Archive for December, 2011

SOPA vote delayed

Dec 16 by Connor Livingston | 7 comments

The House Judiciary Committee has ceased without a vote to try to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) out of committee today. At the heart of the delay is the controversial provision that would give the Attorney General the power to shut down websites for copyright infringement. Committee Chairman more »

Android Developer Relations introduces training to help build better apps

Dec 16 by Rocco Penn | 1 comment

The Android Developers blog announced that they are launching a beta of Android Training, “a collection of classes that we hope will help you to build better Android apps.” As the battle between Android and iOS continues to expand and with Microsoft creeping up slowly behind them, the need for better apps more »

2011 through the eyes of Google (and therefore, the world)

Dec 15 by JD Rucker | add comment

Every year, Google composes a Zeitgeist report that attempts to capture the essence of the year and give a glimpse of what we can expect in the coming year. This year’s message was simple but fitting: “we made it.” It matches the sentiment shared by many through the tumultuous revolution around more »

Xbox and iPad soar, others plummet as desired gifts for kids

Dec 15 by Scarlett Madison | add comment

The trends of sales during the holidays often relies on the wants of children and teens. It isn’t just in their own gifts that we end up seeing the shift; adults will often follow the lead of their children when considering which gadgets to buy themselves and other adults. In 2011, the iPad continues more »

Google has a Siri competitor around the corner

Dec 14 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

Google’s competitor for Apple’s Siri is codenamed “Majel” and could be launched before the end of the year according to AndroidandMe. Geeks are aware that Majel is a reference to Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and the voice of the computer on Starships as well as various more »

"The Internet in 1969" was eerily correct

Dec 12 by Scarlett Madison | 2 comments

Predictions of the future are often foolish and do not give an accurate representation of reality. In this case, they got it nailed pretty nicely. We don’t know the history of this video, but it seems authentic. In it, they predict webcam, online bill pay, email, and online shopping as well as a few more »

Where business intelligence stands in the mobile world

Dec 11 by Connor Livingston | 4 comments

The concept of business intelligence has been around for decades, but only in the last dozen or so years has it become an essential tool that businesses use to make major decisions about directions and strategies. The rise of the internet has made it the central focus of companies around the world whether they’re internet-based more »

Google top execs offer to save NASA's Hangar One... to house their private jets

Dec 10 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

It is said that most acts of kindness are done with ulterior motives in mind. The offer that Google’s top executives – CEO Larry Page, co-founder Sergey Brin, and Chairman Eric Schmidt – made to NASA to save the iconic landmark may qualify. NASA needs $33 million to revamp the hangar. The Google execs, more »

Xbox 360 dominated gaming sales in November

Dec 10 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Most were impressed with Microsoft and their Xbox 360 when it was reported that they had sold 1.44 million units in November, beating the Nintendo Wii by 400,000 units and nearly doubled up on the Sony Playstation 3. Those who weren’t impressed may have just been waiting for the actual numbers. With a record more »

Top 5 apps in education news for making yourself smarter

Dec 9 by Connor Livingston | add comment

The iPhone isn’t just a communications tool, it’s a personal computer connected to every piece of electronic information in the world. It’s the most powerful tool in existence and the biggest thing to happen to education news since the invention of writing. It can compress the Einstein’s life work more »

Teens and the cruel world of social networking

Dec 9 by Scarlett Madison | 2 comments

Social networking really started with teens on MySpace. Since then, it has progressed to the rest of the world. MySpace may be virtually gone, but teens are still hitting up their computers and mobile devices to social network more than ever before. The world of teen social networking, as we now more »

Watch the blood red moon on Saturday morning

Dec 7 by JD Rucker | 4 comments

Sky watchers on the US west coast all the way over to east Asia are in for a rare treat in the early morning hours this Saturday, December 10th. A total lunar eclipse will grace the sky and is anticipated to be one of the brightest, deepest red moons in years. According to NASA, “The action begins around 4:45 more »

Minority Report (in real life)

Dec 7 by Connor Livingston | add comment

The Tom Cruise-driven vision of a future (almost) completely without murder worked with the concept that if we could use precognition to know when a murder was going to happen in the future, we could prevent it from ever happening. It was a science fiction concept that has tantalized the imagination more »

5 Hilarious Misuses Of An Online Web Design Degree

Dec 6 by Scarlett Madison | 3 comments

You would think that those who earn an online web design degree are almost prone to become great designers; with all the free time and flexibility online classes allow, there are a million blogs on good and bad design just waiting to be read. However, there are no exceptions to the idea that every great industry has at least more »