Category: Tech
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The Cultural Significance of Fireworks
Around the World Fireworks, with their vibrant bursts of color and sound, are more than just visual spectacles—they hold deep cultural significance in various traditions around the globe. Each region imbues these explosive displays with unique meanings and practices, reflecting their cultural values and historical experiences. China: The birthplace of fireworks, China incorporates them into…
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TGWS: BlackBerry Z10 Launches in the UK First
From our Sister Site: >However, for some reason our beloved Canadian company decided to launch the device in the United Kingdom, 5 days earlier than the employees on the campus where it was built can get it. Thanks Thornsten for another Great White Shaft. via [The Great White Shaft: BlackBerry Z10 Launches in the UK…
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My backup ate my password (or did it?)
Imagine the situation, I’m hurtling down the highway and I’m walking through the Carbonite iPhone app with my wife, looking for data we know is sitting on a password encrypted file back at home. Carbonite offers the options to log into your filesystem via a computer browser, or to access your files directly via the…
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Papermill and the Blight of Android Play
Media coverage and sales of Papermill have already far exceeded my expectations and I can’t envision either increasing. With this in mind, it’s easy to conclude that the the application, with its current price and need for a subscription, will never generate a profit, especially when costs like fonts still need to be incurred. If…
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Australian court finds Google guilty of misleading consumers
You’re kidding, right? Unfortunately, no! The problem is Google’s Australian web site displayed advertisements (paid search results) for a competitor when you searched for Honda. In fact even today when you search for Honda you get paid advertisements for not only Honda but Hyundai too! I mean, apart from the big pink box that says…
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Happy 1st Birthday Go!
Google’s revolutionary new programming language Go has just hit a major milestone: version 1.0!!! I know the computer science world doesn’t really need another programming language. We’ve already got so many to choose from it’s hard to find two programmers with overlapping skills. The only language that has really stood the test of time is…
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On Education, Apples and Teachers
Apple has recently announced that they are going to make a play to bring textbooks to the iPad and attempt to reduce some of the burdens set out by an aging educational system. Granted, most of the cases they brought up were in fact typical of the American educational system, but many of the issues…
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Building a Better Tablet
“In 2012, XYZ Co have to build a better tablet [..] A REAL iPad competitor” I hear this far too often, and for all the wrong reasons. Whether it’s from die hard Google-Lovers like Gina Tripani, BlackBerry-centric tech-blogs or Apple haters, the top item on everyone’s agenda is to release an iPad level tablet at…
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Evernote vs. Springpad
As you know from reading my last post, Arc the Herald Angels Sing, Glory to the Sony Ericsson! I’m still looking for a good note taking and task management application. I figured I’d be using Evernote since that’s what everyone else is using. But a comment from a co-worker made me take a second look…
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Arc the Herald Angels Sing, Glory to the Sony Ericsson!
Yes, I know, I’m going straight to hell. But then Lord Jobs probably wasn’t going to let me in to heaven anyways! It’s been over a week now that I’m using a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and I still always try to spell it Experia! Unlocking the phone to use on my network was the…