London’s Covent Garden Tube station, the temporary, temporal anomaly was less ‘street,’ more handful of small pop-up shops with a nostalgia-meets-now vibe; much like Sony’s PlayStation ’94 20th anniversary store. It was just an elaborate PR stunt and brand awareness exercise, of course, as part of a Vodafone’s ongoing campaign celebrating 30 years since its mobile network went live. It might’ve had something to do with 4G, too, given the name. David Hasselhoff rocked up in Knight Rider mode to officially open 1984G Street, which is fitting as he hasn’t changed much in 30 years, despite eating more than his fair share of burgers off the floor. The morning I arrived, the Hoff and whatever crowd he drew had long departed, giving me plenty of opportunity to explore the strange installation.
Highlights included the retro-styled Vodafone store, which had various mobiles from the ’80s on display, and the “4G Arcade,” because who knew there’s such a thing as a Temple Run arcade machine? Joining a Pac-Man cabinet and an Indiana Jones pinball table was also an absurdly large model of an old Nokia, in case you wanted to play the most frustrating game of Snake ever. Spotify Records and the Now TV video rental store were slightly more promotional outlets, nodding to the services offered as perks with some Vodafone contracts. Spotify was doing some special playlist offer and Now TV, a lucky-dip situation where you could win free movie passes, popcorn, etc. While I avoided both of these in a miserable, non-participatory sort of way, the attention to detail throughout the little shops was commendable. The Now TV store was full of VHS boxes, complete with Breakfast Club poster, bargain bin and fuzzy CRT above the counter. Spotify Records was wall-to-wall with original vinyls, and even the attendant’s cubicle in the 4G Arcade was littered with ’80s-era knick-knacks.
Everyone “working” there was also dressed appropriately, with the worst of them behaving in-character, which exacerbated the drawn-out, cringe-like feeling one gets from attending a live marketing experience. That being said, I might’ve gotten more “into it” if I was the one being paid weekend rates to play pinball all day while waiting for the free RUN DMC performance to start. Anyway, if you didn’t stumble across 1984G Street yourself, couldn’t be bothered, or simply didn’t want to, then enjoy the visual tour. Or, go watch Breakfast Club.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
Source: Vodafone
If Spotify was an ’80s record store, it might’ve looked something like this
Have you ever wondered what a Spotify record store would’ve looked like in the ’80s, or a Now TV-branded video rental chain? Me neither, to be honest, but that didn’t stop Vodafone from including these fantasy locations in its retro-inspired “1984G Street.” Set up a stone’s throw from London’s Covent Garden Tube station, the temporary, temporal anomaly was less ‘street,’ more handful of small pop-up shops with a nostalgia-meets-now vibe; much like Sony’s PlayStation ’94 20th anniversary store. It was just an elaborate PR stunt and brand awareness exercise, of course, as part of a Vodafone’s ongoing campaign celebrating 30 years since its mobile network went live. It might’ve had something to do with 4G, too, given the name. David Hasselhoff rocked up in Knight Rider mode to officially open 1984G Street, which is fitting as he hasn’t changed much in 30 years, despite eating more than his fair share of burgers off the floor. The morning I arrived, the Hoff and whatever crowd he drew had long departed, giving me plenty of opportunity to explore the strange installation.
Highlights included the retro-styled Vodafone store, which had various mobiles from the ’80s on display, and the “4G Arcade,” because who knew there’s such a thing as a Temple Run arcade machine? Joining a Pac-Man cabinet and an Indiana Jones pinball table was also an absurdly large model of an old Nokia, in case you wanted to play the most frustrating game of Snake ever. Spotify Records and the Now TV video rental store were slightly more promotional outlets, nodding to the services offered as perks with some Vodafone contracts. Spotify was doing some special playlist offer and Now TV, a lucky-dip situation where you could win free movie passes, popcorn, etc. While I avoided both of these in a miserable, non-participatory sort of way, the attention to detail throughout the little shops was commendable. The Now TV store was full of VHS boxes, complete with Breakfast Club poster, bargain bin and fuzzy CRT above the counter. Spotify Records was wall-to-wall with original vinyls, and even the attendant’s cubicle in the 4G Arcade was littered with ’80s-era knick-knacks.
Everyone “working” there was also dressed appropriately, with the worst of them behaving in-character, which exacerbated the drawn-out, cringe-like feeling one gets from attending a live marketing experience. That being said, I might’ve gotten more “into it” if I was the one being paid weekend rates to play pinball all day while waiting for the free RUN DMC performance to start. Anyway, if you didn’t stumble across 1984G Street yourself, couldn’t be bothered, or simply didn’t want to, then enjoy the visual tour. Or, go watch Breakfast Club.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
Source: Vodafone
Mega for Windows Phone goes public with version 2.0 [Update: now live!]
Following an initial private beta period, Mega, the cloud storage app for Windows Phone, has been bumped to version 2.0 and becomes public with it. Or that’s apparently the plan, anyway. While the app has been updated with the store listing reflecting the new public status, that isn’t currently how it is in practice.
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