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They say that once you go Mac, you’ll never go back. I suppose that may not apply to iOS, if Alicia Keys is any indication. Before January ended, she was announced as the new Global Creative Director of Blackberry, in line with the reveal of the Blackberry 10 (BB10). One... Read more
Coming this spring, YouTube will be adding experimental, premium subscription channels which viewers will pay for. The subscription fees will initially range from $1 to $5 a month. YouTube has called on a group of unconfirmed channel producers to create purchasable channels for viewers. For those of you who... Read more
Fleksy Makes Texting Easy
MobileNewsSoftware Reviews February 5, 2013
How many times has your auto-correct failed you while texting? While these mishaps are occasionally humorous, it can also be quite frustrating. If you are someone who is known for sending misspelled text message due to an undesirable auto-correct program, or just large or clumsy fingers, there is now... Read more
The folks who created Witcher are sticking to their task of trying to revolutionize the gaming industry. The Witcher is touted as one of the best role-playing games ever and people still flock to buy it when a new version is launched. The company behind the game, CDProjekt Red... Read more
Microsoft Working on Software That Predicts Catastrophic Events
News February 4, 2013
Can a single piece of software predict catastrophic events? Microsoft believes it may have found a way to complete that very task. The software giant alongside the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is developing a disaster-predicting software platform that predicts future events by analyzing news headlines. The program examines news headlines... Read more
Originally set to release in the spring, Rockstar Games’ new Grand Theft Auto V has announced that they are pushing back the date. September 17th is the new release date to allow more time for development and the perfection of game details. Although many gamers are disappointed by the... Read more
Twitter Attacked By Hackers
NewsPrivacy and SecuritySocial Media February 4, 2013
Social media giant Twitter is the latest victim of an internet security attack. The San Francisco-based company now joins the likes of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, which have also reported breaches of their systems within the last two weeks. ‘Unusual access patterns’ were detected by... Read more
US Software Developer Takes Outsourcing To A Whole New Level
News February 3, 2013
What if you could just go to the office, look at cat videos all day, pay a fraction of your salary to someone else to do your work, and get excellent performance reviews? Although it may sound impractical and even impossible, one anonymous software developer did exactly that. According... Read more
Android and Linux are not known for gaming. Although you can play games through android powered Tablets, but no self respecting gamers would call Angry Birds a ‘real’ game. Ouya, Steam Box, and Nvidia’s Project Shield have therefore been dismissed by some critics, because it is a common perception... Read more
American law enforcement authorities can spy on data stored by EU citizens who choose to use US cloud services – and it is legal for them to do so. Former chief privacy advisor to Microsoft Europe, Caspar Bowden, has highlighted the privacy issue in a Fighting Cyber Crime and... Read more
Forget College – Try Programming Boot Camp
DevelopmentNews February 2, 2013
Filling out college applications can be an intimidating chore, especially when you start adding up the expenses. Just one year at a college or university can run anywhere from $20,000 to $50,000, or even more once you factor in tuition, fees, housing and meals, books and supplies, and don’t... Read more
Google handwrite is a nifty tool that has proven to be extremely helpful to a lot of people ever since it was introduced last summer as a beta. Recently, Google has announced that they have improved the tool making it faster and easier to use. The tool now offers... Read more
Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has captured the hearts of countless animation fans all over the world with its creations such as Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Tales from Earthsea, and Ponyo. Even individuals who are not really into the format easily... Read more
Despite North Korea being one of the world’s most shrouded countries, Google Maps has helped users get that little bit closer to it, by publishing better detailed maps of the area. Thanks to a ‘community of citizen cartographers’ which came together in Google Map Maker, the new and more... Read more
The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner
News February 1, 2013
If you have ever wondered what you should do with all your old film negatives, the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner has an answer for you. The Smartphone Film Scanner is an exciting new product that cleverly blends new media with old, in a way that will please both analog... Read more
India’s Government Developing Wristwatch To Combat Rape
News February 1, 2013
Over the last several weeks several brutal gang-rapes of female bus passengers have been reported in India. To combat those types of attacks in the future the Indian government has commissioned the create of wearable tech that can protect potential victims. At this time authorities believe a simple wearable... Read more
As well as launching a fully re-designed operating platform and two new smartphones, BlackBerry has announced an American superstar as its creative director and has officially changed its company name. Events were held across six cities yesterday to celebrate the new BlackBerry 10 platform and the first two BlackBerry... Read more
How many companies started out with a crazy or unusual idea that most people thought wouldn’t work and then became major success stories? One that easily comes to mind is Facebook. And then there’s Twitter. Or how about a little search engine named Google? While those have become mega... Read more