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Thanks to the power of marketing, a week or so after Hallowe’en we’re already fretting about the holidays — the most wonderful and stressful time of the year. No More Socks brings some ease to your frantic shopping spree by assisting gift-givers with interactive shopping lists, notes, idea pads, event reminders and it even sports [...]
In a perfect world, telcos would offer everyone unlimited data plans at reasonable prices with no bandwidth caps — not the case especially if you live outside the US. If you were lucky enough to have snagged a decent plan (like the discontinued 6GB plan in Canada) it’s really unlikely that you’d be able to [...]
Unlike mobile devices like an Android, when plugging an iPhone or iPad into a Mac or PC, users are required to use separate apps like iTunes and iPhoto to transfer videos and photos. Wouldn’t the process be easier if it just mounted in the finder window like a USB drive? If you answered “hell yes!” [...]
Back in May of this year, in the midst of the Apple-Flash hellfire, Android threw us Skyfire 2.0, a mobile browser capable of playing flash video. Today, Flash remains to be a win for Android users. Regardless of whether you’re a flash supporter or not, it’s hard to make a case for a device being [...]
Although this may make the telcos cringe, there are tons of mobile apps that were specifically created with one thing in mind — to save you $$ on your wireless bill. When you live in a country like Canada, the land of Timbits and the highest wireless charges in the world, to take advantage of [...]
Many geeks instinctively smile when they hear the word “TRON”. It’s not the best movie to have ever hit the screens but it’s undoubtedly a classic for tech enthusiasts — if you like it — you may be… no, no… you are DEFINITELY a GEEK. Seriously though, who wouldn’t want to see a movie about [...]
Most of us have become very familiar with QR codes over the last year or so and now YouTube is using them in a very interesting way. The YouTube channel titled Symphony Orchestra 2011 has created an interactive musical experience using augmented reality. It works using the desktop’s cam and a quick response code to [...]
As you probably already know, we’re big robot-fans here at GeekBeat.TV so we’re pretty geeked about most robotic platforms — especially those designed to help people get better. The Keepon robot aims to socially engage humans Beatbot’s robot Keepon isn’t just a cool looking toy — it’s being used to help therapists engage children by [...]
You already know the storefront is an excellent way to showcase your products but did you know they can also help you impact your social graph? Companies already using social services like Twitter, Facebook and FourSquare could make some serious gains by utilizing unique and smart advertising specifically designed for mobile devices. Sure, you could [...]
10 items every home should have — some are more affordable than others but a geek can always dream. Multi-Media Bed The word that best describes this bed is epic. It’s equipped with a state-of-the art sound system, reading lights, a built-in PC, gaming console (Xbox 360), a high definition projector and a bedding system [...]
I know an amateur filmmaker who gets visibly upset at the advantages today’s kids have. Specifically, Lego comes up. A few years back LEGO released a filmmaker kit containing a camera with their plastic building blocks, encouraging children to film stop motion sequences with their creations — capabilities aspiring filmmakers dreamed of as a child. It’s [...]
` Web Server for Android : Paw Server Acting as a control center for your Android, users can make phone calls or send SMS & email by inputting the text within the webpage instead of the device. The action will then be executed by the device; phone calls, emails etc. File explorer, picture viewer, and [...]
