Leaving Blogger for Wordpress

Thanks to everyone who has been following my blog here. However, Blogger just doesn't offer a rich enough feature set for what I'm trying to do. You can follow my new blog at http://austinsimpulse.wordpress.com/

Sony QX100 Review

The Next Level of Mobile Photography?

We live in a time of convergence. I remember my excitement ten years ago when I got my first point-and-shoot Canon camera. I soon moved up to a DSLR: the Nikon D10. In addition, I had a cell phone, a Gameboy, our family’s old iMac, an iPod, and an Xbox. Now, my smartphone has taken the place of my camera, casual gaming system, iPod, and phone. Some of us have tablets and computers, but Windows 8 devices provide a hybrid tablet and laptop device. There is a problem though: my smartphone doesn’t have the best camera.

Colgate University App

Colgate Bringing App to its Students

Colgate has had a rocky relationship with new technologies over the past few years. My freshman year, wifi cut in and out in my third floor Curits room and speeds fluctuated throughout campus. Things just didn't feel consistent, steady, or complete. I mean, the only things ITS is doing to educate people about automatically backing their files to the cloud is a poster that hangs in the room behind the help desk, out of view from students. However, things have been on the upswing now, with the school offering services like Lynda, web print, and the new media lab on the fifth floor of Case library. Our university is finally getting into the mobile space as well, with two new apps: Colgate Alumni app and the Colgate app. While the Colgate Alumni app is available in both the iOS and Android app stores, the Colgate app is currently in beta testing, with a handful of people testing it out in order to get the kinks smoothed out. 

Samsung Chromebook Review

The Better Netbook, But Still A Netbook

Android powers about 80% of the world's smartphones and 50% of US smartphones. Google Search, Google Play, YouTube, Google Maps and Gmail are the second through sixth top smartphone apps. Google Chrome is the top web browser worldwide, accounting for about 40% of web traffic. Google doesn’t just want Chrome to be your web browser of choice; it wants to be your hub for productivity, entertainment, reading, browsing. To further this end, Google created Chrome OS in 2009. Centered on the belief most people spend 90% or so of their time surfing the Internet, Chrome OS devices run only run Chrome. While this may sound pointless, the combination of Chrome’s extensive list of web apps from Web Store and other online services, Chrome OS devices have the ability to do pretty much everything your computer can do. However, this device marketed as a companion to your regular computer, just lighter and more portable. The crazy part: the Samsung Chromebook is only $249 (with the cheapest Chromebook coming in at $199).

Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Review

What the Surface Should Have Been

The Helix came out at an unfortunate time. With Intel's new line of battery sipping Haswell processors powering the new Windows 8.1 devices, the Helix's Clovertrail processor may seem a little outdated. Can Lenovo's 4-mode tablet still hold it's own? Find out after the break.

E-Thrifting: Poppin' Digital Tags

The Power of Online Shopping

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DEALS! DEALS! DEALS! DEALS!

Convenient and expansive. We buy clothes, printers, games, music, food and electronics from the internet. Name it and you can find it for cheap.

Photojojo Lens Set Review

Magnetic Lenses For Your Smartphone

More people are constantly documenting the many facets of our lives: parties, adventures, food, nature, friends, etc. Most have replaced compact cameras with their smart phones due to the constantly increasing quality of the sensors. We don’t even have to plug in our camera and upload our pictures to our computers with new autosave features from Google+, Dropbox and Facebook. Portability has been traded for functionality and the Photojojo Lens Set seems to partly bridge that gap. The company claims these three lenses are “like pro-lenses for your phone.” I put that claim to the test to find out if these tiny lenses are worth the money in this week’s accessory review.

Snapseed, CloudMagic & Box

I take a look at Snapseed, Cloudmagic & Box in this installment of App Overviews.

A Google Trifecta

Quick Reviews for Google's Currents, Chrome and Maps apps!

Pebble Smart Watch Review

The Kickstarter Sensation

The Pebble smart watch ($150 to pre-order) garnered about a record-breaking $10.3 million over a year ago on the crowd funding website KickStarter. As the one of the most successful KickStarter campaigns to date, Pebble faced high expectations to live up to. But even with the delays and over a year of waiting, I was ready excited to get this thing on my wrist and see if it lived up to the massive hype.

Introductions Please

In the past 11 years, I’ve owned 13 smart phones, six iPods, three Tablets and one PDA. Here’s a chronological list: Nokia 6590, Palm m500, iPod, LG VX3100, iPod Mini, Kyocera Koi, iPod Video, Motorola RAZR, Motorola KRZR, iPod Shuffle, Samsung Juke, iPod Touch, LG Dare, 2 iPhones, Motorola Droid, Motorola Droid X, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, original Samsung Galaxy Tab (7-inch version) (biggest mistake), Motorola XOOM, Droid Charge, Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 10.