Android Social Media

We set out this week to try out android social bookmarking apps. We specifically wanted to focus on some of the big hitters like Digg, Delicious, Reddit, Yahoo Buzz, StumbleUpon, etc. All in all this didn’t turn out well. With the exception of Delicious none of the programs have a 1/2 decent app available for [...]

In our original PixelPipe post we talked about the power of the PixelPipe photo syndication app. Today we want to add to that chain of thought by talking about the new 1.5 pixelpipe app which supports video & audio uploads as well. The new Android version 1.5 added the ability to upload videos directly to Youtube.com While this is a great feature

If i got paid hourly for the time I spent on facebook i would not need to do anything else to support myself. I am sure I am not the only one who mis-employs hours of mine (or my employers) time on facebook. I have friends that work in tech support for a company that [...]

On occasion someone will ask me, “Why? Why do I need a cell phone so that I can do the same things I am already doing from home while on the go from a 2 1/2 screen?” This post is to answer that question. Why should you invest in an expensive cell phone and pay the monthly fee for unlimited data service (mobile internet)? There are basically three HUGE reasons and here they are:

Well, now that the G1 has come out with a built in GPS antenna the possibilities of geocaching have been extended. You no longer need a Garmin or similar GPS device. Just grab your phone and go to it. There are several apps popping up in the android market for the purpose of geocaching but our favorite is Geobeagle. This FREE application does everything you need to do. You can access an online list of caches near your current location and browse by map or by list. Download the coordinates directly onto your phone from…

NewsRob is the best program available for the android platform right now. It downloads content to your phone’s SD card. It syncs directly with your google reader account. It works fairly well and has some decent options…

Wordpress is quickly gaining popularity as a blogging platform and website creator. Wordpress offers a solution to people looking to start a website or blog that don’t have a lot of html or other coding experience. Wordpress is simple, versatile, and powerful when it comes to site optimization. (This site is a wordpress site)

Wow! Twitter is quick becoming the most popular/powerful of Social Media websites. There are a lot of different twitter apps out there for the G1, android platform but so far Twidroid is my favorite. WHY YOU MIGHT ASK…..

Youtube is one of the most powerful social media sites online. It is also the 3rd most popular website in the world! While I don’t believe the android application good enough of a tool to really take advantage of the site and what it offers; it still is nice. I love being able to click on links in emails and on sites that lead back to youtube and have those open right up in my application.

If you aren’t already familiar with Ping.fm for microblogging you are really missing the boat. Ping.fm will allow you to update your status on 30 different networks at once including twitter, facebook, myspace, plurk, bebo, plaxo, blogger, etc. Now they have introduced Pingdroid, a ping.fm app for the android/g1 platform.