Anybody up for a game of Super Mario Brothers on your Android phone? Modern smartphones are rather impressive devices, aren’t they? Even the lowest-grade droid on the market can outperform the vast majority of pre-2000 computer systems. That includes old-school game consoles, of course. I’m sure you see where I’m going with this: Given the [...]
Let me paint a picture for you, ladies and gents. You’ve got a song stuck in your head. Not a whole song, though. All you can remember of the song is a few bars, perhaps the chorus. We’ve all had this happen before, and it’s one of the most irritating things in the world. [...]
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 [...]
Have you ever begun your day with a fairly aggressive to-do list? Then gotten to the end of it thinking, “What the hell happened?! The day is almost over and I hardly got anything done!” We’re human. It happens. Well, one of the lovely things about the Internet is that there are a TON of [...]
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 [...]
