Free apps drain smartphone energy on ‘advertising modules’. Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user’s geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ads. Continue reading
Imagine being able to walk next to and talk with the person who just called you on your mobile phone without them actually being there. Sound like science fiction? If technology companies are to be believed the next possible steps in our phone technology are three-dimensional! Continue reading
Cloud computing is still not completely understood and it looks like Windows 8 will be the first to take it truly into the mainstream. Continue reading
The availability and speed at which we can get almost anything in the modern world is amazing, but it comes with dramatic overreactions to small failures every day. This article will consider five of the most common modern day overreactions and will provide some simple solutions to prevent their doom. Continue reading
Digital marketing is forever evolving so budgets need to be loose to fit shifts. This article considers 7 possible online trends for 2012. Continue reading
An African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village, showing another example of how social media has evolved beyond wired metropolises to reach even the most previously unconnected corners of the globe. Continue reading
Did you know that Milan is one of the most polluted cities in Italy? Apparently urban sprawl and increased emissions are major causes for slumping air quality in the international fashion capital. So Italian architect Stefano Boeri has formulated an unusual plan to give the city back what it’s lacking: namely, some greenery. Continue reading
Google has “shipped the Google part” of Google+, and everything went better than expected. Today, Google launches Personal Results, Profiles in Search, and People and Pages, new features of its core search product that mark the real beginning of Google’s social search era. Continue reading
The year 2011 brought many changes to the tech industry. Such tech trends as group buying, geolocation apps, or tablets revolutionized the whole industry. Other major tech trends include cloud computing and cloud based productivity apps, online video in enterprise, … Continue reading
The Galaxy Nexus is a wonderful phone. But what makes it great — namely, that 4.65-inch Super AMOLED Plus display — also means the battery doesn’t last long. Now there’s an answer. Samsung just launched an extended battery pack and cover bundle specifically for the Galaxy Nexus. Continue reading
