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JR Raphael

JR Raphael

Syndicated writer. Author of Android Power. Occasional exotic dancer.

I write about Android and other titillating technology. You may have seen me in such places as PCWorld, Computerworld, and SeaWorld (hey, that Shamu is all right). I'm the guy behind Android Power and eSarcasm, voted 0.2 times as the best geek-humor website in the world. I also make one hell of a turkey sandwich.

In my spare time, I enjoy flossing, staring blankly, and writing about flossing and staring blankly.

If you'd like to stalk me, consider these helpful starting points:

• My website: jrstart.com
• My Twitter account: @jr_raphael
• The webcam installed on my left fibula [not yet available]







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About 5 weeks ago The Microsoft Smartwatch -- revealed!

You saw it here first.

(via http://www.esarcasm.com/24207/microsoft-smartwatch)
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About 5 weeks ago All right -- I'll be the one to say it:
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About 5 weeks ago Instead of resharing photos of victims, let's reshare this:

• Red Cross Disaster Relief donations: https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002 

• Red Cross blood donations: http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood
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About 13 weeks ago Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto

If I were a tattoo-getting type of guy, I'd like to think I'd get something like this.
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About 13 weeks ago Some really great stuff here.
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About 6 weeks ago Why did Google change the Gmail compose window?

As it turns out, for some very specific and carefully calculated reasons. For instance:

What [the new compose window] looks like, really, is a slightly oversized version of Gchat. And that’s no accident. Google’s actively trying to make email less fussy and formal -- or, in other words, to make it a little more like instant messaging. And as Jason Cornwell, Gmail’s lead designer, explains, one of the ways to do that is simply to "give you permission to write shorter messages."

Lots more interesting insight at the link below.
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About 1 week ago At Google I/O, even the name badges are high-tech

This year's I/O badges are all NFC enabled; when you hold someone's badge near the back of your phone, you're instantly taken to his or her Google+ profile.

#io13  
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About 1 week ago Some comparisons are easy to make.
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About 3 weeks ago By popular demand, a step-by-step guide to figuring out which phone is the right one for you.
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About 13 weeks ago And the award for most hype-filled, content-empty "news" of the month goes to....

Congratulations, BGR! You've won the coveted honor for your recent story entitled "MOTOROLA X PHONE WILL REPORTEDLY INCLUDE REVOLUTIONARY NEW FEATURES."

Hollow headline aside, the story goes on to share a number of impressively vague and meaningless statements, such as the fact that Motorola's next phone will be designed to "put pressure on Samsung and Apple" and may even offer "software features and capabilities that are not available on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone or Apple iPhone."

O. M. G. STOP. THE. PRESSES.

Seriously -- swap out the names and that could just as easily be about any flagship phone from any manufacturer. In fact, flip-flop the companies and the whole thing sounds like something straight out of Apple PR. 

Come on, people: Can we at least limit our random speculation to, you know, stuff that actually says somet
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