By Jon Rettinger |
It’s the 4th of July today, and an extremely slow news day, and when Buffalo’s get bored, fun things happen. Late last week, Noah and I were together for some strategy sessions and decided to film his ‘Rumor Roundup‘ video together. Our own Jon Q…
By Winston Sih |
The summer is well underway, and whether you’re headed to a foreign destination, or simply heading to the cottage, these applications are must downloads for you lifestyle-app lovers out there! Road GPS Navigation – NavFree Live GPS USA/Canada – FREE – iTunes App Store NavFree…
By Sean P. Aune |
TechnoBuffalo is bringing you another contest, and this time two (2) lucky winners will each receive a Samsung BD-D5300 player or the cash equivalent. Today is your last chance to get your entries in for our Samsung BD-D5300 giveaway! All you need to do is go leave…
By Adriana Lee |
Hope everyone in Buffalo-land has a happy, healthy Fourth of July holiday! While I won’t get to enjoy the pyrotechnics tonight, at least I did get to indulge some other tech-tastic benefits this weekend. Check it out: I went away to what some may call…
By Emily Price |
We’ve had the HP TouchPad for a few days now at TB HQ, and today Jon checked out the web browser on the tablet. The TouchPad is flash-capable (unlike another popular tablet on the market), and he gave it a spin on traditional YouTube and…
By Jack McGrath |
How do you develop apps for iOS? It’s a common question that many computer enthusiasts ask, and one we here at TechnoBuffalo hope to answer with this series of posts. Learning how to develop software can be one of the most intimidating prospects for the average computer user,…
By Emily Price |
There’s no denying that texting has become a popular way for people to communicate -particularly teenagers.. But has texting taken over as teen’s primary form of communication? Lab 42 recently polled 500 people between the age of 13 and 21 to see how they choose…
By Jack McGrath |
Microsoft has made the decision to fuse its two online gaming portals and house them under one intuitive roof, Xbox.com. The news broke when a statement appeared on the Games for Windows homepage, explaining that the move is being implemented to consolidate the studio’s gaming…
By Emily Price |
Could the Droid Bionic finally be on its way to the US? A Motorola handset with EVDO and LTE 700MHz radios, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, and an inductive charging battery cover just cleared the FCC. The user manual and photos of the device in the FCC…
By Emily Price |
Apple’s iTunes Festival is back again this summer in London. If you can’t make the full 31 nights of shows in person, then you catch all the tunes live on any iOS device for free. From the app page in the iTunes store: This July,…
By Adriana Lee |
On Tuesday, AntiSec, the hacker cooperative of Anonymous and former LulzSec members, took credit for attacking Universal and Viacom, releasing personal data, such as passwords from the Universal Music Website, and confidential Viacom information. This got me thinking — is there any real way for…
By Emily Price |
Chromebooks are hitting the friendly skies this summer on select Virgin America flights. The computers will be available for passengers to try out at select airport gates from July 1- September 30, and will be available for passengers to take with them on select flights,…
By Emily Price |
If you’ve been thinking about trading in your old e-reader for a new Nook or Nook Color, then Barnes & Noble is making it a little more attractive for you to do so. The company is now offering 30 free e-books to any customer who…
By Emily Price |
In a new wrinkle in the ongoing battle between Apple and Samsung, Apple has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction with the US District Court for the Northern District of California for four Samsung devices: the Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and…
By Emily Price |
Rumor has it Facebook’s “something awesome” its launching next week will be Skype-powered video chat. The service is set to be officially announced at a press event next Wednesday; however, details about the service have started to surface on the web from a few inside…
By Damon Brown |
Remember mobile-only websites? They were those ugly, virtually text-only versions of your favorite site shrunk down and dummified to work on your no-resolution, no-bandwidth phone. Those were the days. And, as Bill Cosby once opined, “We were grateful.” Luckily that period of time is behind…
By Noah Kravitz |
My personal Top 5 Phones list was one thing. I have my reasons, I tried to make them clear. But this is different. As with our Top 5 AT&T Phones and Top 5 Verizon Phones lists, this one is all about you. What are the…
By Adriana Lee |
The Google news and rumors just keep on coming today, but this one’s a little different. The search giant and Android creator is at the center of a major federal probe — which certainly isn’t a first for a major tech company. What’s different about…
By Sean P. Aune |
Noah Kravitz happened to be in the same neck of the woods as Jon Rettinger when it came time to film this week’s edition of Rumor Roundup, so why shouldn’t they both jump in front of the camera? This Week: Will webOS be licensed to…
By Adriana Lee |
Rich people are not like the rest of us. Actually, tech geeks aren’t really like everyone else either, but at least we know that slapping some diamonds and lizard skin on a mid-tier mobile device doesn’t make it droolworthy. Had Tag Heuer’s latest handset, the…
By Joey Davidson |
The social gaming giant, Zynga, is officially filing for an IPO. That means Initial Public Offering, or, more colloquially, Zynga is going public with its stock. The thing about filing for IPO is that all of the financial data becomes open and eligible for public perusal. The company…
By Sean P. Aune |
At the rate Droid 3 details are leaking out, there isn’t going to be anything left to surprise us one Motorola finally gives its official announcement. We’ve already seen the Droid 3 keyboard, and the phone as a whole has been caught on video, but…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that talks are advancing in the potential sale of Hulu, and the companies circling the prize are surely not small by any measure. News came last week that surprised the tech world that Hulu was putting itself up for sale. Despite the fact…
By Joey Davidson |
There’s something nice about being a part of a clean, silent social network. As one of the folks that managed to get into the Google+ beta, I can safely say that I love the fact that I haven’t been chided to help in a barn…
