Hasta La Gadget!

The Flipboard app was originally designed for iOS devices in mind and unlike other apps that curates the news, Flipboard was designed to look like a magazine which gave it a more colorful and more interesting way of consuming news.

It was later released onto Android and was first launched as an exclusive to the Samsung Galaxy S3, although the leaked APK basically put it up for grabs with anyone with a Android device. A release for Windows Phone has yet to be made but presumably it could be soon, thanks to a recent sighting at Microsoft’s BUILD conference. (more…)

Flipboard For Windows Phone Spotted At BUILD original content from Ubergizmo.

Back in the day, installation of software was pretty straightforward. You’d download the installer, agree to the terms, click next, click next again, press finish, and you’re done. Nowadays developers have gotten a bit more cunning and have slipped in toolbar installations and whatnot in their installers.

For those who don’t check the process carefully, they will end up with a ton of different toolbars and services on their computers without knowing where they came from. Apparently Microsoft has had enough of this and starting this summer, the company plans on doing something about adware being installed onto computers. (more…)

Microsoft Will Finally Address Adware This Summer original content from Ubergizmo.

It’s all well and good being able to call upon your own pocketable Siri butler, but I don’t remember Bruce Wayne’s buddy Alfred relying on a Wi-Fi or mobile data connection before he could stitch up his crime-fighting boss.

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One of Project Loon’s hot air balloons just completed a journey ’round the world, but unlike Vernes’ Phileas Fogg who took 80 days to do so, Google’s creation took but a mere 22 days. That far exceeds Mountain View’s expectations (the team thought it…