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Google I/O 2011: The Five Biggest Letdowns

Randy Arrowood — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:14:39 +0000

Google I/O 2012 kicks off in a few days, and given that more than a year has passed since the last Google developer’s gathering, I thought I’d take a minute to look back at all of the 2011 broken promises. Here’s my list of letdowns. 5. Google TV – It’s easy to pick on Google [...]

A Practical Guide to Canceling XM Radio

Randy Arrowood — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:23:56 +0000

Depending on what my mood was when you asked, I’d have told you that this blogs domain name came about during the time when I was a dual cable and satellite TV subscriber, or from the time when I was a dual subscriber to Sirius and XM. Regardless of which story I tell at what [...]

A Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU) DirecTV horror story

Randy Arrowood — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:43:31 +0000

My son graduated from college, got his first real (great) job and moved in to one of the hottest properties in our area. That’s the good part of the story. When my son got his move in date for his new apartment he called DirecTV to order service. We’ve been customers for years and have [...]

Of course Android will survive the patent mess.

Randy Arrowood — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:06:12 +0000

I just love reading the missives surrounding the whole Android patent mess that Google not only allowed to happen, but they seemingly encouraged. There were a lot of things that Google could have done to prevent this mess from being such an issue, they just didn’t. Way back in 2005 when Google bought Android they [...]

HBO and Showtime need to cut the cord too

Randy Arrowood — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:43:15 +0000

Both of my kids went away for college and like a lot of dorm dwellers they did without some pay TV luxuries provided at home. Both survived their torment by recording things to the DVR’s at home and having marathon TV sessions on their next trip home, but why should they have to? Why can’t [...]

Apple vs Google, the cloud showdown

Randy Arrowood — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:26:29 +0000

Apple’s recently announced iCloud service is a clear response to the loosely organized but very widely used Google cloud assortment. If you look, Apple seems to have all of the major Google bases covered. There’s mail, calendar, contacts, documents and music to go along with App Store and iTunes Music Store history. It’s a well [...]

So Verizon is switching to tiered data

Randy Arrowood — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:47:10 +0000

It took me almost a month to set up my Wi-Fi access when I got my Thunderbolt. I get the fauxG speeds at my house, so I wasn’t exactly in a hurry to get it done. In that first month of usage I used nearly 4GB of data on my phone. In the 2 months [...]

Watch the Google I/O 2011 keynote in 720p goodness

Randy Arrowood — Wed, 11 May 2011 02:02:48 +0000

The live stream was in 480p and was hard to watch. The YouTube upload has a 720p HD option an it looks quite a lot better.

Google I/O Coverage

Randy Arrowood — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:46:35 +0000

All of my stories, as well as quite a few others can be found at Androidheadlines.com A lot of big news today.

I’m so ready for a ChromeOS Netbook

Randy Arrowood — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:07:40 +0000

I wasn’t chosen to get a ChromeOS Netbook, though I wanted one badly. Instead, Google chose to send them to no fewer than nine people that I found in my area that promptly put them up for sale on Craigslist. Me? The one that wanted to actually use it? No. Nine who wanted to sell [...]