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The Future Of Mobile Advertising Is Here And Quiznos Is Testing It Out

The internet has totally disrupted the advertising industry. Two decades ago, billboards, newspaper, radio and television advertising were all major forces on Madison avenue. Now that's all been turned on it's head. Television advertising has been disrupted by the DVR, which allows users to skip over commercials and set top boxes which offer a variety [...]

The Xbox One Costs More To Make Than The PS4

Sure you get a Kinect thrown in with your Xbox One, but beyond that, if you were wondering why the Xbox One was $100 more than it's Sony made rival the PlayStation 4, ExtremeTech has just reported on the cost associated with building each next gen console. If you don't want to read through how [...]

BBM Channels graduates from beta on BlackBerry smartphones

While BlackBerry may not be selling smartphones like they used to they are still doing well with their messaging platform, BlackBerry Messenger or BBM. Recently BlackBerry released BBM on Android and iOS, and the response was overwhelming. Despite some issues getting the app to market it appears as though it was worth the wait, and [...]

Holiday Gift Guide: 3 Alternatives to Cable

It is pretty shocking how many reliable alternative there really are to cable and satellite TV. However, the Roku 3 and Chromecast really stand out.

App Of The Day: Magshot

Travel app points users toward the world’s best vacation spots with new mobile app released at appcatch.com   MagShot has earned appsbar’s App of the Day award for showcasing how hobbyists, enthusiasts, clubs, and organizations can engage membership utilizing new mobile technologies available at appsbar.com. Using appsbar’s DIY app building platform, the makers of MagShot [...]

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Google is now inviting developers to purchase Google Glass

While it is still in a "beta" form Google Glass has certainly gained a bunch of attention, but unfortunately getting your hands on a pair of your own is not just as simple as walking into a store and buying a pair. Google first introduced sales of Google Glass back at Google I/O 2012 and [...]

Goldie Blox Video Is Gone, Take Beastie Boys To Court Over License To Ill

The world has been talking about a viral video created by Goldie Blox, a California based toy company who make toys that cover the fundamentals of engineering. The video that went viral, shows three girls, cute as can be, that use their typical "girlie" toys to build a Rube Goldberg Machine. The video also features [...]

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Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Headed To Mobile Next Month

Fans of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise will be happy to know that next month you should be able to download Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for your mobile device. BGR reported late Tuesday evening that Rockstar Games will work on select iOS 7, Android, Kindle Fire and Windows Phone devices. While they've said [...]

Happy Chanukah Everybody

With all the excitement of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, ok probably more excitement for the latter, I don't want us to forget about Chanukah which starts at sundown tomorrow evening. Although I've taken a year off from doing it, one of the most popular posts every on thedroidguy.com was my annual rewrites of Adam Sandler's [...]

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Best Buy Wants You To Vine In Line, Is This A Bad Idea?

Like the rest of the big box retailers, Best Buy is gearing up for Black Friday, or as we like to call it around the Techfaster office, Black Thursday. Best Buy stores will open up at 8pm local time in all of their cities and have door busters planned accordingly. In fact the craziest of [...]