Wi-Fi, the wireless connection we rely on when our data plan is running short or when we simply cannot touch the boundaries of LTE coverage, is going to receive a huge upgrade in the near future. Known as IEEE 802.11ac within specialized circles, this upcoming edition of the well-known standard will increase transfer speeds to unseen levels and vouch for [...]
Life is full of unexpected events and some of them might also be unfortunate. That’s why we have insurances for our cars, houses and even for our health and lives. That’s the least we can do, at least to financially insure our properties, hoping that we’ll able to retrieve part or the entire amount. We carry our phones daily with [...]
The day has finally come; Microsoft will be bidding farewell to one of the world’s most used desktop operating systems, Windows XP. Almost 13 years ago, in August 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP, an operating system that was soon single-handedly going to change the computing culture. Windows XP made its way into millions of computers across the world: homes, offices, educational [...]
Although we can’t say for sure if a TV Show is created for geeks, or even what is a “TV Show for Geeks”, as the choice greatly depends on each one’s preferences, just like when choosing movies for geeks, we did try to put together a list of what we think are the best TV shows for geeks, nonetheless. Even [...]
Marketing is a universal art, if I may be allowed to call it that way, because it’s something that touches and it’s required by almost any other segment in any industry. As mobile addicts, we’ve started to develop an interest in how marketing is done in the mobile world and as a result, we’re going to remind ourselves of several [...]
Despite being one of the most successful and profitable companies, Google inc. has had its fair share of failures. Let’s rewind our clock back to five years ago when Google was everything its competitors weren’t. Everything they launched added a paragraph to their success story. The whys and wherefores of this could be accounted by the class, meticulousness, innovation and [...]
Who doesn’t know Sir Ken Robinson? He is a recognized leader in the development of creativity, an expert public speaker and the author of some life changing bestselling novels. Most of us got to know about him through his TED Talk (embedded below) he gave in 2004. It was incredible, wasn’t it? His insightful thoughts on creativity, why we should do [...]
Technology has always been progressing and one of the segments most affected by evolution is mobile telephony. Forty years after the first mobile phone was invented, with the purpose of keeping people connected with each-other in conditions where simple speech could not be of success, we are using this device a lot in our lives. Through the years, cellphones have [...]
Facebook needs to make more money from its mobile presence, especially after it has become a public company, following an IPO with lots of ups and downs. And the latest weapon that Facebook wants to use is Facebook Home, a user interface layer that basically “overtakes” your home screen, populating it with its own notifications. This has been possible only [...]
Thanks to more affordable options like the Nokia Lumia 520 and 620, owning a Windows Phone 8 device no longer means emptying out your bank account. And if you have snagged a Windows Phone device recently, or just want to squeeze some more out of your existing one, you’ve come to the right place. You see, while Windows Phone 8 [...]
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