About Briley Kenney
Briley is a tech/gaming journalist, and electronic gadget enthusiast. Briley writes for several online publications including Android Headlines, Blackberry Rocks, The Tech Labs and of course dotTech. His most recent project involved working on a turn based RPG called Tales of Illyria, which is now available in Google Play!
Automation tools are probably some of the most useful when it comes to modern tech. They essentially allow you to run various actions or operations on a particular schedule. The great thing about automation software is that you ca...
One of the coolest things about the Android OS is that you can set a live wallpaper on your homescreen. If you don’t already know what that means, you can have a fully animated background with special effects or changing elements....
There are a lot of elements and components of the Android OS that you can easily customize. Unfortunately, the Android notification bar is not one of them. When applying a custom skin or theme you can change the appearance of almo...
Have you ever needed to look under the hood of your rig before? To elaborate that point, have you ever been in a situation where hardware monitoring was absolutely necessary? I have been there plenty of times, and I know I’m not a...
You Don’t Know Jack is one of my favorite party games, and yes it’s a video game. I used to own it way, way back on PC, and I got the re-release for Xbox not too long ago. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s basically a tongue-in...
Have you ever forgotten a sensitive account password before? What about a Wi-Fi access password for a local or public network? It can happen, especially if you opt to use pre-determined passwords instead of personal WEP keys. Thos...
One of the biggest limitations of a smartwatch is that it actually has to be tethered to a smartphone. For the most part, a lot of smartwatches making their way to market only display information when paired with a smartphone thro...
This has got to be one of the most epic trailers ever! Instead of advertising a single movie, it’s a smorgasbord of films all meshed together in order to create ETERNA. To put it bluntly, it’s a complete montage of some of the bes...
Forget battery consumption issues. I can’t even begin to count how many times I’ve experienced serious anxiety because my device or devices started to run low on juice at the most inopportune moment. Unfortunately, it’s a problem ...
Google Now is fantastic, and in many cases I would say it’s so much better than Siri (sorry iPhone brethren). It’s a lot more accurate when performing a voice search, and you always have the power of Google behind you. Who cares a...
Epilepsy is a pretty big issue for some folks. While most people who suffer from epilepsy can take control of their body through medication, surgery or other conventional methods, about 30 percent of patients cannot. The patients ...
Sticky note and to-do apps are prominent across all platforms, including PCs, mobile devices and more. There’s good reason for it too, since it’s one of the most convenient ways to jot down reminders, shopping lists, and more. App...
Interestingly enough, there is one function in particular that can interrupt work on any smartphone, and it happens to be the one thing phones were originally intended for. That’s right, incoming calls can interrupt quite a bit es...
One of the best things to do on an Android phone or tablet is read. It seems a little silly when you say it that way actually, since you’re almost always reading on a smartphone or tablet, but I’m talking about a different kind of...
Unlike the Windows Taskbar, the menu bar featured in both the Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems will actually perform various actions. Sure, in Windows you can search for programs and files on your computer, but I’m talking ab...