Microsoft was everyone’s favorite Evil Empire, but now Google is earning that nickname. Every time the search giant shuts down a service, it garners new bad sentiment amongst its user base. It started with Google Wave, which never had a big user base to begin with. Google Wave’s demise was widely reported because it was touted […]
There are a depressing number of non-Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) handsets in the wild, so it could be that many are unfamiliar with Google’s impressive virtual assistant, Google Now. While other virtual assistants require that you talk to them, Google Now passively collects data on you and learns a surprising amount. For example, opening Google Now on my recently […]
File sharing has long been a part of the internet discussion. The sharing of music, movies, books, and other forms of media are common place, although legally murky. Attracting a lot of attention recently is Cody Wilson, Director of Defense Distributed (DD), an organization committed to sharing weapons designs to be fabricated through 3D printers. […]
Sci-fi fans and computer users are always fantasizing about ever more advanced computer interfaces and Leap Motion is more than happy to provide. Leap Motion is a new 3D motion control sensor designed to put usability quite literally in the user’s hands. Compatible with both Apple and PCs, users need only to plug the three-inch […]
Lenovo’s been making an impressive push with its new wave of hardware. The company was kind enough to send us the new IdeaCentre B540 to give it a once over. As a regular user of Windows Vista and until a few months ago, a Windows XP user (I know!), I was excited to put a […]
To an overflowing crowd of devoted fans at the SXSW Gaming Expo, Axel Alonso (Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief), Arune Singh (Director of Communications at Marvel Entertainment), and Peter Phillips (senior vice president and general manager of Marvel Entertainment’s Digital Media Group) gave updates to existing projects and explained exactly what the teased Project Gamma is going […]
Blacks in Technology (BiT) is a coalition of technology industry leaders committed to highlighting the black community’s impact in technology-related industries, products, and services. The result of this mission, increasing visible diversity in the tech industry, is extremely valuable on a number of levels. For many people, discussing race in any capacity is uncomfortable and […]
Outdoor location awareness, otherwise known as GPS, has become ubiquitous. It started out as a way for the U.S. military to have location awareness and then spread to the rest of the world, literally. Whereas in-car GPS navigation used to be a luxury, it has become commonplace and has spread to smartphones. Between map apps […]
SXSW has arrived in Austin, TX, which is unusually chilly this time of year. The festival’s big gaping maw has barely begun to open to swallow up the tens of thousands of people who show up each year to discover and celebrate the seemingly infinite amount of creative endeavors put on display. And to network. […]
Today marks the first birthday of Google Play (even though it’s been around as Android Market since 2008) and the company is celebrating by offering you major discounts (i.e. free for many choices) on some of its most popular games, apps, books, books, TV shows, and movies offered through the store. Here’s a short list […]
