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Replaced my Galaxy Nexus with a Motorola X

When I woke up in the morning, it never crossed my mind that I was going to change my phone that day. I’ve been off contract for several months. If I wanted to go back in to contract, I would need a good deal since I was on an unlimited data plan that are no […]

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Digital rights Law & Freedom GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

10 apps for privacy and secure communication

With all the recent news about privacy violations, user data requests, gag orders and the like, it is useful to know that there are tools to communicate in safer ways. I can’t say that they are bullet-proof, as I’m not a security analyst, but at least you can add an extra layer of complexity to […]

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News Photography

Snapseed for Android vs Instagram

After Google bought Nik Software, makers of the then iOS-only app Snapseed, today they have released it for Android and for free! Snapseed is a very easy to use photo app to edit and enhance your shots. Editing photos with Snapseed is very easy and the results are good. But let me compare it with […]

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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

MobileOrg for Android setup and workflow

Here’s a quick post on how I setup MobileOrg for Android First of all, get the MobileOrg app from the Google Play Store. In my case, I set it up to work with my Dropbox account. The setup wizard is very simple and really the confusion or configuration relies on the desktop side with your […]

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personal

Going wireless with Plantronics M155 and Android

My old Motorola bluetooth headset that I’ve used for more than 6 years has been wearing out. The plastic rubber got ugly and started to break apart. Time to get a new headset. After a while of browsing through the store shelves, I have to confess that the main reason I got the Plantronics M155 […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source personal

Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich from Telcel

I was lucky to get an online coupon to get the Galaxy Nexus phone on launch in Mexico (Telcel carrier) last thursday. The software and usability I wanted to give the phone some use before writing about it so I waited some weeks to post anything about it. I think it’s a very fast and […]