By Tom Moccia |
With the advancements in mobile technology the last five years, more organizations are looking to implement these solutions and improve their business plans; non-profit organizations are no different. To combat the fact that more consumers have moved to a cashless wallet, implementing credit and debit…
By Tom Moccia |
Over the last five years or so, ever since the economy went south, state and local governments have been looking for ways to cut costs and make ends meet. Virtually everything has been cut: Cops, firefighters, school transportation and pretty much anything else you can…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would appear that the United States government was on a bit of a tear this past week with seizing domain names of sites that traffic in illegal goods. From counterfeit designer items to sites that link to BitTorrent sites, everything was up for grabs…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple has struck another blow for cleaning up its popular App Store: Single radio station apps. Some time back Apple put its foot down when it came to fart apps. While one or two of them were funny, several hundred was just getting to the…
By Tom Moccia |
There is a new kid in town in the Wi-Fi arena with the introduction and implementation of “Wi-Fi Direct”, the latest standard to come from the Wi-Fi Alliance. This new protocol allows certified devices to communicate with each other via wireless technology without needing the…
By Tom Moccia |
So you think your house seems a bit crowded around the holidays? All your Aunts and Uncles that you see once a year crammed around the dinner table, the yelling and screaming of your toddler nephews as you try to watch the football games in…
By Tom Moccia |
Having just had the mid-term elections here in the United States, coupled by the fact that I live in California, I heard a multitude of campaign promises. The mailings and phone calls got so bad that I just avoided the mailbox and stopped answering the…
By Tom Moccia |
I have been on Twitter for just over two years now and I have heard so many people tell me the service is useless and just a waste of time. I have documented numerous times that I use Twitter for many things other than connecting…
By Tom Moccia |
Virgin Mobile has been jockeying their pre-paid, no contract personal hotspot service fees for a few months now in an effort to gain market share. The Virgin Mobile MiFi 2200 varies in retail price from a low of $88 to a high of about $199,…
By Tom Moccia |
For years I have dismissed Netflix as a service for movie buffs, and since I have never really considered myself one, I haven’t been using the service. My Apple TV has opened my eyes, and now I watch a plethora of entertainment from television shows,…
By Sean P. Aune |
Getting yourself into debt is a stressful situation to begin with, and it is one that people usually like to hide from their friends and family. No one wants other people to know that they have gotten themselves into this situation. Unfortunately, in this interconnected…
By Tom Moccia |
It has been my contention over the last few years that the United States is extremely far behind in implementing virtual wallets. What I mean by this is the ability to purchase things with a simple swipe of your cell phone, and the amount purchased…
By Winston Sih |
Earlier in the week, I went down to The Globe and Mail Newsroom in Toronto (CTVglobemedia) to join a panel debate on Internet privacy and its relation/translation on teenagers. Panelists include social-media expert Amber MacArthur, as well as founder of Kidproof, Samantha Wilson. Various topics…
By Tom Moccia |
This is not going to be a very surprising article with the ever increasing popularity of smart phones, and experts all but predicted the trend of increased wireless data usage, but I think you will find the numbers simply staggering. Frankly, they are somewhat hard…
By Tom Moccia |
I don’t know how much you travel, and I must say I don’t do so extensively, but I do take two or three cross continental trips a year. There are a few things that really get under my skin while flying: delays, middle seats, pseudo…
By Tom Moccia |
Major appliances such as stoves, washers, dryers and refrigerators have been sporting the familiar yellow energy guide stickers for quite some time now. These Energy Guide labels inform consumers on how much the “Estimated Yearly Energy Cost” is of the appliance in question, as well…
By Tom Moccia |
Technology implementation has moved at a staggering rate over the last few years, and as I continue to read articles about this new technology and that new technology I can’t help but wonder why USB 3 has been so slow at widespread adoption. This became…
By Tom Moccia |
When the Apple App Store launched, what seems like forever ago, many developers scrambled to create the most useful application which they could sell and make a boatload of money. One of the major considerations in marketing apps is setting a price point that will…
By Tom Moccia |
In the United States we take our technology very seriously, but our privacy not so much unless you are talking about financial statements. We are obsessed with checking out pictures of businesses and our homes on Google Earth and Street View. I have even had…
By Tom Moccia |
So you sit there and think social media has gotten pretty stale: same old tweets, garbage posts on Facebook, and we all know Digg has its own problems. You have a great idea but no cash to invest and none of your favorite uncles wants…
By Tom Moccia |
The white pages has been a staple for almost as long as the telephone has been around, and frankly played an important role in some of our lives growing up. When we got in trouble in school, writing and reading the phone book was a…
By Tom Moccia |
Now I have been out of the dating scene for quite a while, having recently celebrated my ten year wedding anniversary and trying to keep up with an eight year old and a toddler. That being said, I remember some crazy party nights during college…
By Tom Moccia |
The legal paperwork continues to fly and keeps our lawyer friends in business this week as Apple is suing Motorola for infringing on patents related to multitouch, as well as other technologies that are incorporated in their smartphone offerings(read the entire lawsuit details here). This…
By Tom Moccia |
When other editors and I here at Techno Buffalo discussed how relevant the extension of music previews in the iTunes Store we all kind of said, “ehh”. After some careful consideration, and really thinking about what this preview extension means, I have come to realize…
