Month: November 2012

The US election is tomorrow. In a past blog post, I provided an offering of tools that could help you keep up with where each presidential candidate stood on the issues that matter most to Americans.

But for this election, do you know about various other offices, plus state referenda? Some states have a lot of other issues for voters to decide on this November 6. If you’re not sure how to determine what to vote for or against, or even where the closest polling place is to your home, Google’s new Voter Information Tool might be able to help you out with that. Continue reading “Google’s Voter Information Tool offers US election facts”

When I previously compared Android 4.1, iOS 6, and Windows Phone 8, none of the operating systems were publicly released. Last week Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8 and Google revealed the next incremental. update to Android, version 4.2

Android and Windows Phone 8 have planned mid-November releases in the United States. Google will release Nexus devices with Android 4.2 and Microsoft’s manufacturing partners will release Windows Phone 8. It’s still unknown if people will move to Windows Phone 8 because of the new hardware requirements and the lack of information about Windows Phone 7.8’s release.

iOS 6 was released on September 19 and saw rapid adoption, but suffered consumer backlash for Apple Maps and the removal of YouTube. Apple publicly apologized for Apple Maps, but users are still waiting for Google to release a standalone Google Maps app.

The big three are going head to head again with official releases so how do they compare?

Continue reading “Android 4.2 vs iOS 6 vs Windows Phone 8”