Right Tools for a Cool Gig

Oh, I am a lucky, lucky lady!  I have not only been selected as one of the lucky 50 who get to attend NASA’s next Tweetup at Goddard Space Flight Center (over 300 people applied!) but am covering the event for a really good podcast and may have some others interested in whatever I can capture.  So now I begin a whole different adventure, finding just the right apps to make it easy to cover everything that happens throughout my whole journey. I have the gear I need, a spare battery and...

Renee’s Homescreen Makeover

-old homescreens -cons: folders hard to use – dragging items into them, no custom logos, accidental delete means start over, 3 homescreens Installed LauncherPro and AppsOrganizer -new homescreens -pros: quick launcher (customizable), app drawer quick & returns to where you were last, longer app names shown, tap home to return to “main” homescreen if not on it, or to show other homescreen previews if on it, apps easily in multiple folders, similar enough to original...

On The Move – Testing Tethering

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Deciphering Permissions: “Modify/Delete SD Card Contents”

Those of us that are wary about malware and viruses in software always say, “Read the permissions!”, meaning that you should really understand what you are giving the app permission to do when you install it. Google makes you click through an app’s security permission list when installing for a reason – so it’s not their fault if you allow an app to steal your information! However, even though I’m a programmer myself, I still find myself installing apps with security permissions...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…update to the Android market!

Check it out, folks! The market got a snazzy facelift and the DroidWomen would like to highlight some of the new features for you. Lets take a peek: ...