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Android Users Now Dominate Instagram
MobileNewsSocial Media April 12, 2013
A little more than a year ago, Instagram was released for Android. Prior to that release, the photo app was the sole domain of filter-happy iPhone users. I could be wrong, but I think that many an iOS hipster was not happy that the audience base for Instagram suddenly... Read more
Anticipating the Horror of Dead Space 3
News April 12, 2013
Visceral Games is prepared to scare, with its latest creation, and the most anticipated horror game of this year, Dead Space 3. This will be the company’s third installment in this series, and Visceral understands that keeping fans enthralled comes with its challenges. What’s in store for Dead Space... Read more
Spanish Group Accuses Microsoft of ‘Locking Out Linux’
News April 12, 2013
It looks like Microsoft just can’t get a break with their new Windows 8 release. The highly publicized Windows 8 was received with much enthusiasm but consumers were soon disappointed with its usability. Though promising much, this version incorporated many changes which raised many public cries of outrage. Although... Read more
The world of console gaming is eagerly awaiting the release of Microsoft’s next generation Xbox, expected to be announced next month. But the latest reports are likely to make the waiting even harder: the Xbox 360 successor may feature a stronger integration with your TV and cable box. Xbox... Read more
Downgrade Windows 8 to Windows 7 for Free
News April 11, 2013
With the widely hyped and much publicized Windows 8 not living up to its potential, consumers like you don’t have to be stuck with something which you hate. Although after upgrading, many people often think the best option is to stick with what they got until they get used... Read more
Trax GPS Tracker: Children and Pets Will Never Be Lost Again
News April 11, 2013
Are you worried that your dog could get lost? Would you like to make sure that your kids got to school safely or are where they said they’d be? With the innovative GPS tracker called Trax you don’t have to worry about any of these things anymore. Smallest GPS... Read more
Twitter Founders Launch Medium
NewsSocial Media April 11, 2013
Twitter co founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have launched a joint publishing application called Medium, which allows multiple people to submit photos and text to Pinterest-style content hubs. It has been launched, ironically enough, by the San Francisco based The Obvious Corporation founded by Williams and Stone. How... Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 To Launch April 11 For $399
News April 10, 2013
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is heading stateside and it will arrive on April 11. Samsung showed off the international version of the 8-inch tablet during February’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. At the time of its big reveal Samsung had not tagged the tablet with a... Read more
Robotic Valet: The Future of Parking
News April 10, 2013
These days robots are a lot more than just interesting characters in a science fiction film. Current models able to perform numerous tasks such as serving as cooks and waiters in a restaurant, and even vacuum and wash windows. Boomerang, a New Jersey startup, takes this robotic technology to... Read more
Samsung and Mozilla are not exactly a pair that comes to mind immediately, but they have come together for a new project. Something that will, in all likelihood, only fuel the browser wars. Early this month, Mozilla made an announcement that serves to support their mission to advance the... Read more
Cloud Linux Growing In Popularity Among Enterprises
News April 10, 2013
Microsoft has been the darling of the corporate world when it comes to cloud computing. However, Linux has gained a definite edge over the past couple of years and is on its way to becoming a major competitor for Microsoft in the enterprise market. In a recent report, the... Read more
Microsoft’s plans to say goodbye to the Windows Live Messenger and simultaneously switch users to Skype have taken root very slowly with many users still being unwilling to upgrade and say good bye to the dearly beloved yet often abused Windows Live Messenger. The decision to switch to Skype... Read more
Washington D.C.’s Children’s National Medical Center began using video games to help treat pain in young patients last week. These specially designed video games combine Microsoft’s Kinect technology with game activities that assists the child’s physical therapy while keeping their mind off the pain. The games also help doctors... Read more
What Does Windows Blue Mean for Windows PCs?
News April 9, 2013
The hype and rumors surrounding Windows Blue have reached fever pitch. It is fast becoming a hot topic of discussion among Microsoft’s fans and critics alike. The funny thing is that not much is known about the Windows Blue so far. The speculation is more or less based entirely... Read more
When big companies launch into the horse race of attracting the public audience, the users of their products either benefit through amazing deals and products that provide stellar services or they can be caught in-between and feel the squeeze as the consumers of Microsoft and Google are feeling these... Read more
With the sales of the desktop PC already sloping down in a gentle decline, market analysts turn to look at the usurpers responsible for the second nail in the desktop PC’s coffin. First, it was the laptops and the netbooks which caused the desktop to valiantly cling to the... Read more
Email has been for long the Achilles heel for Linux. The open source operating system has been growing in leaps and bounds, with new distributions being released from time to time. However, it has not been able to offer the kind of email experience people have become accustomed to... Read more
A Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 201303
News April 6, 2013
The Debian Edition 201303 is one more in a long line of Linux Mint distributions being released this year. Like all previous Linux Mint distributions, this one also comes with a range of tools you can use to install Mint. From menus to installer to updater, the tools are... Read more