There have been multiple online music services launched in the last few years, like Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, MOG, Google Music, and Amazon Cloud. All of these services follow one of two business models – online music storage or music subscription. For online music storage, the service in question allows users to store their previously purchased [...]
The rumors of Apple buying the German television manufacturer Loewe have been debunked, but the company still has a lot to talk about. Since 1923 Loewe has been creating beautiful, minimalistic televisions that look and sound incredible. They also push television technology; in 1998 they introduced the first internet-connected TV and the first flat-screen TV. [...]
Audio formats are constantly changing. As storage becomes cheaper, computers get faster, and audio and video components become more featured, new standards get released to work best with the latest technology. It can be overwhelming to try and keep up with it, so here’s a timeline and basic explanation of Dolby surround sound formats. It’s [...]
This summer, Apple will release the updated version of their desktop operating system, OS X (10.8) Mountain Lion. Up until now, OS X was very much apart from iOS which is the mobile operating system carried by iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. However, we’re starting to see some features mixing the two together in [...]
Now that the new iPad is out, my wife would really like to give all those old iPads to Orangutans. Wait… did that sound weird? Let me back up. My wife works with the nonprofit Orangutan Outreach. Sometimes our worlds collide, and technology and animal conservation get together and make for an interesting story. The organization [...]
Last month Google released a concept video from its Project Glass department that’s garnered a lot of hype, and skepticism: Augmented Reality Glasses. The idea of glasses that allow the wearer to see an interactive computer has long been a fantasy of the tech-obsessed; think any first-person shooter game created in the past 20+ years. [...]
There has been a push in the last few years to get affordable computers in the hands of children in developing countries, or schools with very little resources. One example is the One Laptop per Child project based in Miami, which has shipped over 2.4 million laptops since it launched. Another recent project which aims [...]
Tablets are awesome! I’m reminded of the Ebay commercial where a less than hip employee gets ridiculed by his co-workers for bringing a notepad to a meeting full of Tablets and iPads. He quickly hits up Ebay.com on his smartphone to purchase one. However, sometimes I fail to see the added practicality of a device that [...]
Today’s cellphones are nothing like the ones we owned 10 years ago; they not only do the minimal phone call and text message, they also have a plethora of features like location awareness, live email, apps in various categories, and web browsing. The availability of all these features have greatly improved the efficiency of [...]
Pebble is a watch… a smart watch… that syncs with your smartphone. It’s also one of the most innovative smartphone accessories yet. Created by Allerta it utilizes e-paper to create a digital watch that’s easy to read even in bright sunlight. It’s the first smartwatch that’s compatible with iOS and Android. The 1.26” screen has [...]
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