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Alternate Facebook app for Android

Hector J. Rivera — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:26:36 +0000

Facebook for Android is slow, bloated and overall buggy. This makes it difficult for everyone to browse their news feed, check their messages and look at photos. One of the members of the XDA Forum has developed an alternate client for android, he named it Fast Facebook. Fast Facebook can be themed. Unlike other themed [...] Related posts:

Pimp My Cube Contest

Dennis Fan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:01:39 +0000

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Contest Factory. All opinions are 100% mine. Pimp My Cube is searching for participants in their search to find the messiest, loudest, oldest, and generally most atrocious cubicle or office around to take part in their Pimp My Cube Contest. They want YOU to upload [...] Related posts:

Walgreens and Express Scripts

Dennis Fan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:01:10 +0000

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine. Walgreens is part of Express Scripts’s pharmacy provider network. Recently, Walgreens and Express Scripts were in negotiations to renew their contract but the negotiations failed and the contract expired on December 31, 2011. As of January 1st, Walgreens is no [...] Related posts:

Happy New Year’s!

Dennis Fan — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:00:45 +0000

Hello everybody! From the team here at TechSpheria, we’d like to wish all of you a Happy New Year! 2011 was a year of many ups and downs, from the Arab Spring, to SOPA, the Occupy Movement to Hurricane Irene. Let’s hope 2012 will be even better! Subscribe to our RSS feed to get the [...] Related posts:

Facebook Timelines not Internet Explorer 7 compatible

Dennis Fan — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:22:05 +0000

Everybody’s favourite browser, Internet Explorer, the seventh iteration to be more exact, won’t be getting support for Facebook Timelines. Instead, those users will see the old Facebook profile experience, due to the multitude of errors that would occur if one were to browse a Timeline. Rumours are floating around that Facebook may drop Internet Explorer [...] No related posts.

Radioshack offers iPhone 4S at $50 off today only!

Dennis Fan — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:17:02 +0000

Radioshack is offering the ever-popular iPhone 4S device , on contract, with AT&T for $50 off today only, the company announced via Twitter today. If you’re one of those people who didn’t get an iPhone for Christmas, now may be the time to shop! New Year = New Phone! TODAY ONLY get $50 INSTANT savings [...] No related posts.

SBHD (Silver and Blue HD) Theme Review

Hector J. Rivera — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:20:38 +0000

SBHD is on of the few full themes on the Cydia Store that support iOS 5. The creator, Sephiroth726, has been working hard to make his first theme leave a mark in the community, and I’ll say he succeeded. After running this theme for a couple of days, I can say that he is a [...] Related posts:

Android Stuff

Hector J. Rivera — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:16:04 +0000

Well I see that our Android section has been rather abandoned. I think it’s due to Dennis’s (editor) hate for the OS. I will promise to (at least) write about the most relevant news on Android. Starting 2012. See ya soon! Subscribe to our RSS feed to get the latest posts from TechSpheria! Like [...] Related posts:

Song documents spoiled tweets about not getting an iPhone for Christmas

Dennis Fan — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:27:34 +0000

In terms of gift-giving, we all know it’s the thought that counts, but this is getting out of hand. Subscribe to our RSS feed to get the latest posts from TechSpheria! Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for the latest posts on your favourite social network! Follow @TechSpheria The written portions of [...] Related posts:

Qualcomm Stadium to be renamed Snapdragon Stadium

Dennis Fan — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:00:38 +0000

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Snapdragon by Qualcomm. All opinions are 100% mine. The Qualcomm Stadium, located in Mission Valley (San Diego) for which they have had naming rights to since 1987, will be temporarily renamed to Snapdragon Stadium, after Qualcomm’s famous line of mobile processors. For 11 days, [...] Related posts:

Facebook for iPhone updated; support for Timeline

Dennis Fan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:44:24 +0000

Facebook’s iPhone application has been updated today, with support for Timeline and a lot of other miscellaneous features, including performance enhancements. Timeline, which is Facebook’s newest rendition of the profile, is currently only available for iPods and iPhones running the newest version of the app, however, Facebook notes that Timeline will be available on iPads [...] No related posts.

Rogers offering 8GB iPhone 4 for free

Dennis Fan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:02:11 +0000

Rogers, one of the biggest carriers in Canada, is having a holiday sale, offering an 8GB iPhone 4 for free on a three year contract with a minimum price of $45/month. Rogers is also offering the 8GB 3GS for free as well but they have always been doing so. Carriers offering free iPhones, even on [...] No related posts.

Microsoft registers naughty domain name

Dennis Fan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:55:46 +0000

Having recently acquired Skype, Microsoft has purchased the expired domain name SkypeSexFinder (dotcom). Unsurprisingly, however, the domain is not an adult service, but rather, redirects to Bing’s search for ‘skypesexfinder.’ Microsoft’s motives for doing so are unknown, and visiting the domain will display lots of dirty results, but Microsoft is known to do this, with [...] Related posts:

Pimp My Cube Contest

Dennis Fan — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:00:40 +0000

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Contest Factory. All opinions are 100% mine. The Pimp My Cube Contest is looking for participants to show off their horrible, messy, disorganized and abysmal cubicles with horrible furniture, outdated technology and other generally unsatisfactory qualities to enter their contest for a chance to win [...] Related posts:

iCarbon White Carbon Skin for PS3 Slim review

Hector J. Rivera — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:49:07 +0000

iCarbon is a known company that manufactures and sells custom-skins for the most popular electronics out there. iCarbon sent me their “White Carbon Skin” for my PS3 so I could review them. I gave them a month of use. These are my thoughts: Durability: How durable are the skins? How well do they handle the [...] Related posts:

SlickWraps Review (White Carbon, iPod touch 4)

Hector J. Rivera — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:13:06 +0000

SlickWraps is a company that manufactures custom skins for different mobile devices, I will be reviewing their “White Carbon” skin for the iPod Touch 4G. First of all, I have to say the the quality of the skin is amazing! I have tested it in my daily use (a lot), and it has not peeled [...] Related posts:

China Telecom prepping for iPhone 4S launch

Dennis Fan — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:07:26 +0000

China Telecom, one of the world’s biggest carriers, with 120 million subscribers, is getting ready to launch the iPhone 4S, after getting the green light from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information, allowing China Telecom and many other carriers, to begin offering the massively popular phone. With China’s recent Apple-product craze, sales of the iPhone [...] Related posts:

Aviva Community Fund Contest!

Dennis Fan — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:00:46 +0000

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Aviva Community Fund. All opinions are 100% mine. Aviva Canada Inc. is one of Canada’s most prominent insurance providers, for automobiles, homes, business and leisure. They are currently hosting the Aviva Community Fund Contest, which is a contest to promote ideas on how to improve [...] Related posts:

iTunes 10.5.1 beta 3 released to developers; improves iTunes Match

Dennis Fan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:10:22 +0000

Apple’s long awaited $25/year subscription service iTunes Match has been delayed multiple times and amidst many complaints from developers that iTunes Match is not working as it should, Apple has released iTunes 10.5.1 beta 3, which offers improvements to the cloud music service. The update, brings stability and performance improvements, and Apple has wiped all [...] Related posts:

Android antiviruses essentially useless

Dennis Fan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:31:26 +0000

According to research carried out by AV-Test.org, most free antiviruses for Android have abysmal malware detection rates, rendering them essentially useless. Out of all the following antiviruses, Zoner Antivirus scored the best, detecting 55/172 of threats, which is about 32%; which is very, very low: Antivirus Free BluePoint Antivirus Free GuardX Antivirus Kinetoo Malware Scan [...] Related posts: