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One of the top three web browsers has issued an update today, opening up the beta of Mozilla 38.0. This is just another in an ongoing line up of adjustments, tweaks, and bug fixes that has kept FireFox in the forefront of both users” and developers’ minds. What may... Read more
Google Fiber is preparing to launch in several new cities in North Carolina, Georgia and Utah in the next year, something that has shaken the traditional internet service providers to actually compete. It must be an odd feeling for companies like Comcast and Time Warner Cable, who for the... Read more
Amazon decided to launch its next major step in online shopping on April Fools day, surprising and putting everyone in cautious mode. Thankfully, the Dash button is not a joke, but will be an actual product for Prime users. Restocking can be a tiring experience and sometimes people forget... Read more
There are a lot of gadgets out there that made big promises about changing the world, and only a handful of them have followed through. Remember the Segway? Some of the top names in tech declared it the most revolutionary thing since the tablet computer, a device that was... Read more
In 1995, the web browser which we all have known to love (and hate) was born. For all its errors, flaws, bugs and imperfections, Internet Explorer has to be thanked for many innovations that make the current web browsers what they are today. It is with mixed emotions that when... Read more
I love to drink coffee; I may be slightly addicted to the caffeine but that’s another story for another article. I especially love it when it’s cold outside. There’s just something about a nice warm cup of Joe that does more than simply warm you up. Starbucks, of course,... Read more
Have you ever noticed that when you check out a video on YouTube, there are more than the occasional pop-ups, which suddenly appear, wanting you to subscribe to the channel, or maybe look at another video from that channel. In this day and age, pop-ups are not people’s favourite... Read more
In the latter part of 2014, the president of the United States, Barack Obama, made a pledge of approximately $263 million in federal funding for body cameras and police training. The police departments in some cities have taken the initiative seriously and have been thoroughly testing body cameras in... Read more
Google To Offer Wireless Service in the Future
Internet March 5, 2015
During a keynote session at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday of this week, the senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Apps at Google Inc. Sundar Pichai, announced the Internet giant will launch their very own wireless service as an MVNO in the coming months. This... Read more
When Google X first launched, the goal was to work on ideas outside of the typical world of software and services, including things like an air-wind turbine, an artificial human brain and immortality. As these projects became more than the simple engineer ideas, Google started to work on business... Read more
As the father of a beautiful 3-year-old daughter, I have played with my fair share of Barbies. (And let’s not forget her male counterpart, Ken!) And, since Barbie and Ken can’t talk on their own, I’ve made up my fair share of voices so they could have conversations with... Read more
With so much bad news circulating around the internet these days, sometimes it’s just refreshing to read about something good that happened thanks to the internet and social media. We often focus on the bad side of social media, but at the end of the day, a lot of... Read more
It’s inevitable that if you fail badly enough, it will have been caught on a camera somewhere, either by your not-so-best friend or worse a security camera. It is also inevitable that the footage will end up on the Internet for the whole World Wide Web to see. Rather... Read more
If you have ever gone through a load of stock images, you’ll know they often feature real people, doing real things, however they tend to look a little fake and staged (which of course they are!). So art director Matthew Vescovo decided to inject some reality into stock images... Read more
McDonalds is making the news post Super Bowl with the announcement that they’re going to be giving away some free food for those who “Pay with Lovin'”. Just what exactly is “lovin'”? Well, according to McDonald’s, it can range from high-fives to hugs to selfies and beyond. We should’ve... Read more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler has officially declared support for Title II reclassification. It comes after a failed attempt by the commission to create a hybrid net neutrality plan, which neither side found ample. Wheeler has apparently warmed to President Obama’s own pledge to net neutrality,... Read more
There are some pretty good reasons for a kid getting suspended from school these days, such as bullying others, getting into a fight, verbally abusing the teacher(s), breaking rule after rule after rule after repeated warnings, etc. Those reasons, among others, are perfectly acceptable and even somewhat expected causes... Read more
Some people watch the Super Bowl for the football. Some people watch it for the commercials. Heck, some people just watch it for the halftime show. And then, there are those who watch it just to see what famous faces they can spot in the stands. This year, though,... Read more