For those of you who don’t know, an application known as Bang with Friends has taken the twentysomethings of Facebook by storm over the past month or so. It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like: an application that allows anyone who has it installed to hook up with their friends to knock boots. It [...]
We are living in a society that is increasingly connected. The mobile devices we use every day are becoming more and more integrated into our day to day lives, and we’re using them for everything from shopping to communication to financial management to gaming. As I’m sure I’ve said at some point before, they’re beyond [...]
Today, I’d like to talk to you about data fragmentation. It’s something I’m sure all of you have dealt with to some degree. These days, we’re all drowning in a sea of content. I’ve got a two different emails, a Paypal; Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google + accounts; and I browse Flickr, Tumblr, and Reddit. [...]
The development of the tablet PC has caused a revolution in the worlds of commerce and enterprise, a huge shift in how we communicate and connect with one another. If you were to say that the release of the iPad – and the flood of devices that hit the market immediately afterward – has changed [...]
Speeding tickets suck. Not only are they ridiculously expensive, they can drive your insurance up to a premium. Whether they’re sent to you by mail or handed down by an imperious traffic cop… no one likes to receive one – particularly when it feels like one’s been wrongly accused or singled out. See, traffic laws [...]
As most of you have probably heard by now, the New York Time’s piece on data centers wasn’t exactly accurate. And more than a little intellectually dishonest, to boot. In spite of that, it did raise one very, very good point.. There is no such thing as the cloud. There is no such thing as [...]
A strong password is one of the most vital tools you’ll ever have in your portfolio where web browsing is concerned. Without one, you might as well just open up all your personal and financial information to the first criminal who happens to saunter along – they’ll gladly take it. We’ve been over the importance [...]
Here’s another one for all you gamers out there – a nifty little homebrew utility which will help you figure out how much time you’ve spent playing each of the games in your steam library, which games you’ve actually played, which games you’ve never touched, and which games you spent the most time on. For [...]
There’s been a shift in the manufacturing core with the birth of 3D printers. People suddenly have the supplies – and the capacity- to manufacture their own goods, to some degree. Granted, we’re still not seeing the average user have access to industrial-level manufacturing capacity – it’s not going to change the world that much – but [...]
Recently, we talked about a few handy, lesser-known Windows shortcuts to aid you in meeting your every-day computing needs. The list we came up with was far from comprehensive, and there are plenty more keyboard commands out there to be discovered. Here’s just a few more you might find useful. Again, we’re going to stay [...]
Human beings have become increasingly visual as we’ve grown more accustomed to new media. Often, the best way to get one’s attention is with an eye-catching graphic, and the best way to convey information is via an organized, visual format. That’s one of the reasons I’ve been posting so many infographics lately. I’m a wordy [...]
It’s pretty obvious that humankind has a considerable impact on the world around it. It’s also fairly clear to anyone with observational skills that said impact isn’t always a positive one. Ever since the development of heavy industry, we’ve been polluting our environment. At first, we didn’t really understand that we were doing anything wrong. [...]
It’s pretty obvious that computer savvy criminals are the sole owners and proprietors of malware’s rampage through the annals of the Internet. It’s also fairly clear, through simple logic, their reasons for doing so – they’re either looking for illicit personal gain or the creation of chaos. The question, though, is how they pull it [...]
Apple’s been making a fairly consistent effort to portray itself as an environmentally efficient organization… a brand which puts the environment first (much to the dismay of Greenpeace, which has been hounding them every step of the way). One cannot deny that they’ve made progress, at least in the data center field. That’s just a [...]
Lately, I’d been having a problem with Skype. It was nothing to do with the application itself, curiously enough – the IM platform still worked like a charm, and I was able to chat with my contacts pretty much flawlessly. The issue actually had to do with another user, known only as IMPORTANT SYSTEM NOTIFICATION. [...]
