Galaxy S6 Active: A Day at the Waterpark for #ATTMobileReview!

What better way to test a waterproof phone than to take it out for a spin at a waterpark? The folks at AT&T set up a fun blogger meet up at Knott’s Berry Farm Surf City. How did the Galaxy S6 Active fare? Let’s take a look!

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Google Announces Massive Reorganization, Becomes Alphabet

google alphabetGoogle is a pretty diverse company. It’s easy to forget how many pies they have their fingers in. Off the top of my head, you’ve got search, Youtube, Social, Photos, medical research, Fiber, self driving cars, Glass, Nest, Calico, Android, and I’m sure I’m missing a good dozen other divisions.

Announced today, Alphabet will now represent the full umbrella of companies and services, while Google will become the name of a much more streamlined part of the greater whole. Co-Founder Larry Page will become the CEO of Alphabet, Sergey Page will become President of Alphabet, and Sundar Pichai (formerly in charge of Chrome OS and Android) will become the CEO of the leaner Google.

Google will now be comprised of the most successful business ventures of the whole organization. Search, Ads, Maps, Android, and Youtube are now “Google”. Alphabet includes Google, and every other division, program, and experiment.

This move makes each department a bit more accountable to the whole of the organization, and it should be easier to see which teams and companies are performing well.

Investors seemed bullish on the news, with around a 7% stock bumping following the announcement, though that has calmed back down in after hours trading.

Still, it’ll be curious to see future ventures from Larry and Sergei under the Alphabet banner, instead of seeing future Google “BETA” products.

Larry Page’s full announcement is below.

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SomeGadgetGuy B-Day Contest 04: Ztylus Camera System for iPhone 6!

It’s my birthday, but YOU get the presents! Want to win an amazing camera lens case for the iPhone 6? Of course you do! Here’s how you can enter into this contest. You can see samples from the Ztylus camera case here.


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SomeGadgetGuy B-Day Contest 03: Win an LG G3 & VR Headset! Sharing is Caring!

It’s my birthday, but YOU get the presents! Want to win an LG G3 and a VR Headset? Of course you do! Here’s how you can enter into this contest.


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SomeGadgetGuy B-Day Giveaway 02 – Win an HTC One M9! The Spirit of Giving!

MOAR GIVEAWAYS! It’s my birthday, but YOU get the presents! Want to win an HTC One M9 courtesy of AT&T? Of course you do! Here’s how you can enter into this contest.


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Reader Customizes LG G Watch R, Sands Off Black, Polishes the Metal

LG G Watch R Custom Sand and Polish (1)LG G Watch R Custom Sand and Polish (3)Arturo sent me some pics on Twitter of his work polishing up the LG G Watch R. The body is metal, but is covered in a black material. If you want a shiny look, LG sells the Urbane, or you can take matters into your own hands like Arturo did.

Taking finer and finer grades of sand paper to get down to the metal, and then finishing off the watch body with a dremel and some polishing compound, I think the completed project is looking really nice.

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#SGGQA 06: Windows 10 Spying, Carrier Branding, and The Birthday Giveaways Begin!

Gadget Gals and Guys! This week we’re chatting about Windows 10 spying on you, we’ll talk about toxic tech editorials, what’s up with carrier branding, and this episode kicks off my week of Birthday Giveaways!

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NASA Uploads Voyager Golden Record Audio To SoundCloud

the-golden-record-nasaThe Voyager spacecraft was launched in 1977, and on board NASA included a record with a series of recordings as our introduction to the galaxy. This spaceship is flying out past the outer reaches of our solar system, so it would take us quite a while to catch up to it if we wanted to take a listen to that record on board.

Thankfully, we live in the age of the internet, and online media distribution is way easier than planning a rocket mission.

Last week NASA uploaded the contents of the Golden Record to SoundCloud. You can listen to the intro below, or the full contents of the disc on NASA’s page.