Right, but they poke fun at Android phones for having to use NFC to initiate a transfer meaning you have to touch the backs of the devices together (as if this was the only use of NFC). I read somewhere that Apple is looking to make this a standard for things like using your device to pay for things. Instead of…

Nope. They are pushing their AirDrop for doing some things NFC is used for.

Yes. In fact I have an iPad for work and a Nexus 10 for personal use at home. I use it for the obvious like taking notes, reading emails on the go etc., but I also use it to remote to users desktops, SSH into equipment, taking pictures of work related stuff, looking up info in a database, making changes to equipment…

Slow new week? :)

"Google even has its own already associated with your account" - The secure wipe part is not on by default until you enable it. Just make sure you do that before losing your device.

I've been doing this for a few years now. It started because it was far easier to drive without bad traffic on weekdays than weekends during Summer. This is really true if you go on vacation during a major holiday week like Christmas when the 7 day vacationers are out on the roads on the weekends before and after the…

It never hurts to setup your profiles on the various social media sites as well. I use my Google+ profile as the place for anyone to get to know me. While the other social media sites have some basic info, it also includes a link to my Google+ profile page.

In the case of the above setup it should work since this streams directly from the phone/tablet to the UPnP/DLNA device. Obviously using a Chromecast with Netflix or YouTube would require an Internet connection since when "sending" it to Chromecast from the phone tells the Chromecast to start streaming from the…

I think you are right on that one. Everyone I know lives in the US so it is not a problem for me. I do use Google Hangouts just as much since I can also use the computer to reply as well. I suppose that would be my second choice.

Vote: Google Voice

I'm throwing in Banshee to the mix (Windows and Linux) and it syncs to IOS devices. You can sync to Android from iTunes via DoubleTwist and with the Air Sync add-on, you can do so wirelessly.

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. No root required and NFC Task Launcher is a free app.

This update was a welcome improvement. The ability to dismiss notifications on all your devices is awesome.

Hmm... looks like a competitor to Solid Explorer which does the same features (including becoming a FTP server). I might have to check this one out to see how they compare.

You can't beat that $30 T-Mobile plan as long as you have coverage in your area. Throw a Nexus 4 on that for $350 and you got a pretty good setup.

Damn you auto-correct ;-)

VOTE: Handbrake

Carriers with unlimited data are getting rare in America and usually their unlimited plans are expensive. There are rare gems out there sometimes if the coverage works for you.

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I used to in the old Google Maps so I could rate places later. It had the advantage of being able to not share to anyone but yourself at the time of check-in and you could change that later after writing the review. I had a NFC keytag programmed to automatically bring up Google Maps check-in. Then Google took check-in…