Author: Clinton

The demise of Adobe Flash continues and the Google AdWords network is the latest to fire a shot at the long time platform.  In a post on their Google+ profile, the AdWords team announced that starting January 2, 2017, Flash based adverts will no longer be displayed as the service and Google in general pushes to be 100% HTML5.  The change will impact advertisers on the Google Display Network and DoubleClick Digital Marketing.

The change comes as Google has been pushing to become 100% HTML5 focused so their advertising networks can reach the widest possible audience regardless of device or platform.  Given that the world is seemingly moving away from Flash, the news isn’t a real big shocker but certainly is good news for those who use those networks (ClintonFitch.com is one of them).

Since the update to Android Marshmallow on Nexus devices, a number of Gmail users have had issues with notifications.  Some users don’t get notifications while others get them sporadically.  I posted a way to get around this a few weeks ago but even that isn’t 100%.  Google has been working on the issue for some time and it looks like relief is in sight.  In the Nexus Product Forums, Googler Orrin (the community manager) has posted that a fix for the issue is rolling out and should be getting to all users soon.

Following the release of the Android Marshmallow update to the LG G4 on Sprint and T-Mobile, AT&T has followed suite and begun rolling out the latest major build of Android to the device.  The build is MRA58K and weighs in just shy of 1GB on the download size.  If you know your Android Marshmallow builds, you will know that the MRA58K was the original posted build of Android from Google back last fall.  It is unfortunate that it isn’t the latest 6.0.1 build but at least the upgrade is released which the good news.

If you have been in the market for the HTC built Nexus 9, today is the day to make it happen.  Over at the HTC site, you can pick up Android tablet for 40% off the regular price.  To sweeten the deal even more, HTC is throwing in a free Logitech wireless keyboard.  The pricing makes this pure Android experience tablet a real steal with the 32GB Wi-Fi model down to just $287.40.  There is no coupon code required to get the price.  Just go to the HTC site, add the tablet to your cart and the price will be adjusted.

After a few weeks in development, the first ClintonFitch.com app is now available in the Google Play Store.  The app is a web wrapper style app that brings you all of the content of the site conveniently within an app on your Android phone.  No more having to open up Chrome to navigate to the site!

The ClintonFitch.com app is designed to make readers lives easier. Completely free, the app is updated continually with the information from the site, giving users one-tap to get to those posts without having to open up their browser and navigating to the site.

Today over at Amazon you can pick up a great deal on the 32GB gold version of the Samsung Galaxy S6.  One of the two flagships from Samsung for 2015 is on sale right now for only $457, a savings of nearly 50% off the original price of $899.  The Galaxy S6 has been very popular and the specifications of it make it a really stand out from the crowd.  Powered by octa-core Exynos 7420 processor with four 1.5 GHz cores and four 2.1 GHz cores, the device has 3GB of RAM on board for fast and smooth action no matter what you are doing on the device.  It comes with 32GB of storage on board, has a 16MP rear camera and a 5MP front facing camera, a 5.1″ Super AMOLED display and has a 2550 mAh battery which should get you through most of the day.