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Google Play Music is giving away free 90's Music tracks

Free 90's tracks and discounted albums from your favorite artists Chances are that if you are a child of the 90's then you will appreciate many of the tracks being offered for free today on the Google Play Music store. The 90's Discount Sale is giving away these tracks: Money, Cash, Hoes - Jay-Z On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men What I Got - Sublime When I Come Around - Green Day So Many Tears - 2Pac You Remind Me - Mary J. Blige About A girl - Nirvana You Ougta Know - Alanis Morissette Do Me! - Bel Biv Devoe Glory Box - Portishead In addition to the freebies, they are discounting many 90's albums down to $3.99 and up to $6.99. There are also some classic albums on sale such as: No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - $3.99 Vol.2 ... Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z - $5.99 II - Boyz II Men - $3.99 Me Against The World - 2Pac - $3.99 What's the 411 - Mary J. Blige - $3.99 Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette - $3.99 Nevermind - Nirvana - $5.99 The Slim Shad...

Amazon appstore gets a refreshed Tablet interface

The Amazon app store is the second largest app store for Android right behind the Google Play store. It comes as the default app store on all the Kindle tablets which tie in all of Amazons various services.  For other Android devices, its claim to fame is the "Free App of the Day" where for 24 hours they offer a paid app for free.  They rarely repeat these app promotions so if you miss out a day then you'll have to purchase it.  For some devices (usually carrier devices) the app will be bundled in but usually the app has to be manually sideloaded for use on your device. Getting the Amazon App store app on your device To get the Amazon app store the first step is to navigate to amazons app store web page on any web browser.  Before you click to download the app confirm that your device allows the installation of applications from unknown sources.  This allows you to install apps on your device from outside the Google Play store. To confirm your device...

HBO GO arrives on the Chromecast

HBO Go update description on the Google Play Store Chromecast users today are in for a treat as the HBO GO service has finally been updated to work with the device.  The app is now live in both the Play store and the App Store so both Android and iOS users can take advantage of it.  If you are not aware of what the Chromecast is, then read my  review  on it. Simply press the casting button... ...and the magic happens The service works seamlessly Picture quality is great To access HBO GO content you will need to have an HBO subscription through a supported cable provider.  When you open the app it will ask for your log in details from your provider and once you enter the credentials you have access to the entire HBO content library. Enjoy the service!

The new age of cheap cell phone service: How to lower your monthly bill

With the current  adoption of smartphones at over 60%   in U.S. alone and still growing, our major carriers in the U.S. have been making record profits.    The United States along has four major carriers and a few regional carriers to choose from depending on your location.   With 2 year contracts as the normal agreements these days, your cell phone subsidy money keeps the rich getting richer while you are stuck with a high monthly bill.   To make things more confusing, the carrier networks also aren't  fully compatible with each other meaning that you generally can't take a Verizon phone to T-mobile nor can you buy any phone that you like and expect it to work on Sprint.  The good news is that now there are more choices than ever for affordable plans on smartphones.  Many smaller carriers that offer prepaid services but still run on the larger carriers networks while allowing you to save a significant amount over the traditional po...

iCade, the iPad or Android tablets best friend

Lifesperience is now Raycommend, which can be found here:    Ray Commend   Long before the rise of the uber powerful technology of today, I grew up in an era where arcade machines were just about everywhere.  Pac man, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Street Fighter, etc.  Video games were an integral part of my youth.  There was a time where the best graphics and sound were outside of the home in dimly lit places that you had to travel to called arcades where quarters were your best friends as you fed them to arcade machines for just two more rounds against Dhalsim.  While there are still arcades around, most of them tend to be places like Dave & Busters where the games are a few dollars a piece and the games are more like family activities than the arcade games of decades ago. As home consoles and PC's became more and more powerful, arcades started to die out and go the way of the dinosaurs.  With today's tablet technology and a customized arcade...

Facebook for Android Tablets: What is the hold up?

Just say "No" to stretched out apps What we're looking at above is an unedited screenshot of the Facebook app on an Android tablet.   You don't have to look at it for long to notice that it is horribly stretched out and not optimized for a large screen.  I refuse to believe that a company as large as Facebook, who has had an Android app for years now is incapable of producing a tablet app for a tablet OS that has been available since February   2011 when Android 3.0 Honeycomb was released. What makes it nonsensical is that Facebook recently released a tablet app for Windows 8.1 RT. This is a far less popular OS that has only been available for just over a year.  The iPad app has been available since 2011 and received quick updates to retina and iOS7 standards. Windows 8.1 Android 4.3 iOS 7 Looking at the above screenshots you can see that the iOS app has already received the flat iOS 7 look, the Windows 8 app is cleanly optimized for its ...

Chromecast: My review on Googles streaming magic stick.

As many people today are choosing to cut the cable cord due to rising programming costs and the ever growing advertising on premium channels, there are now more choices than ever for those who need their entertainment fix.  The current reigning champion in the alternate TV space is the Roku .  A small streaming box about the size of a deck of cards that streams multiple channels via your broadband connection.  Apple has a similar approach with its Apple TV .  These devices start at $49 for the Roku and $99 for the Apple TV and have the added feature of being able to stream media from your mobile devices in some cases. Enter Google with it's Chromecast : This is a $35 adapter which streams content directly from the internet to your TV by simply plugging a small HDMI dongle into it.  The one thing that needs to be made immediately apparent however is that the Chromecast does NOT stream directly from your phone to your TV.  What it does is pull content...