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The Internet of Things (IoT) and linked gadgets are the main emphasis of integration, which highlights smooth systems that connect the digital and physical worlds. It emphasizes the promise of linked technology to improve and simplify our lives by showcasing advancements in smart cities, industries, and households.
iPad is to “tablet” as Starbucks is to “coffee shop”
When a product becomes synonymous with the general term for the item itself, it can own the market. To paraphrase...
BRAD: The ridiculously automated dorm room at Berkeley is much cooler than yours
The dorm rooms that are often the most visited by friends are the ones with a fridge, a Playstation, and...
How to create an intuitive drill-down interface?
What happens when a stream of water hits a big enough obstacle? It moves towards right or left to pass...
Netbook sales down 34% year over year. Can we call them dead, yet?
Less-useful than a laptop, less-awesome than a tablet, the netbook market has suffered the most in the past two years...
Foursquare makes things easier for businesses… at a cost
Merchant tools on Foursquare are free and the company claims to want to always keep them that way. It's challenging...
MIT develops “superhydrophobic” glass that repels fog, water, glare, and zombies
Leave it to the brains at MIT to improve something that most of us take for granted: glass. Their "Fog-free...
Exploring Apple’s Final Cut Pro X
Recently, Apple announced and showcased their new vision for 64-bit non-linear editors (NLEs). They called it Final Cut Pro X...
Apps, software, and productivity from a PC user’s perspective
One of the primary goals of software (at least in theory) is to make things easier. It's a simple, almost...
An iOS app designer’s guide to making developers hate them less
Since the dawn of graphic interfaces on computers, designers and developers have faced off over the proper ways to present...
Are we ready for enterprise tablets?
Small kids can use them just fine. They are more portable than a laptop, more powerful than a smartphone, and...
Chinese tech counterfeiting, visualized
It's hard to tell the difference sometimes. At other times, it's comically easy. Apple and other companies have fallen victim...
The ins and outs of hybrid technology
We know it works. We know it gets us better gas mileage than other types of vehicles. We know that...
Path may be the next startup to go huge after $30 million round of funding
Everyone has startup fever again after Facebook's huge purchase of Instagram last week, perfect timing for Path to announce a...
Instagram: The timeline of a rock star product
As startup success stories go, few can compare to Instagram. When they were purchased by Facebook earlier this week, there...
Reliability: Why I’m done with Google Docs
The cloud doesn't scare me. The future will be more secure the sooner bigger companies adopt standards on cloud computing...
Adobe sends Creative Suite to the cloud
Adobe is gearing up to release Creative Cloud, their online edition of the Creative Suite. The San Jose-based company claims...
Google’s Project Glass will be more annoying than bluetooth (until it’s accepted and mass-delivered)
Sometime in the near future you may see people walking around with eyeglasses on that only have a small lens...
As many as 1.5 million credit cards at risk through Global Payments hack
Late last week payment processor Global Payments revealed that MasterCard and Visa cardholders were at risk through a security flaw...
When will iBooks become the norm in schools?
There has been a push to replace books in the educational arena for some time now. This push hasn't been...
Several not-so-random facts about how IT perceives the cloud
Connectivity and the possibility of not having access to data is a risk with cloud computing, as is speed based...