By Todd Haselton |
AT&T, the New York City MTA and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and ChallengePost are all hosting a hackathon this weekend in which hundreds of coders will show up with one task: to help better the transit applications available to MTA’s 8.5 million…
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 |
Thanks to an erroneous tweet from the Associated Press Twitter account, @AP, people far and wide were panicked over an alleged bombing at The White House and the supposed injury of President Barack Obama. It only took a moment to set things straight and reveal…
By Joey Davidson |
Growing up, the gaming department here at TechnoBuffalo played a lot of video games. We enjoyed the big, massive titles that we’ve all played six and seven times over. But, we’re also major nerds. That nerd factor drove us to seek out some weird stuff…
By Joey Davidson |
I remember when I was a child, and my biggest thrill was going to the local supermarket to rent a video game for my NES. Without the internet or even access to magazines at the time, I had no idea if I would be picking…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC has been in a tough spot in the U.S. market. To this day I can show friends a new HTC device and the response is almost always “who is that?” It’s not a good place to be in, especially for a manufacturer that makes…
By Adriana Lee |
So what are Bitcoins? If you’re like most people, you’ve probably bought something online. And chances are, you used PayPal, a credit card or some other means (like maybe a gift card or house credit). What most people don’t do is pay for the transaction…
By Adriana Lee |
T-Mobile may be America’s No. 4 major carrier, but it has some ardent fans out there. And it probably gained more today, now that it has unveiled its new handsets and “UNcarrier” plans. After years of waiting, the company is finally officially getting the iPhone.…
By Brandon Russell |
Right as smartphones are getting bigger and faster, we’re somehow bored and want something new, not iterations of the last thing and the thing before that. Suddenly, wearable tech is the newest trend—people aren’t happy to be regular humans; they want electronic attachments that take…
By Adriana Lee |
Cubicles? Who needs a cube when the big, wide open world is your office? Marissa Mayer notwithstanding, it is clear that more companies have embraced telecommuting and remote offices over recent years. The time was ripe for it: Enterprise adoption of tablets and ultrabooks has been…
By Joey Davidson |
While we’re all getting pumped up about the PlayStation 4 and whatever Microsoft’s bringing out soon, I’d like to take a few minutes to dull the blade of hype and suggest that buying consoles at launch isn’t so awesome. I’ve got three key reasons that…
By Adriana Lee |
You don’t do things the ordinary way. You may rock an early adopter/cutting-edge/outlier device. Or you might beta-test features that would intimidate other users. Or perhaps even hack or tweak your own hardware or software. So then why, for Valentine’s Day, would you go with…
By Roy Choi |
We’re curious to see what our readers are carrying in their pockets these days. Did you get a fancy new smartphone over the holidays? I personally like to have two phones with me at all times, which, at the moment, happens to be an iPhone…
By Todd Haselton |
We’re just about a month away from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where we’re expecting a bunch of news. What’s around the bend from Samsung? We recently stumbled upon a product portfolio that contains the firm’s first half 2013 products, including new devices such as…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’ve been watching the news, then you know that there has been an unbelievable rise in influenza cases recently. Maybe that’s to be expected during flu season, but when a virus kills dozens of people, including children, and overflows emergency rooms at hospitals across…
By Aaron Baker |
The HTC Butterfly is essentially the international version of the DROID DNA on Verizon Wireless. It will work on AT&T’s HSPA+ network in the United States, although it doesn’t support AT&T’s 4G LTE bands. Our buddies at Negri Electronics swung by our offices at CES 2013 and…
By Todd Haselton |
I’m ready to buy a BlackBerry 10 device. Why? Because yesterday we had a chance to meet with Research In Motion and check out a still unfinished build of the operating system. I already explained a lot about why I’m excited in yesterday’s article, but to…
By Sean P. Aune |
Gorilla Glass is pretty much an industry standard for mobile devices, and while the previous generations have been great, Gorilla Glass 3 promises to be three times more scratch-resistant than its predecessor. We know the pains of a busted screen and how that seriously inhibits…
By Aaron Baker |
CES 2013 is sure to be a haven for all things technology; from connected refrigerators to tablets to smartphones, Las Vegas will be brimming with cool new gadgets. Today, our focus is on smartphones, and in particular, three rumored devices that we could see next…
By Todd Haselton |
Canonical, the parent company that oversees the Ubuntu operating system, announced on Wednesday that it has plans to deploy smartphones that are powered by Ubuntu this year. That’s amazing news for consumers, especially if you’re like us and appreciate choice in the marketplace. But what…
By Adriana Lee |
There is no doubt that electronics is the season’s hottest gift category. But there’s more to giving a gadget than just clicking “buy” on the first device you see. A gadget gift, just like any other gift, goes over best when there’s thoughtfulness and consideration…
By Brandon Russell |
Google Maps for iOS is out, free, beautiful, and comes with turn-by-turn directions. This is the day a lot of people have been waiting for ever since Apple abandoned Google’s beloved service in iOS 6. What a turn of events, particularly considering Google’s app includes…
By Jon Rettinger |
All of us here at TechnoBuffalo are thrilled to throw open the doors to our readers on the next step in the evolution of TechnoBuffalo. Welcome to TechnoBuffalo 3.0! TechnoBuffalo has gone through two major stages since its launch in 2009: the initial design which…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s iPhone 5S will break a new mold in Apple’s smartphone lineup, sporting an array of different colors (similar to its new iPod touch) and a new “super HD camera/screen.” According to Peter Misek, Jefferies & Company analyst, Apple isn’t looking to merely introduce a…
