Fans of Marvel Comics will now be able to geek up their smartphones with new superhero cases from Case-Mate. A total of fifteen designs are available, featuring three designs each for Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor and X-Men. The cases range in price from $35 to $40 and are available for the following devices: read more
How to be happier on Facebook (also: why it’s ok to have small social networks)
December 13, 2011 – 8:36 AM
Yesterday, I wrote about how social networking can make us unhappy, adding to the conversation started over at Gizmodo. Today, I’m writing about what I’m doing to make my online social experience a more pleasant one. Before I start, I want to make clear that I believe that people have to do what works for read more
Three other ways Facebook is making you miserable
December 12, 2011 – 6:34 PM
Over at Gizmodo, Daniel Gulati discussed the ways Facebook makes people miserable. He hit it right on the head when pointing out how comparing ourselves to others in our social networks is a conduit for unhappiness. He also offered up two other reasons, time fragmentation and decline in close personal relationships (though, I personally do read more
Facebook, Gmail among most popular Android apps
December 12, 2011 – 5:46 PM
Nielsen has released new data showing which Android apps are most popular across three age demographics. The data was compiled from Nielsen’s Smartphone Analytics research, which is an ongoing effort to compile behavioral information from thousands of consumer panelists. Android owners between the ages of 18 and 44 were asked which apps they had used read more
Two long lost Doctor Who clips discovered
December 11, 2011 – 7:28 PM
One of the frustrating aspects of being a Doctor Who fan is the inability to watch lost episodes from a series that’s nearly 50 years old. Good news is coming in from the BBC, where two missing episodes have been returned to the archives. It seems that film collector Terry Burnett purchased canisters containing Episode read more
Power of Logic HD Offers Puzzle Game Fans Hours of Gorgeous Fun
December 9, 2011 – 10:55 PM
Power of Logic HD takes a familiar and simple code- breaking logic game and enhances it with beautiful, steampunk-esque graphics. It’s easy touch and slide navigation is smooth, making it one of the more superior logic games in the App Store. The goal of the game is to figure out the correct color code. This read more
Two-thirds of smartphone owners perform shopping activities on their mobile device
December 5, 2011 – 3:19 PM
comScore has released a few new data points on the emerging mobile shopping space. In September alone, two-thirds of smartphone owners performed some type of shopping activity on their phone. Such activities include hunting for coupons and discounts, locating stores, taking pictures of a product, and, of course, making a purchase. 38% of smartphone owners read more
Week 13 fantasy points disaster
December 5, 2011 – 10:31 AM
This week, I tried to make decisions based on Opponent Rank, which just didn’t work out too well. But trusting my gut instead would have only garnered a few more points. In the end, it’s the injury situation still plaguing my team. Here’s what I did with my lineup this week: I benched AJ Green read more
Mobile app usage closing in on mobile browser consumption
December 2, 2011 – 2:58 PM
Every month, comScore releases a report on mobile subscriber market share. Each report contains a chart on the content usage behavior of mobile subscribers. Last month, I noticed that mobile app usage was poised to overtake mobile browser content usage soon. Today, comScore released the stats for October 2011. The gap between browser and app read more
TV shows use Twitter to get viewers to watch live
December 1, 2011 – 10:49 AM
Television is in a transition. Millions are still subscribed to cable and satellite or watching through digital rabbit ears, though often creating their own schedules through the use of DVR. Meanwhile, early tech adopters are cutting the cord, preferring to watch Hulu.com, buy series through iTunes or wait for shows to be available on Netflix. read more
My injury-plagued fantasy football team: 9 players and counting…
December 1, 2011 – 8:42 AM
This is the first year as commissioner of a brand new NFL fantasy football league I started, featuring friends from Twitter. We have six teams this year (hoping to grow to 10 next year!). It’s been fun, but my team is struggling with injuries. Here’s what’s been going on: Andre Johnson – was injured for read more
35 online resources for blog inspiration
November 30, 2011 – 8:10 AM
Even when you’re aware of the different types of blog content, you can still get stuck in a rut if you’re unsure of a topic. Thankfully, many websites are ripe with inspiration. The list below contains a variety of resources from news aggregators to trends to prompts. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, but read more
