Adriana is the resident writer-slash-culture vulture who has written about everything from smartphones, tablets, apps, accessories, and small biz technology to cooking, fashion, pop culture, newsmakers and the arts. She has appeared on Fox Business News, and her work has been published in Time Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and others. All of this gives her a unique view on her passions, technology and modern lifestyle. You can find her where the two intersect, at TechnoBuffalo, or follow her on Twitter at @Adra_La
By Adriana Lee |
Ever had a virus infect your Windows computer? If you thought that headache and irritation over your home computer was bad, imagine how the astronauts on the International Space Station felt when a Russian cosmonaut brought in an infected laptop in 2008. The computer carried…
By Adriana Lee |
Technology can be a bizarre thing. Sometimes, we accidentally delete something and feel crestfallen that we can’t get it back. (That is one of the many, many reasons to back that sucker up regularly.) But other times, the things we believe to be gone just…
By Adriana Lee |
Tech users may be more blasé than ever about privacy matters and tracking features, but even the most indifferent might feel ill at ease if they lived in India. The country, which is responsible for much of the talent that has become modern technology’s lifeblood,…
By Adriana Lee |
Jennie Lamere was the only female to present a completed project at a national coding competition in Boston. At just 17-years-old, she’s a lone tech-head at her all-girls school and wound up being the only participant in the TVnext Hack event to work alone. But…
By Adriana Lee |
Ever wonder what the tech landscape might look like if companies could pursue application development without pesky patents getting in the way? Well, we may not have to wonder anymore, merely look to New Zealand as an example, since it just passed a bill giving…
By Adriana Lee |
If you can’t wait until Star Trek Into the Darkness comes out on May 16, here’s your taste of Spocktastic action, courtesy of Audi. There is so much awesome in the car company’s newest promo that one Spock cannot possibly contain it. No, Audi gave…
By Adriana Lee |
Rocking a pair of pricey earbuds? Well, there’s no shame in being excited, but don’t celebrate by cranking that sound up. You could bust the delicate circuitry in that noggin of yours. Studies show that young people ages 11 to 19 are increasingly experiencing some…
By Adriana Lee |
San Francisco’s City Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to revoke an extremely controversial statute — the first of its kind in the U.S. — that would have mandated health warnings to customers for mobile phones. Specifically, the law would have required retailers to inform…
By Adriana Lee |
You thought you were a geek’s geek. You can spout the latest mobile specs off the top of your head, know exactly how an four-core or eight-core chip would impact the user experience, and can tell the difference between a 720p and 1080p display blindfolded.…
By Adriana Lee |
Friends may stop friends from driving drunk, but apparently they’re also stopping them from driving distracted. A new teen driver survey conducted for tire company Bridgestone Americas suggests that peer pressure could be effective in discouraging teens from texting behind the wheel. Ninety-five percent of…
By Adriana Lee |
Will it blend? Probably — what doesn’t? — but even more importantly is that, when the circuits meet the pavement, the Samsung Galaxy S4 breaks. As if to corroborate the results from TechSmartt’s S4 vs. iPhone 5 drop tests, in comes warranty provider SquareTrade with its…
By Adriana Lee |
Not to knock that macaroni portrait from third grade, but isn’t it time Mom got something she can actually use? Well, our chance to thrill her is coming up once again. Mother’s Day will be here in just under two weeks. While that’s enough time…
By Adriana Lee |
Irony, thy name is Google Now. Mountain View’s answer to Siri has been gracing Jelly Bean devices since last year, and today, the iOS app for Google Now has entered the stadium. Some say it’s as good as Siri, others say it’s even better. But…
By Adriana Lee |
Instagram caused quite a stink when it updated its Terms of Service. Users, fearing that their uploaded images could be used for advertising without permission, spoke out against the new ToS, forcing the company to reverse the terminology to mitigate the P.R. nightmare. And yet,…
By Adriana Lee |
Seems like the Syrian Electronic Army is having a busy year. After claiming credit for hacking the Twitter account of the Associated Press and sending out a fake news tweet that The White House had been bombed — it wasn’t — they’re at it again, this time attacking…
By Adriana Lee |
Who doesn’t know the horrifying, nerve-jangling experience of losing a mobile device? If it hasn’t yet happened to you, then count your lucky stars. First panic sets in, then shock, usually followed by the stomach-gnawing sensation of utter desperation. And that’s just your run-of-the-mill scenario. Imagine…
By Adriana Lee |
There is no doubt that Android numbers are the ones to beat in the U.S. Google’s mobile platform accounts for more than half of all smartphone sales here, with 51.2 percent marketshare. A year ago, it was 45.4 percent. That’s not a massive surge, but…
By Adriana Lee |
After only a few days since the developer edition of Google Glass landed, the wearable tech has already been hacked. And the one responsible for cracking that Glass? None other than “Saurik,” aka Jay Freeman, the Android and iOS developer perhaps best known for creating…
By Adriana Lee |
One of the coolest things about gaming consoles is their secondary utility as streaming boxes. And let’s face it — for some people, this is actually the primary reason they pick up an XBOX or PS3, isn’t it? Well, with that in mind, here’s a…
By Adriana Lee |
Microsoft wants Android users, and it wants them bad. And so, hoping they defect to Windows Phone, the company will be appealing to them directly where they live — on an Android device. Toward that end, the company will be launching an Android app called “Switch…
By Adriana Lee |
Want to know what’s going on at your company? The best way may be to hit up Twitter, because when pink slips go down, former employees always seem to turn up there. In this case, it was AOL that was doing the axing. And this…
By Adriana Lee |
So what will you be able to do with Google Glass, other than shoot pics and vids hands-free? Well, The New York Times is hoping you’ll read headlines on the go with merely a tilt of your head. The news organization released its Glass-ready app…
By Adriana Lee |
Yahoo Chairman and board member Fred Amoroso has resigned from the company. According to a statement from Amoroso, who was appointed to the role last May, his stint as chairman was only intended to last one year. And so, almost to the day, he is…
By Adriana Lee |
Promoting its new super-cheap Los Angeles to Las Vegas direct route, Virgin America has debuted “Seat-to-Seat Delivery,” a feature that lets travelers send unsolicited drinks or food using the in-flight seatback system. Airline President Sir Richard Branson can’t help but get a little cheeky in…
