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Best Multimedia Streaming Boxes
InternetSoftware Reviews October 22, 2012
The best multimedia streaming boxes allow users to watch their favorite shows from popular services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime, playback recorded DVR shows and in some cases even stream your mobile devices photos, videos and music directly to their boxes. Slingbox 500 – Stream Your... Read more
Twitter’s Fiction Festival!
Internet October 22, 2012
What do you use Twitter for? For some people – no, a lot of people it seems – Twitter is a venue to promote themselves or their business. For others, Twitter is a way of holding a conversation with themselves, with or without the hopes of having other people chime... Read more
Always diligent about updating and improving on their software, Mozilla released Firefox 16 last week. However, within 24 hours of the initial browser release, the company pulled the new version offline after discovering a potentially harmful security flaw. Mozilla’s spokesperson informed the public that the issue is being fixed... Read more
This Week’s Top 5 Trending Videos
Internet October 19, 2012
While last week’s trending videos focused on the Presidential Debate, this week there is more variety to the selection. This week’s list features what is possibly the highest jump ever made by a man along with Brad Pitt’s latest endorsement and a top 10 list. Read on to find... Read more
Facebook Promoted Posts Scheme
Internet October 18, 2012
Facebook launches the test of the promoted posts option and the user majority doesn’t seem interested. Always free to use, Facebook still finds a way to bring in the big bucks with paid ads and other promotions. This past week, Facebook launched an option for promoted posts. Users can pay... Read more
Lenovo Replaces HP as PC Market Leader
Internet October 17, 2012
It’s not official yet but reports indicate that Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo has replaced HP at the top of the PC market. According to research firm Gartner, Lenovo has outsold HP in the third quarter of this year which has contributed to its ascent to the top. The two... Read more
This generation is one that is used to having everything served up in an instant. Forget emotional intelligence. What can be acquired now will be received with impatience. This is not the generation that seems to have YOLO as its mantra for nothing! And speaking of living, many people’s lives... Read more
2012 was the year of the patent wars. Apple won $1.1 billion, Research In Motion was accused and found guilty of violating a patent for the type of technology that made it billions of dollars and Google paid $12.5 billion to purchase a company that it would later use... Read more
It has been an eventful last few days for Samsung. They lost a landmark patent lawsuit against Apple, receiving a penalty of $1 billion in the process. While the final verdict on that case is still some time off as they challenge the original ruling, Samsung has been enjoying... Read more
Kickstarter Opens Up To The UK
Internet October 15, 2012
Creative and entrepreneurial Brits have something more than spooky and freaky costumes to look forward to come October 31, for on that day, the world’s favourite crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, is finally opening up to projects based in the UK. The news was actually announced earlier this year in July,... Read more
Facebook Hits 1 Billion Users
Internet October 12, 2012
A billion users are way, way cooler than a million. The world’s population hit eight billion recently so it should come as no surprise that Facebook now has one billion active users. That means 12.5% of the world’s population is on Facebook and uses it at least once a... Read more
Take a Field Trip with Google Field Trip
InternetSoftware Reviews October 11, 2012
While Apple struggles to cope up with the shortcomings of the Maps application in iPhone 5, Google has gone ahead and unveiled an app to rival it. The Google Field Trip is available for Android users around the world and is a more comprehensive version of Google Maps. There... Read more
Best Gadgets Of 2012
InternetSoftware Reviews October 11, 2012
As the holiday shopping season nears the tech lovers in your life are probably salivating over all of the amazing electronic toys that have went on sale this year. If you’re hopelessly lost when it comes to finding the best gadgets of 2012 for your loved ones we have... Read more
Is The Web Killing International Languages?
Internet October 10, 2012
It has been estimated that there are over 7,000 languages spoken throughout the world, but by 2100 that number is expected to decrease by 90 percent. This phenomenon known as “language death” is growing fast and it is a lot more important than you might think. Language death essentially... Read more
From a classic American photography company on the brink of extinction to a mobile mapping system that can barely map a users requests the biggest tech turkeys of 2012 have angered customers and investors while leaving the future of at least one cell phone manufacturer hanging in the balance.... Read more
Free iPhoto Alternatives
InternetNewsSoftware Reviews October 9, 2012
At the outset, let me say that I am totally happy with iPhoto. It is compatible with practically any digital camera, and you simply have to plug and play. It organizes photos and videos without any complications. You can resize and edit photos without requiring expert knowledge. That does... Read more
This Week’s Top 5 Trending Videos
Internet October 8, 2012
With millions of videos going viral every week, it is quite difficult to pick the top 5 trending videos. Well, this week the job was made much easier by the Presidential Debate, the first in a series of three between candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. The cyber world... Read more
Facebook Gifts
InternetSoftware Reviews October 8, 2012
Do you typically forget friends and family members birthdays? To your horror, you login on Facebook to see everyone wishing them a “Happy Birthday” and you are without a gift. That is, until Facebook released its latest feature: Facebook Gifts. Facebook has started offering its new “gift-giving” app to... Read more