Advances in technology have affected the way we work, communicate, date and play. Now these same advances in wireless connectivity and smartphone ubiquity are helping homeowners to monitor and automate tasks in the house. Can you imagine using your smartphone to be able to turn your home lights on or off, or monitor your home heating/cooling system? It’s...

This is a holiday buying guide for those who are looking to acquire an inexpensive laptop for themselves or for a friend. It is no longer uncommon for people to have multiple computers; some for work and some for play. Because of this, there are lots of people looking for secondary laptops that are very inexpensive. Fortunately, the price of laptops has come way...

Imagine this: a laptop that is more durable than traditional models while also being lighter and thinner. On the surface it sounds like a concept that consumers would latch onto. Yet as Rich wrote last month, Ultrabooks haven’t caught on. Ultrabook shipments will likely reach just half of the 2012 estimate, and the 2013 estimates have already been cut....

We have seen a lot of SEO developments recently; from search engine algorithm improvements and penalties, to the ever-changing responsibility of the SEO marketer and how his role has changed. This has left a lot of online marketing companies uncertain of what to do and what they should be focusing on, trying to figure out what is important and what really...

Let’s face it – nobody’s perfect, not even the new iOS 6 mobile operating system from Apple that was launched on September 21, 2012. Although there’s a lot to love about this new iOS, it also comes with some flaws. Some of these flaws are well known by now, while there are some others that are not rated as an epic flaw. For example – Apple’s new...

Collaboration technologies are at the very core of any modern business. These services allow for a faster and easier passing of information, let you upload data in a matter of seconds, work on documents, share your knowledge and leave comments. Most of the people who use collaboration tools admit its value. However many businesses still question the feasibility...

Most of us have used our phones as music players at some point, but we can also use them to share our tastes and get more info on our favourite artists and related music events. Here is a list of five favourite music apps for android: Last.fmThis is a mobile phone optimized version of the popular Last.fm social network. In some countries, it can be used as a...

For decades, we’ve seen the idea of the “smart house” referenced in popular culture. From the Jetsons to Tony Stark’s virtual butler to a smart house that’s out to get revenge on its inhabitants, the technology has mostly been science fiction rather than something you can have in real life. That’s changing, and changing quickly. Smart home technology...

Here is a list of ten web development tools that you may use on your iPhone. One is no better than the other is. The numbers do not indicate their rank or usefulness. 1. Analytics A handy little must have if you are the sort of person who is unable to gain access to a PC every day. If this is you then the “creatively” named app known as Analytics, may be for...

In today’s technology-ridden society, people no longer “look things up” in encyclopedias or even search engines. “Google” has become a verb, replacing all other synonyms and being used even when that particular search engine is not. Google’s competitors are fighting to achieve the same status. Since search engines basically have the power to decide...

You may recall that fateful day in January when iconic photography mogul Kodak filed for bankruptcy. With the filing came the end of an era. Film rolls and negatives are slowly becoming things of the past as SD cards and digital drop boxes carve out their niche in the photography world. As a parent versed in the digital photography ways, you have a new...

There has been a lot of talk in the games console industry recently about the future of the home console. A lot of big people in the industry seem to be of the belief that it will not be around in the future. Even going as far as saying that the next incarnations of the Xbox and PS are the last that we as consumers are going to ever see. I don’t believe...

Majority of the people who use computers today are quite familiar with (and probably cannot live without) the mouse, especially for those who are still using a desktop computer. In 1963, a Stanford Research Institute researcher named Douglas Engelbart created the prototype of a pointing device. It was christened “mouse” because of its shape and form...

For optimists, disasters and mistakes happen to teach us about prevention. Life is about learning from our mistakes, right? As reported on AZCentral.com, GoDaddy was in hot water for creating a six-hour massive outage for millions of websites because of company infrastructure problems and a router issue. Whether your site was affected or not, the infamous...

Microsoft shook up the gadget world last June with its announcement of Surface tablets. These 10.6-inch slates will ship with touch keyboard cases that allow you to choose between a typical touch-tablet experience and a more traditional laptop configuration. The software giant wants you to think a Surface tablet could be your next PC, but is this handheld,...