Software posts

In today’s digital world, advancements in technology are constantly being developed and new gadgets are being placed on the market at a rapid pace. We have the ability to be online, while at home or on the go, and there have been several improvements made to the Internets speed over time. However, the way in which many of us connect to the internet, via Wi-Fi, has somehow been left behind, but the mobile app Instabridge, is hoping to change this and bring connecting to Wi-Fi from our mobile phones into the new digital age. …

I know so many people who check-in to the GetGlue mobile app, an app that allows you to share with social networks on what entertainment activity you are doing in real-time. Therefore providing a hub where you can socialize and talk about TV shows, movies, music and other shared interests without causing spoiler alerts, all the while reaping rewards and stickers for your participation. …

There was a time not too long ago when billion dollar purchases of tech companies didn’t happen all the time. There was a time not too long ago when billion dollar purchases were never done completely with cash. Those days are behind us with the latest billion dollar acquisition being happening with Cisco buying Meraki, an enterprise wifi startup. The company started as a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. They now supply larger organizations the infrastructure, hardware, software, and support to operate secure wifi networks on premises. Instead of having…

Google has brought us a brand new addiction and it is not a new mobile device, search engine or social network, instead this time around they are tapping into the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing gaming community with their new launch of their MMORPG, Ingress. Some may be a bit skeptical about this game, especially those who are hard core gamers and with the brand new release of Halo 4, Google’s BETA released version of Ingress could be poor timing, however, the one advantage Ingress does have is that it is only available via an Android phone therefore making the game accessible…

In the information age, both time and data are money. Small business owners and entrepreneurs make the most of their time for this reason, no matter where they’re located. Life for business people on the go has been made easier in recent years with the introduction of smart phones like the iPhone, but it is difficult to wade through the thousands of applications in the app store. Here are the top five applications to help market a business while traveling: 1)     Time management Managing time is more than just putting things in a calendar to forget about them later, it is about prioritizing…

Many of the newer lot of techies may not know this, but before the popularity of Android and iOS (and now Windows Phone, of course), there were several other mobile operating systems. Some of them still exist, but since most smartphone manufacturers have decided to switch to the newer and more popular operating systems, the older ones are disappearing from the scene. Let’s have a look at some of them, and have a moment of silence for the ones which have already left.   Symbian Let’s kick off with the mobile OS that gained immense popularity and did very well till touch- based smartphones were…

Nokia has been sliding dangerously close to oblivion for some time now. The former king of mobile phones underestimated the rapid rise of smartphones and bet too high, too long on feature phones. Now, they’re scrambling to catch up but their flagship Lumia line of phones has not been doing well. In an effort to improve their footprint and expand the datasets available to power their new Here map application, Nokia is going to offer them to iOS users. After the disastrous launch of Apple maps on iOS 6, Nokia tried to cash in a bit by comparing their maps to the maps of the two current kings of smartphones,…

Have you ever found yourself stuck looking for an e-mail conversation from your boss or worse from a client? You try endlessly to create contact points of communication with various e-mail accounts, cell phones and still you cannot seem to stay organized with the people who matter when you need to revisit a conversation that once was but now much like your mind, it’s gone. …

In the world, 74% of companies use some type of cloud app service. A cloud app, short for cloud application, is a software application in that is accessed via the Internet and is not installed on a local computer. Cloud computing is the delivery of computing, storage and applications as a service to end users. While SAAS, Software As A Service, is a model where software and associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud. SAAS applications are updated more frequently than traditional software. A few popular business cloud applications include; CRM, ERP, accounting software, project management…

Have you ever wondered about the history of computers? ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator) might’ve been the first computer, but it was not the first computer with the mouse and keyboard that we’re accustomed to. The question is when (and how) did it start? Back in 1984 when Apple launched the Macintosh, the need for competition emerged, and at that time Microsoft engraved its name in history by introducing ‘Windows’. This gave rise to one of the most infamous rivalries in history — Apple vs. Microsoft. Within a short time, Microsoft’s OS became a success — and not just…