Android Social Media

Dropbox.com has quickly gained popularity as the best file sharing system available. Have you ever been working on a document at the office and wished you had access to it at home? Do you collaborate on documents and projects with others? Use Dropbox to access a master version of your team’s files. Simply download and install the Dropbox software to all of your computers at home and Android

Foursquare is an online social gaming website that is gaining popularity VERY quickly. Essentially users using their cell phones check in at “venues” around town throughout the course of their day. Check ins earn you points and badges. The highest prestige to be made mayor of a venue. The mayor of any particular venue is the person who has checked in the most in the last 60 days.

One of the most common things I’ve heard from local advertisers when discussing internet marketing and SEO is, “How am I supposed to use Facebook & Twitter for my business?” Local businesses know very little about internet marketing on average. They generally know that they need a good website and that they are supposed to have a Facebook page and Twitter. In a society where 4 of the top 10 most popular sites online are social networking sites, local advertisers are being bombarded with pressure from all directions to participate in the buzz. The problem is that nobody is offering very much advice on HOW to use these social sites to bring in the business.

In December I wrote the post “My Favorite Free Android Widgets” and since then that post averages about 17,000 views per month. With that kind of popularity I thought we deserve an update. There are still several of those same apps & widgets on my phone today but I have found new and better widgets! [...]

Do you get tired of manually entering contact information from business cards? Google’s picture recognition app is equiped to solve your problem. Google Goggles has been available in the Android Market for some time. Users can use the app to search the web by taking a picture of about anything. The app scans the image [...]

So far this year I have been through airport security 22 times and on 36 different airplanes. In fact I’m sitting at LAX right now thinking about the different apps that I utilize to make the travel easier and less painful. Mobile travel itineraries goes back as far as Smartphones. Since our website’s aim is [...]

The New York Times has decided to grace the Android Market with their news app. So far I’m impressed. It loads quickly and has a very Android style pull down menu to select different categories of news. The black and white color scheme is very easy on the eyes and stays true to the NY [...]

Today Google hurt my feelings a little bit. Every once in a  while they release this chart (Click on it to enlarge it in another window) showing what Android platform versions have been hitting the Android market the most in the last 14 days.  They release it “To help developers prioritize the development of their [...]

Are you one of the thousands of people waiting in line to get an invite to Google voice? Google’s VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) phone service that has been made extra awesome by their integration of those services into Android has been a hot ticket item these days.  With current user numbers over 1.4 Million its [...]

Just in time for national bicycle month! Google has added bike directions to Google maps for android! Now your phone is able to plan safe, fun, and challenging cycling trips. Included with the update is an option to have a bike layer in google maps and a desktop icon for Google Navigation so you can [...]