Amy Eichelberg

Anyone with a Netflix account is used to having to share your credentials with family members, friends and probably even some acquaintances. While sharing means you are a kind and generous person, it can get a little annoying when you have to sift through the unique viewing habits of those you are sharing with. Thankfully, Netflix is addressing the issue and will soon allow its subscribers to create multiple profiles within a single account. The multiple user profiles feature is slated to launch this summer and is currently in its testing phase. Currently, Netflix is entertaining five or six different […]

If you’re into collecting little Android guys, then Dead Zebra has your back with the release of their latest collection. The double rainbow is now up for grabs in the Dead Zebra shop and will probably sell out quickly. This collection is the latest in a series of Android mini collectibles called the Rainbow Set. Fans can look forward to 10 translucent mini Bugdroids with removable heads that can be taken off to hide little goodies inside. The box also doubles as a showcase and includes a magnetic clasp. The entire set is going for $69, so if you’re in the market for a

We were first introduced to Paranoid Android’s in-app pop-up window multitasking a few months ago, and now it appears that the team is ready to release the final product. The feature, dubbed HALO, combines the concept behind Samsung’s Multi Window and FaceBook’s Chat Heads into one sleek multi tasking interface. The feature is activated from the notification tray, and places an icon (or halo) on the display. This can be moved around in the same way like Chat Heads, or ignored by double-tapping and dragging it towards the red X at the top. Users can swipe sideways from the halo to display a series of white

After what seems like months of rumors and industry speculation Google has confirmed today its acquisition of Waze.  For those of you not familiar with Waze it is a mobile app that provides real-time traffic updates from friends and other people travelling ahead of you. Here’s what Google had to say about the deal: We’ve all been there: stuck in traffic, frustrated that you chose the wrong route on the drive to work. But imagine if you could see real-time traffic updates from friends and fellow travelers ahead of you, calling out “fender bender…totally stuck in left lane!” and showing

After months of rumors and teasers Tim Cook has finally unveiled the latest upgrade to Apple’s mobile operating system. As expected, Apple has chosen to maintain the familiar naming scheme by calling this iteration iOS 7. While introducing the new OS, Cook called it the biggest change to the operating system since the introduction of the iPhone. New Design: The new design can be seen immediately on the lock screen, featuring a much thinner lettering. The icons have been redesigned and are flatter as expected. Apple has also updated the typography and added new animation and transparency for images. The

AT&T has just released a version of Enhanced Push-to-Talk for Apple’s platform, letting employees with an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 communicate instantly with large groups. AT&T’s is proud of this app as it’s the first to support the push-to-talk service over WiFi. EPTT still requires an AT&T subscription, but this may entice someone who just ended a Sprint contract looking for that push-to-talk feature. The full press release follows below: AT&T First U.S. Carrier to Offer Enhanced Push-to-Talk on iPhone Through New App Available to Business Customers AT&T Expands Access via In-building Wi-Fi DALLAS, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — AT&T* Enhanced Push-to-Talk (EPTT)

It’s a good day to be a Sony Xperia T (aka LT30p smartphone) owner, as the CM10.1 RC5 ROM based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean is now up for grabs. The latest RC5 custom firmware from CyanogenMod should give your device improved performance and reliability. However, the ROM is still in development, so don’t be surprised if you experience some minor bugs along the way. Before you download the ROM don’t forget to back up your data and while you’re at it you can also back up the internal memory content to an external SD card. You should always ensure that your

After it was uncovered that Samsung’s pre-loaded applications on the new Galaxy S4 were hogging up nearly half of the storage space in the 16GB model the manufacturer immediately started working on a solution. Needless to say, consumers are not too happy that their brand new device only has 9.15GB of free storage right out of the box. Thankfully Samsung has started to roll out an update that will bump the current available storage to 9.23GB. Not much of a difference but now users will also be able to move app’s onto the device’s microSD card. The update also brings with

Former Yahoo employee and current co-founder of Product Club, Tom Coates hacked his own house in San Francisco in order to remotely monitor it via Twitter. Sounds a bit strange at first read but the reason his house would need its own Twitter feed stems back to security benefits and probably because it was a fun hack for Coates to put into place. The Twitter account, House of Coates, tweets things like, “Someone just activated the Sitting Room Sensor so I’m pretty sure someone’s at home,” or, “I just turned on the downstairs lights. It was getting a bit dark.” Coates implemented a

Odin Mobile is a new carrier that is aiming to be the first in the US to target the visually impaired market. The carrier plans to offer a device portfolio that provides a variety of mobile accessibility features for those who have limited vision, in addition to offering the type of customer service which is customized with the visually impaired consumer in mind. So how does Odin Mobile plan to achieve this? Well, they will provide guides for customers  in Word and HTML formats via e-mail, and its support team will be highly trained to know about the numerous accessibility

This is great news for keyboard enthusiasts as the stock Google Keyboard is now an official Android app available now for free. Yes, this is the same keyboard we saw unveiled with Jelly Bean (Android 4.2), that includes Gesture typing (a way to swipe from letter-to-letter to spell out words). The keyboard will also predict words on-screen as you gesture between letters providing for a smarter more efficient way to type. The keyboard is perfect for people who don’t own a stock Android device or a tablet since it works well on both. If you do opt to download it Google even throws in

The Guardian has leaked a court document reveals the National Security Agency (NSA) is currently collecting bulk call records from Verizon. The request, granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on April 25th, extends until July 19th and mandates Verizon produce all call detail records on a daily basis to the NSA. So, what kind of call data is the NSA looking at? It appears that the Verizon is providing them the numbers of both parties to a call, how long it lasted, location data, and IMEI / IMSI numbers. The only thing the NSA doesn’t have their paws on is the

Snapchat is now reportedly one of the largest media sharing services outside of Facebook, so we’re not surprised to see it on the receiving end of a significant update. iOS Snapchatters can now look forward to the revamped Snapchat 5.0. The update brings with it a swipe-driven control scheme that has a noticeably cleaner feel than before. Users can now also view profiles directly within the app app, reply through a double-tap and send images to address book contacts. So, if you’re just dying to get your Snapchat upgrade on, then head on down to the source link below. Source

Are you a developer that wonders how in the world people rank their apps Top 10 in the iOS App Store? Well, this post may clear up some of your questions. In order to rank in the Top 10 of the iOS App Store, an app must achieve a high number of downloads within a 72 hour period. App marketing campaigns can super charge an app’s rank by buying up a large number of downloads in a short period. The number of downloads you obtain within the last 24 hours of the first 72 hours that your app hit the

Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took to this week’s Computex to show off its latest tech. The company has developed a software-based pressure sensitive display that uses a normal non-digitizer stylus to draw on a device. The result: Users can write on the screen using a simple passive pen and its opposite end can be used like an eraser, whose unique touch pattern can be differentiated from drawing strokes. The science behind the tech centers in Nvidia’s Prism display, originally introduced with the Tegra 3. Essentially, Prism reads the screen and optimizes pixels and brightness to preserve battery life. In regards to