It was national news when Facebook bought photo sharing app Instagram for a whopping billion dollars but today Facebook expands its photo enhancing arsenal. After quietly enhancing the mobile version of its applications yesterday Facebook hired the two-man-team behind the popular Android photo sharing app Lightbox. The service will be shut down a [....]
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For those of you who have your smart phones with you 24/7 and of course set to incessantly beep when you receive an, all too often, email; your lunch break was interrupted by Twitter’s new “Here’s what’s happening on Twitter” newsletter. Personally, after having to disable the constant account notification emails, purely because I enjoy not being spammed, [....]
May 14, 2012 at 8:54 pm Entertainment, News
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Nokia has filed for a patent for technology that uses a vibrating tattoo to tell you when your phone is ringing. The patent application that has been filed in the US uses metal ores which would vibrate underneath the tattoo when a call was received or if the phone’s battery was running low. [....]
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It is obvious the the future of television lies within internet streaming yet right now only certain networks offer streaming content and even then it is limited at the best. So, what if you could take every channel you love and create a personal stream of it so you can watch it wherever you are? Well if [....]
March 11, 2012 at 11:01 pm Reviews, Software / Hardware
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So before asking the new question I would like to present the results of our last poll! Past Poll Results Question: What virtualization software do you prefer? Answer Options Votes VMMware Fusion/Workstation 10 Parallels 10 VirtualBox 8 Virtual PC 1 Other 12 So the winner is, other. Make sure to post what your definition of [....]
March 2, 2012 at 10:05 am Polls
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Today Apple sent out invitations to various media outlets informing them that the rumored March 7th keynote is, alas, no longer a rumor. The invitation sports an iPad, assumably a third generation device, with as you will see in the image below (from commenter “maclook” on the MacRumors article) a higher resolution screen. Of course Apple is know for their [....]
February 28, 2012 at 8:31 pm Entertainment, News, Rumors, Updates
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The shot heard round the world; an ABC Nightline Special going inside of the Foxconn factory in the heart of Shenzhen, China. Now before I start I want to bring something we all subconsciously think about to everyone’s attention. When you see that shiny g6old sticker that denotes a products country of origin to the all too familiar location [....]
February 22, 2012 at 1:04 am News
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Coming from someone who learned the hard way that glass, even on something as small as the iPod nano, can be easily shattered the importance of a screen protector is immeasurable. So for my second ride on the roller coaster I decided to play it safe and get a screen protector for my iPod. [....]
February 17, 2012 at 9:36 pm Reviews, Software / Hardware
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If you have you ever wanted to put one of your DVDs on your iPhone, iPad, or other device then you should take a look at Digiarty’s WinX DVD ripper. WinX DVD Ripper comes in both a freeware and “platinum” version. The platinum version will set you back around $45.95 USD but is [....]
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So before asking the new question I would like to present the results of our last poll! Past Poll Results Question: What do you want in the next iPhone? Answer Options Votes Bigger Display 14 Better Camera 4 Improved Antenna System 3 New Physical Design 8 High Definition FaceTime 1 4G Data Speeds [....]
October 21, 2011 at 11:36 pm Polls
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Quality and Appearance The BodyGuardz protectors are touted to be made out of the same material used to protect cars from the scratches and general wear and tear. In comparison to a more common screen protector the BodyGuardz is thicker and made of a softer plastic material. These two factors combine to form [....]
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Today, the day after the company he co-founded back in 1976, released the next generation of their mobile devices Steve Jobs has died. It is a rare and unfortunate time where we are able to look back at all the world has gained due to such a person’s contributions. Jobs recently laid the [....]
October 5, 2011 at 7:51 pm News
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Today Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings and his Head of DVD Operations Andy Rendich posted a video apologizing for not properly explaining the price hike that was announced a couple months ago. That wasn’t the only topic discusses though, they are also splitting the DVD rental section from Netflix into a separate company called [....]
September 19, 2011 at 1:14 am Entertainment,
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Off the bat I want to get a few things out there, I use both Windows and Macintosh based computers and recognize both have their ups and down. Personally, I find Windows 7 to be an exceptionally well-built OS and have never really had a problem with Microsoft, or any of their products [....]
September 14, 2011 at 8:00 pm Computers, Software / Hardware