Jan 20
It’s difficult to imagine what we would do without cell phones and Internet nowadays. I remember not too long ago when my friend didn’t have a cell phone — the frustrations of meeting up, not being able to call to find his ETA or telling him I was running late. Soon thereafter, he signed up …
Jan 19
Yesterday morning, Apple announced an event for January 27th. “Come see our latest creation.” Held by invite only in San Francisco, news outlets are unanimous: Apple will be unveiling their anticipated tablet device. iSlate? iPad? (Please don’t call it the “iPad”; that’s a horrible name!) Whatever you want to call it, that’s what everyone is …
Jan 14
In spite of constant layoffs and a (seemingly) still drowning economy, Americans set a record for mobile giving yesterday. Tens of thousands of cell phone users texted donations that totaled $3 million. This record-setting amount of donations to the Red Cross will benefit the recent Haiti earthquake. According to Daily Finance, yesterday’s record blew away …
Jan 05
As rumors and suspicions prove true, the Google Nexus One phone was announced today at the Android event. Already available sans service or with T-Mobile (but both seemingly unlocked), it will also soon be available for CDMA carriers (Verizon Wireless in the United States and Vodafone in Europe) in Spring 2010. AT&T users are able …
Dec 18
Nuance has released another mobile application for iPhone, Dragon Search. Powered by their popular Dragon NaturallySpeaking software, the app lets you search the web just by saying the words. It’s the “fast, easy, and smart way to search online content on your iPhone using your voice,” declares Nuance. Voice your search and receive results from …
Dec 16
Are you feeling the economic squeeze around your bank account? Are you feeling the polluted air contaminating your lungs? Are you feeling the fat build on your body? Stop paying for that car. Stop contributing to carbon emissions. Stop letting those calories store into fat. And start commuting more economically. Start doing more for the …
Dec 07
Have you been seeing small funky boxes that include a kind of two-dimensional code? Labeled as a “QR code,” these unusual boxes have become the new generation of marketing in our world of ever-evolving technology. So what is it exactly? It’s a code that stores web-site addresses, contact information, phone numbers or other alphanumeric data. …
Oct 30
Okay, it’s creeping me out. And nope, it’s not because tomorrow is Halloween that I have these fears. iPhones (and iPod touch) have apps capable of almost anything nowadays. Anything meaning they are just short of taking Rosie’s place in the Jetson Family. Based on statistics from AppShopper.com, there are over 100,000 approved apps and …
Sep 21
Adobe’s new Flash Platform Services, unveiled Monday, assists in making Flash applications easier to share, and specifically targets social networking sites and mobile devices. The new program will allow users to share Flash apps and games, instead of having to point to a link. Advertisers will benefit most from the new platform, which will greatly …
Aug 10
You read that right. Over 1.75 million companies have moved their email, scheduling, and document creation software into the cloud with Google Apps. Every day, more and more IT departments decide to leave email hosting and software upgrade cycles behind in favor of “Going Google”. Google Apps is a web-based collection of email, communication, and …
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