A couple of months ago, Rogers updated their website to provide customers with the ability to view their wireless usage in almost real-time. The information was updated every four hours and gave users a great tool to track their wireless usage.

To expand on that functionality, Rogers released a mobile application called “My Account”. Originally debuting on the Apple iPhone, the app requires no inputting of account credentials and simply … Read More

At the end of February, Google Canada went on record and told Canadians that we may see paid apps in the Android Market soon. At that time, Google Canada spokesperson Wendy Rozeluk said,

“There are many factors that come into play to make sure the selling and purchasing processes run smoothly. It takes time to bring support to more countries, which is something we are working hard to do”.

Well, in … Read More

Google has announced a new feature to search your Android-powered phones running 2.0 in the US. It’s called Gesture Search and it lets you quickly find anything on your Android device by drawing letters on the screen.

Here’s a description from Google:

Say you want to call your friend Anne. Just open Gesture Search and draw letter “A”, and Gesture Search returns a list of items that have words starting with … Read More

With the launch of Android devices across many of the Canadian wireless carriers, many Canadians have adopted an Android device.

Over the last year, there have been a lot of positive and negative experiences regarding Android devices in Canada. Some of the positives are a simple, open source OS and that the Android OS has been picked up by many mobile manufacturers such as Motorola, LG, Samsung, and of course HTC.

Some … Read More

Gmail users should notice a few changes that have been made recently. Google has removed some Gmail features but also added new standard features that were previously Labs experiments.

Overall, Gmail has received six new features and lost five previously available ones. Listed below is a summary of changes:

New Features

Search Autocomplete:

When users begin typing in the Gmail search box, a list of suggestions appears which is similar to what occurs when … Read More

Android 2.1, together with the Nexus One, brought a lot of neat features to users. Those features included 3D graphics, interactive wallpapers, and Google Earth. However Google Earth was not fully available yet.

It now seems that Google Earth is fully functioning and available on the Android Market for Android 2.1 only.

Google Earth is a very graphic intensive application and as a result, Android 1.5 and 1.6 users will be unable … Read More

Google has released a new Android-only application called “Google Shopper”.

Shopper lets users find product information easily and quickly by using an Android device’s camera. In other words, users take a photo of a product using Shopper and are then presented with information about that item such as price and where to purchase.

From books, DVDs, and video games, Shopper works with most standard barcodes. Users can also speak the name … Read More

Services like eBay can be easily managed through the Android web browser, but without a doubt, an app makes things so much easier and faster. With that being said, the new eBay app for Android is a great application for both eBay members and general users!

The new app has simplified shopping, selling and buying. eBay for Android will also allow users to check auction status, check updates, view/leave feedback, and … Read More