It appears that the social network LinkedIn is down at the moment. According to CNET, this is happening in spurts. In fact, in the middle of writing this article, the site came back up, but now looks to be down again. LinkedIn actually predates the term social network. Largely dismissed in the era of Facebook and Twitter, the site […]
Hi, Yahoo! I still use you for my email because you’re a comfortable old friend. But there’s not much else I want from you. I don’t want Yahoo! search, Yahoo! news, or Yahoo! chat. So, how do you become relevant again? People have moved on from your email service. Gmail is all set with Google, and […]
Hi all! I am just brimming over with ideas for everyone. So, in this new column, I’m going to share them. Let’s start with Google. Google gets slammed a lot by people who don’t trust it. Interestingly, I’ve seen friends post to Facebook about not trusting Google, seemingly unaware that Facebook actually has sold consumer […]
Last year, Toshiba introduced the Excite line at IFA. This year, however, I’m not finding much chatter. The company introduced a personal storage device called the STOR.E CLOUD that looks kind-of sort-of interesting. Is the general consumer really building personal clouds though? This is a device that appeals to me, but I don’t see a […]
A start-up company has recently come out of stealth-mode and its technology is going to change how companies think about cloud-computing. Numecent announced new technology they’re calling cloudpaging. It allows companies to turn software, any software, into a cloud app and rent the apps out for whatever length of time they want. The first step […]
The folks at Jolicloud have put together a front-end desktop consisting of third-party, web-based applications and tools, that can make even your netbook a relevant computer again.
