Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

Microsoft attempts (and fails) to destroy Google Apps with "Googlighting"

11 hours ago by JD Rucker | add comment

It may not be the first time Microsoft has tried to use humor and aggressive attacks to go after Google, but this time it hits a little closer to home than they’ve done in the past. In attacking Google Apps as a work productivity tool, Microsoft invokes Wave, Gears, and Buzz as examples of how Google has completely more »

Why Windows web browsing market share drop means very little to Microsoft

Feb 18 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

If you torture numbers long enough, you can make them say anything. In this case, it’s Chitika, Techcrunch, and others who are raising alarms about something that’s relatively meaningless, particularly to Microsoft. The title of the Chitika post is “Demise of the PC? Windows Web Browsing Market Share Declines by more »

A comprehensive comparison of online video players

Feb 15 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

The online video world is dominated by YouTube with others such as Vimeo and Metacafe picking up the scraps. They are free, convenient, and practical for most website owners to use. Those who need more flexibility or something proprietary turn to self-hosted video players to fill their websites more »

Is online banking as safe as people think?

Feb 11 by Connor Livingston | 5 comments

More US adults bank online than use social networks (for now, at least). It has become such a common activity that despite the risks of identity theft, hacking, and phishing, most of us are still convinced that the transactions are secure. For the most part, they are. For the most part. The banking community more »

Smartphones on pace to near 1 billion by 2015

Feb 4 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

The mobile-device explosion may be getting fueled in recent months by Kindle Fires and iPads, but smartphones continue to be the foundation of the incredible growth the mobile industry is experiencing. Apps and devices are fulfilling many aspects of our everyday lives in ways that weren’t even more »

Note to Startups: If you're going to steal from others... well, just don't steal from others

Jan 28 by Lorie Wimble | 6 comments

The internet is rife with theft. People take content and concepts from others on a regular basis and pawn it off as their own. It’s so common that many websites (including this one) have given up on fighting content-scrapers, spammers, and intellectual property thieves altogether. If you can more »

Modern language wars: PHP vs python vs ruby

Jan 17 by Rocco Penn | 6 comments

There are several questions that programmers must answer when deciding on their language of choice. Depending on who you ask, the passions towards one language or another can spark debates, even “nerd fights” as can be found in some videos (we won’t like them here but you can find them on YouTube). more »

Apps are rising on Windows Phones. Should they be taken more seriously?

Dec 28 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

I’ll never forget when my boss at the time showed me his shiny new Windows Phone. I liked the interface, the feel of the hardware itself, and the responsiveness of the internet even on the (dreaded) AT&T network. I nodded politely and congratulated him on his bold move away from the norm (something 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Toyota Fun-Vii concept car is like a "smartphone on 4 wheels"

Dec 4 by JD Rucker | 4 comments

It’s been a long time since a concept car has really sparked the imagination of tech geeks and car enthusiasts alike. When Toyota unveiled their latest concept car, the Fun-Vii, at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show this week, everyone from Automobile Magazine to Mashable jumped in to discuss its proposed paradigm-shifting features. more »

Amido Releases Laugh Synth App for iOS

Dec 1 by Amy Vernon | add comment

Laugh synth for iOS has just been released, compatible with both iPhone and iPad. Laugh Synth makes it possible create laughing sounds with a simple touch of the screen to control different characteristics of the laugh. Users can even sample their own sounds to create custom laughs. This is as easy as recording any more »