Author: Drew Hendricks

Quiz time: Did you know that a burglary occurs every 14.6 seconds in America? With the average dollar loss from a robbery up to $2,119, homeowners and renters need to take caution. While there are many different security measures you can put into place, you need to make sure your home is properly protected. Today’s technology is improving at an increasing rate, and with these advances, new improvements are have also been made to security system technology. Here are the top five security systems for your home in 2012: 1. LifeShield security system: Wireless security is the best protection you…

Former CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman, has always been in Apple’s guest list as it sends out all its invitations for the major events. Although the chief executive officer of Yelp Inc, the consumer review website, has never been invited at these gatherings, his business has turned out to be a crucial weapon in Apple’s system as the company starts its battle over Google Inc. With other big consumer websites including OpenTable, a restaurant booking service, Rotten Tomatoes, a movie review website, Yelp Inc will be assisting in Apple’s Siri project in the new iOS6. The connection between Apple and Yelp…

Hackers are becoming increasingly clever and conniving, while small businesses remain shockingly naive about the threat they face from cyber-attacks. This infographic conveys a clear message to all small businesses worldwide: You’re not as secure as you think. Far too many small businesses mistakenly believe that they are simply too small to be on hackers’ radars. The reality of the matter is that 72 percent of the known hacker breaches in 2011 affected businesses with 100 employees or less. 85 percent of small businesses believe they have taken adequate measures to keep safe from hackers….

You may expect that the Electronic Entertainment Expo would have some innovative ways of playing video games, but this one may just have you wondering what they’re teaching video game schools in general. Sure C++ and user interface would be taught in video game school, but many are left wondering what classes developers took to come up with the Sphero. Fewer products at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles are as truly novel as this one, one of the newest and perhaps oddest ways to play video games ever envisioned. The three-inch white sphere is rather unobtrusive and unsurprising at first glance….

If you’re a smart phone owner you use apps, it’s as simple as that. You might use some more than others (Facebook – cough, cough), but regardless they are an integral part of your smartphone experience. More importantly though – where are you getting these apps? Of course there is the ever-popular Apple store, but it looks like Android is stepping up as a contender in the app match-up. With over 300 million Android smartphones across the globe and 850,000 daily Android activations, Android seems to have taken the mobile world by storm. Besides making the users happy, Android provides a better…

Google, New York City, Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology join forces to form a school offering classes in computer coding, but it is looking to compete with online education empires offering courses in venture management and bent on building a good reputation. Twenty-two thousand feet of the Google campus in New York opens in July for this venture dubbed “CornellNYC Tech.” Intended to function like the entrepreneurial incubators of the dot com era, this new school combines entrepreneurial skills-building with science. Google’s NYC campus Envisioned…

Few businessmen are pushing the boundaries of technology further than that of Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page. Where Steve Jobs was able to streamline and successfully market, Page innovates. After meeting fellow co-founder Sergey Brin whilst earning his doctorate degree (at Stanford!) in 1996, Page helped create an algorithm that would launch the most successful search engine on the web and turn it into an empire of innovation, trailblazing technology in almost every field. But having recently faced lawsuits from Apple, Microsoft and Oracle, and with Facebook beginning to take aim…

With everyone being on the go these days, it’s only natural that the smart small business or entrepreneur would take advantage of the technology that is now available. If you’re in the know, you’ll be able to utilize your mobile phone’s technology to collect payments for services rendered while you are at an event, away from your business’ central location, or just out and about. Apps such as GoPayment, Square, Pay Anywhere, Sailpay, and Sage are prime for growing your business while on the go. GoPayment offers users a free card swipe dongle that attaches to your mobile phone. With no…

Both Google and Facebook receive hundreds of millions of visits every month, but how do they compare as companies? The stats surprised us. Take a look at this infographic that breaks down Google, Inc. and Facebook, Inc. down to their revenue, employees, company acquisitions, and more. Via: Boostlikes.com …

Google’s Android system for smartphones and devices quickly outpaced anyone’s expectations within its few years of operation, at least in terms of sheer size. This has plenty of work for software developers who want to contribute to the growing cloud. The best online schools with degree programs in app development are preparing students with the programming expertise their burgeoning careers require. In 2010, predictions by Android’s developers at Google indicated that the fledgling software system might be installed by 200 million users as early as 2013. A CNET News article from…