The beginning of the dot-whatever era
For years, we've had several choices for top level domains including .com, .net., and .org. Soon, we'll have many, many more options, but only after the big brands can get...
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Chrome and Chromebook get parental controls
For those parents who worry about what they're kids are viewing on the internet when they're not around, Google has some solutions for you. Google is officially beginning to roll...
A smaller Galaxy S4 is coming
They went big with the Note 3. They went medium sized with the Galaxy S4. Now, Samsung is going small with a reduced version of the latter. Samsung is making...
T-Mobile gives a little data for free to Apple LTE iPad users
In the whole scheme of things, 200MB of data no longer seems like a lot. The good part is the cost: nil. T-Mobile is hoping to attract consumers interested in...
A Google ad type that makes perfect sense: huge branded banners
If you do a search in Google for "Southwest Airlines", there's probably a pretty huge chance that you want to go to Southwest Airlines' website. Google is making that even...
LinkedIn hits iOS mail
The business social network has been making some great strides towards filling out their reach. This is a big one. LinkedIn's made mobile a major focus over the last year,...
Get your guns on Instagram
Of all of the uses of Instagram, buying guns without a background check was likely not on the business plan. Weapons buyers are turning to Instagram to get insta-guns. The...
The bicycle wheel reinvented as “The Copenhagen Wheel”
There are things that you don't normally believe would need a technological remake, which is what makes these new concepts for the bicycle wheel so interesting. It’s rare that a...
The cybersecurity framework: a draft
As promised, the NIST has released a framework for what they hope will be a stout combatant in the cyberterrorism war. The National Institute of Standards and Technology released its...
$2.28 billion: Zuckerberg made the most of all CEOs last year
With a total compensation of $2.28 billion, Mark Zuckerberg smoked the other CEOs last year. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the highest paid CEO of a North American public company last...
Choices, choices: both the Mini and the Air are appealing
By announcing both the iPad Mini retina and the iPad Air on the same day, Apple is causing people to choose between two very stout devices. Why not both? I...
Here’s LG’s curved screen smartphone
In the best image from the best angle, we get to see what LG has coming out. We've seen rendered images of LG's G Flex and its curved OLED display, but...
With Mac OS free, Microsoft should be scared
Free. It's a word that brings joy to the ears of consumers and fear to the strategy rooms of competitors. Apple's announcement yesterday is likely sending fear to more places,...
Bad ending spells doom for Dark Matter on Steam
Steam and other gaming services offered Dark Matter for about a week. They all pulled it down because users were angry over the abrupt ending. Dark Matter went up on...
Facebook reverses their reversal on violent videos
They approved. Then they declined them. Then they approved them. Now they're declining. Wait until tomorrow to see if there's a change. Sometimes figuring out the fine line between free...
Windows 8 may get a boost from iPad announcements
Usually when Apple makes an announcement, everyone else is doomed for while. They're breathing a sigh of relief at Microsoft today, because Apple's new iPad Air and iPad Mini are...
Battlefield 4 needs mucho memory
When a game needs high speed memory, there's good and bad. If you don't have high-speed memory, it's bad. If you have high-speed memory, it's amazing. Every once in a...
YouTube grows its paid channels pilot
They started small, but now they're shooting for 10,000 paid channel pilot partners. YouTube today announced it is expanding its paid channels pilot to all eligible partners that have at...
Apple’s iPad Air just came out and here’s a hands-on review
That didn't take long. Apple didn't send out a bunch of gadgets to tech blogs hoping they'd review it, so to have such a comprehensive review on launch day is...
The tech surge will not help the government website
The government seems to only know a few solutions to just about every problem. A "surge" is one of those solutions, but it will not help in the case of...