How to Set Up a Fully Automated App and Settings Backup on Android
In an ideal world, your Android’s apps, their settings, and your system settings would automatically back up to the cloud so that if you lost your phone, bought a new one, or installed a new custom ROM, setting up a fresh device with everything in place would be a piece of cake. The good news:…
Get Your 2011 Gadget Forecast Here
Certain gear starts generating buzz long before it actually hits the shelves, and it sucks to have to sit around and wait for it to arrive, especially when, as is so often the case, the expected release dates are shrouded in mystery. Do you hold out until the bitter end, then stand in line all…
Your Android Phone Can Now Be a 3DS AR Card
3DS AR Cards is a free app, which gives you digital versions of all the new Nintendo handheld’s augmented reality cards. So rather than carrying the things around with you, you can just whip out your phone and use its onboard versions instead. And if you’re worried that confining the cards to a phone’s screen…
Death Rally’s Return Remains a Must Play
The original was released for computers back in 1996 and published by Apogee as a top-down perspective racing game with guns. In the original (now available for free) you started out with a $500-or-so VW Beetle and competed in armed… [Kotaku]
The Top 10 Worst Nuclear Nightmares
What’s happening right now in Fukushima is terrible, for sure. But how does it rank in the pantheon of nuclear disasters? We humans have had an awful lot of atomic foulups; here are the ones that have caused the most widespread contamination and destruction. https://jezebel.com/the-complete-japan-crisis-timeline-live-updates-5780998 10. Castle Bravo, a Botched Hydrogen Bomb Test In 1954,…
