Yes I know. It was on the HBO back before my life was over.
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Yes I know. It was on the HBO back before my life was over.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
LM got a movie reference and dd admitted he hasn't seen the greatest comedy since "Ghostbusters." What is the world coming to?
Nor I ... also really tired of seeing the blatant promotion of the new movie all over the place (like guest appearances of "Ron Burgandy" on TSN, etc, etc, etc.)
It wasn't a great comedy, but there was some clever dialogue.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
It was banned from the Play Store, but device-wide Adblock+ is available for Android Devices in the Amazon App Store. Some people say it causes problems with some other apps, but I haven't observed any issues yet on the devices where I've tried it.
It does not require root and I've been using it on my GS4 for a couple weeks now. I find it particularly helpful with the Android default web browser. It does not seem to prevent ads on Youtube.
It does not require root and I've been using it on my GS4 for a couple weeks now. I find it particularly helpful with the Android default web browser. It does not seem to prevent ads on Youtube.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
The RealVNC Viewer is free on the Play Store right now. It's usually $10. There are freebie VNC viewers out there but RealVNC is probably the best known commercial implementation.
ddrueding
Fixture
My boss was running an app called "Note Everything" until recently. One of the advantages was that it was supposed to backup to Google Docs. A few months ago he did a firmware upgrade on his phone and it lost the data on the phone and...no backup!
I'm looking for an app that does roughly the same thing, but works.
Simple note taking with sync to Google Docs and other Android devices.
There are a few out there, but I was hoping for a recommendation from some of you honorable people
I'm looking for an app that does roughly the same thing, but works.
Simple note taking with sync to Google Docs and other Android devices.
There are a few out there, but I was hoping for a recommendation from some of you honorable people
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Why not just make the notes using Google Docs in the first place?
ddrueding
Fixture
I'll get the exact reason, but I believe it had something to do with responsiveness of the app and simplicity of the interface.
Stereodude
Not really a
FWIW, youtube-dl is pretty slick.
Stereodude
Not really a
Sorry for the misdirection... That's not a tablet "app".
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Fatwah on Western Digital
If you create a Bookmark with this code
Code:
javascript:(function(){if(location.host%20==%20"www.youtube.com"%20&&%20location.search.indexOf("v=")%20!=%20-1)%20{open("http://www.youtube-mp3.org/#v="%20+location.search.split("v=")[1].split("&")[0]);}})();and click it while watching a Youtube video, it'll open a new tab with a link to download the audio. I find that endlessly useful.
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
Yeah I use keep as it syncs with my google account. I use it for attendance, grocery lists that type of thing.
ddrueding
Fixture
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
Google Keep is what I was looking for. I actually downloaded back when I reset my phone but never actually used it.
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
Tried this out for a while and noticed problems, particularly with Instagram. Some of my ad-supported apps got barfy, and I couldn't get updates to install. Also, didn't notice any fewer ads when browsing.
I'd say that it's not ready for prime time.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I "made" an HTML5 app today using a code generation platform from machine.infinitemonkeys.com. It took about 10 minutes is going to cost $120/year to publish as a Google/Amazon/Apple app store item.
All it does is open a web page or dial a phone numbre or pipe an address in to a device's navigation app, but it beats the crap out of learning to code the stupid thing myself.
Still, I feel dirty now.
All it does is open a web page or dial a phone numbre or pipe an address in to a device's navigation app, but it beats the crap out of learning to code the stupid thing myself.
Still, I feel dirty now.
ddrueding
Fixture
Where is that cost coming from? Or do they offer the publishing as a bundled service?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I can either buy the code outright and publish it myself (+$99 for Apple developer tax) or I can pay $10/month and run everything through the code generator's developer account. This is just coming from a stupid customer mandate and I'm hoping we can put it online for six months and show that no one is using it.
Or I can spend I-dont-know-how-long learning to be a mobile app developer and still find out that no one is using this thing six months down the road.
Or I can spend I-dont-know-how-long learning to be a mobile app developer and still find out that no one is using this thing six months down the road.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Do you have a link to the thing you built?
WhAt happens when the phone is in Alabama?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Not yet. It's just a few buttons that take people to web sites. I cannot imagine that anyone who knows how to mobile device would ever bother to install it.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Google Drive dropped it's prices today. Storage plans now cost 1/3rd what they did until this morning. 100GB plans are now $24/year.
I'm liking this news. I'm going to explore if they have a decent Linux client. I have some ideas to use with this. I'll be curious to see what dropbox might do with with their pricing. They're now significantly more expensive.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I just tried their download page and it says: "Not (yet) supported for Linux."
That's disappointing. Even dropbox has a Linux client.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
There are a few third party solutions for Google Drive. Insync is a commercial application that allows someone to sync multiple Google Drive accounts on the same system.
Santilli
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Try Puffin for a web Browser:
http://www.puffinbrowser.com/index.php
Works great, and is MUCH faster then the other browsers...
http://www.puffinbrowser.com/index.php
Works great, and is MUCH faster then the other browsers...
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Remote Flash rendering is somewhat interesting, but it's primarily only going to help for video streaming and not interactive applications. Unfortunately, that also means that everyplace where you will want to use it (sites that don't have decent mobile experiences already, like Hulu) probably already ban it.
Santilli
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Puffin makes going to my work site easy, and fast.
I think the site uses Flash, IIRC, but not in any major way. Still, it makes the regular site bearable, without having to pay for the mobile site.
www.arbitersports.com
I think the site uses Flash, IIRC, but not in any major way. Still, it makes the regular site bearable, without having to pay for the mobile site.
www.arbitersports.com
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Teamviewer Quick Support allows for an RDP-like remote connection to an Android device. I'm fusing it now, typing on my laptop but posting from my phone. Neat.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I got a Netgear PTV3000 Miracast adapter today for classroom-type use. It's pretty sweet. There's a Bluetooth-like pairing process but it seems to work with my Thinkpad (Windows 8.1 with Intel WiDi) and with both my Kindle Fire HDX and my Galaxy S4. It is definitely not as easy as Airplay and it has a bit of lag, but it seems like it will work well enough for classroom instruction.
You guys might be interested in https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
It's uses are virtually unlimited. If you want your phone to just have a data connection once an hour to poll for messages you can program Tasker to turn it on once an hour, or once a day or whatever you want.
If you only want GPS to start when you open up google maps, you can do that. You can set WiFi to only come on when you are nearby certain cell towers. You can have it start a program when your phone connects to a certain bluetooth.
It is extremely flexible and it's uses almost limited to your imagination.
It's uses are virtually unlimited. If you want your phone to just have a data connection once an hour to poll for messages you can program Tasker to turn it on once an hour, or once a day or whatever you want.
If you only want GPS to start when you open up google maps, you can do that. You can set WiFi to only come on when you are nearby certain cell towers. You can have it start a program when your phone connects to a certain bluetooth.
It is extremely flexible and it's uses almost limited to your imagination.
ddrueding
Fixture
Really enjoying Hitman GO; a puzzle game.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Towelroot is apparently a universal Android Root tool. It uses a Linux kernel vulnerability, so there's no mucking around with boot loaders. Probably not the best news for overall Android security, but it's convenient.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
It worked on my Galaxy S3.
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
It didn't seem to work on the kindle fire.