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Mexican Cyber Cafe From Google Street View

Oliver — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:20:08 +0000

While poking around on Google Maps I realized street view has started showing up in Mexico. This particular shot I bumped into below is in the city of Ciudad del Carmen. I was leisurely Google driving through the town when I realized I had just passed up what looked like an Internet Explorer logo. Lucky I checked twice and I had found the cities local cyber cafe. It definitely puts my computer and internet access into a different perspective. Pretty neat picture I have decided to share. Click here for the direct link so you can view it for yourself.

Over Clocking?

Oliver — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:55:52 +0000

The folks over at ThereIFixedIt.com have posted a nice picture of a overclocked motherboard. Well sort of, at least it has a clock on it. I would probably use this in my room just to spruce it up. Credit goes to There I Fixed It.

Last Day for 10 Cent Apps

Oliver — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:50:26 +0000

This is just a friendly reminder to checkout the Google market to see the last day of featured apps on sale for a small fee of 10 cents. They definitely have a few worth grabbing to finish up the sale. If you’re into gaming you may want to specifically look at Shine Runner. Its a good time down on the bayou. Here’s to another 10 billion downloads to come.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Finally Released in North America

Oliver — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:36:43 +0000

If you’re like many of the geeks today you carry an Android phone around with you. One of the most anticipated phones of the year has finally launched. With so many rumored release dates, delays, and the streams of bad information you can rest assured. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is now available. Jump over to your My Verizon page to sign up for the phone. Pricing is at $299.99 with a 2 year contract or $649.99 out right. Don’t forgot Verizon is currently running a promotion on double data so you can secure 4GB of data per month for the same price of $30. This phone is the first to feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and with a sexy 4.65″ HD Super AMOLED™ Contoured Display you’ll be sure to want to show your friends. The processor is a Dual-Core 1.2GHz Processor and it runs with 1GB Ram. Sporting a oddly low 5.0 megapixel camera in the rear and a 1.3 megapixel camera in the front. Go grab yours now before the inventory runs out from all the geek madness.

Don’t Forget your 10c Apps on the Android Market

Oliver — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:36:13 +0000

As a celebration to 10 billion app downloads and hopefully 10 billion more Google is putting 10 apps every day on sale for just 10 cents a piece. The apps go on sale for 24 hours and they seem to change at noon EST. Just view the market app on your phone and at the top you will see a banner you can tap for the 10 latest sale apps. As many of you may know Android is growing with tremendous strength and even if you don’t think you’ll need the apps now you can always buy them on sale and use them at a later date or even on a later device.

Santa Smashed Wallpaper

Jason — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:49:35 +0000

Just a quick and funny wallpaper of Santa doing a nice face plant.

Minimal Christmas Wallpaper

Jason — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:27:51 +0000

Spruce up your desktop with these nice, clean and minimal Christmas wallpapers. See more and download the full sizes here: http://simpledesktops.com/

Cleveland Falls on Treadmill

Jason — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:09:49 +0000

I think that most of us overweight and out-of-shape geeks can relate to this one.

DroidDoodle: Quad-Core

Jason — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:02:10 +0000

A new Android Central comic has been spotted.