Rumors are circulating that possibly by the end of this month, News Corp., which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, could be launching a new application solely for Apple’s iPad called Daily. If true, which it looks like it is, welcome to news consumption in the 21st century. Apparently Mr. Murdoch has been taken with the iPad, and studies show that users are far more immersed in their media...
With or without the economic climate as it is, most of us want to keep track of our personal finances, and with more obligations occupying our time we are organizing these on the go. I have been using a number of applications that help me keep track of my finances, bills that need to be paid, expense reports and investments, so let’s take a look at the best of the bunch. Account-...
Halloween has come and gone, and although the weather hasn’t turned to wet winter days here in Northern California, there is no doubt the holiday season is upon us. In a few mere weeks the country’s retailers will know if they made money or lost money as Black Friday is just around the corner. Now I love the fact that retail teases us with great deals if for no other reason than to get...
If there haven’t been enough problems with security concerns in our life here is another one that may have an affect on a large number of people. The Wall Street Journal reported that a hacker could access your PayPal account if you connect over an open Wi-Fi network, but connecting over a cellular data connection does not put your account details in jeopardy. Apparently the...
Believe it or not election night is upon those of us here in the United States, and although it seemed the political commercials, mailings and phone calls would never end, it will all be over in about 36 hours. With all the time you have invested in researching propositions, and making yourself knowledgeable about the candidates and issues important to you, it would be a shame to miss...
Mobile banking has come a long way in the last three years, and the introduction of the iPhone and other popular Android devices have done a lot to move financial institutions to adopt a more feature rich application set. Finance has come a long way from the simple, archaic, ability to request you balance from your banking institution via text messages: We can now see all our...
So, I’ve had some time to digest the announcements made by Apple at their “Back to Mac” event, and although there weren’t a ton of surprises, one announcement in particular intrigues me. The Mac App Store will be launching in about 90 days and has already proven to raise some emotional responses. Some of the reactions I have heard are: “stupid”, “will fail”, “too many other places to...
It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since the release of Windows 7, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence Apple announced their new operating system OSX Lion around the time of the Birthday party. Being in the IT industry these two events really got me thinking about the adoption rate, or lack thereof, of new operating systems after their public release (not counting the Beta...
The folks over at popular mobile communication app Nimbuzz got a rude awakening this morning when they found out that Skype wants them to turn off all connections to its service as of Sunday, Oct. 31st. Of course what is now following this is a war of words over what the real reason is, but it seems that no matter who says what, the result will be the same. >With a registered base...
Earlier this week Apple held their “Back to Mac” event and released some groundbreaking technologies. A new iLife ’11 suite that utilizes more screen real estate, an App Store for Mac applications, Lion OSX and FaceTime Beta for Mac amongst others. Many people throughout the past few days have asked me what announcement I am most excited about, and I must say that at this point,...