In the US, we have come to rely on technology to purchase items online and continue to rely on it more every year. With that reliance, comes risks, which we should not have to experience. The latest problem came this week when PayPal suffered an outage which impacted people making purchases through their services. Those [...]
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Apple Ranks Higher As Phone Maker
Though Apple does not actually manufacturer their own phones, but rather farms that out as contracts to complete the work, they do produce a high volume of handsets which are sold worldwide. In a very short time, Apple has moved into the top 5 handset makers in the world based on their sales volume. In [...]
Friday, October 29, 2010
Apple Overtakes Microsoft
Apple has accomplished another milestone in the many things it has competed against Microsoft over the years. We have seen them take the market for the iPod and essentially lock Microsoft out. We have seen the launch of the iPhone and the impact to Windows Mobile as a result. Now comes news where Apple has [...]
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Getting Enough Broadband Speed
Seems we are talking about connectivity and speed today at TechieInsider. With the holiday season approaching and the number of Internet connected devices which will be selling, this is something which should be on everyone’s mind. We all want to make sure we can connect and get access to things in a timely manner. Without [...]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Windows Embedded Automotive 7 Coming
There were jokes going around in the early 90′s when Microsoft was working to get Windows to a point of being stable and not crashing so much regarding them writing an operating system for cars. The jokes were fun but pointed out the problems they were having getting a desktop OS to operate without crashing [...]
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Mobile Phones For Mobile Travel
We have talked about the mobile wallet in Moving Towards A Cashless Society earlier this month. With testing going on using your mobile phone to make purchases in stores, we expect to see continued expansion in this area. The older generations do not readily see this as something of interest for them in the immediate [...]
Monday, October 25, 2010
Verizon iPhone In 2011
We have been following the Verizon iPhone rumors and have talked about all the various information which points to the iPhone coming to Verizon. We have now arrived at the point where this is no longer a rumor. We reported the coming sale on Black Friday where AT&T will be selling the iPhone with discounts [...]
Sunday, October 24, 2010
IPv6 Update
We have previously reported on IPv6 address conversions from IPv4 and the need to be moving this process along as the addresses are running out. It appears the attitude is one where there is no need to rush the process along, so the IPv4 addresses will run out long before the majority of entities have [...]
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Slate Tablet From HP
HP is announcing the release of their 8.9 inch tablet computer called the Slate. This has been in the works for a while and is finally making its way to market. It will be available online directly from HP and through their sales force, which means that is it being marketed to the business market [...]
Friday, October 22, 2010
10 Inch Tablet Coming From Dell
This week, we had the rant from Steve Jobs where one of his comments was related to tablets and how anything other than a 10 inch tablet would not make it as the iPad is the standard. Not exactly the words, but he wanted to cast doubt on anyone considering anything other than the 10 [...]
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Apple In A World Of Its Own
With the recent earnings announcement where Steve Jobs chose to critique all the competitors product offerings so Apple products would look better, we continue to see other actions where Apple believes it is the center of the universe and nothing else matters. Today was another time where the “Back To The Mac” press announcement was [...]
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wireless Data Plan Changes Coming
We have seen pricing changes for wireless phones this year for voice plans as they compete for business. Verizon and AT&T both lowered their prices to $69.99 for individual unlimited plans. This was a savings from the previous unlimited plans and welcome relief for consumers. With competition comes benefits, so the implementation of tiered data [...]
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Facebook Privacy – Is There Such A Thing?
This week, we have another revelation of privacy settings which do not match the term applied to them. One would expect where you set your privacy settings, they would be just that, private. Today, there are numerous stories about a violation of Facebook’s own terms on the site. In this case, 3rd parties via the [...]
Monday, October 18, 2010
Is OpenOffice A Threat?
OpenOffice has been out there for a while and many people swear by it as a better solution than Microsoft. This was sponsored by Sun Microsystems which was purchased by Oracle who now owns OpenOffice. We reported last month, where OpenOffice left Oracle and formed the Document Foundation to produce LibreOffice. This will ultimately be [...]
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Android Tablet Wars
With all the recent news about the iPad being sold in Target, Wal-Mart, Verizon and AT&T, one might think there were no other tablets out in the world for sale. We know there are tablets out in stores being sold, but there is not much talk about them which might cause you to think there [...]
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wireless Carriers Fight FCC
The wireless carriers in the US are resisting an attempt by the FCC to impose a regulation requiring them to address bill shock issues by notifying customers before they are charged for things outside of their plan. This could be something as simple as going over your allotted minutes on your plan. The carriers have [...]
Friday, October 15, 2010
iPad Comes To AT&T – Lost In The News
So much has been made of the iPad coming to Verizon, that another announcement was lost amid all the other noise. While Verizon Wireless is gaining the ability to start selling the iPad on October 28th, AT&T is also gaining the same ability to sell the iPad at its retail stores. Prior to this point, [...]
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Mobile Video Calling
Since 09/11/2001, the idea of doing video conferencing has significantly increased tools such as Go To Meeting and WebEx growing to meet the needs. Until recently, all of this was done using a computer and a phone to accomplish the meetings. With Apple adding a forward and rear facing camera on their phones, it has [...]
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
iPad Distribution Channels – Wal-Mart
We have been talking about all the tablet devices which are planned to be released in 2011, with some showing up for this holiday season. These will be presenting a challenge to Apple which they have not really experienced to date. For a while now, they have been selling the iPad through the Apple stores [...]
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Windows Mobile All Over The News
Microsoft has succeeded in getting plenty of press coverage for their Windows Mobile 7 OS today. With it being a partial holiday for many due to the Columbus holiday, they have rolled out the OS with a presentation showing all the phones it will be running on and will be for sale. This is their [...]
Monday, October 11, 2010
Is Android A Safe OS?
Open Source has been the rage for quite a while now and at some point, it was considered mainstream for general usage. It has not seen general acceptance in major corporations or even governments until recently. The issues have been generally around security and support, which have raised concerns about allowing these inside of systems [...]
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Windows Mobile – Too Late To The Game
Microsoft has been talking a lot about the coming Windows Mobile 7 in an effort to generate excitement about it. This, along with a recent lawsuit from Microsoft about possible patent infringement, appear to be a concentrated effort to shift focus away from Android. Everything is in high gear for the iPhone and Android smartphones [...]
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Verizon iPad
There have been many rumors about the iPhone coming to Verizon for quite a while now. The latest ones seem to provide more definition with one coming in in early 2011, though whether it will be CDMA or GSM is a subject of much debate. All of this comes with the assumption of AT&T losing [...]
Friday, October 8, 2010
Android Moving To Take Lead From iPhone
We have been reporting survey results which tend to show the decline of the iPhone and the rise of the Android OS. This pattern has been going on for the past 6 months and looks like it will increase as it relates to phones in the US. The trend continues to be bolstered by the [...]
Thursday, October 7, 2010
10 commandments for digital learning marketplaces from eXact
From CMS Report Some people have likened the significance of the launch of the technologically revolutionary iPad tablet to the arrival of the tablets containing the original Ten Commandments. So, now we have the iPad, we should consider how we should be building next generation...
Apple To Announce Verizon iPhone
The Verizon iPhone rumors have been going around for a considerable amount of time and at some point, you would expect an official announcement regarding the ending of the exclusive relationship between AT&T and Apple. Today, a Wall Street Journal article appears to be doing this. The sources for this one are not from unnamed [...]
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Next Joomla Version Close – Beta 11 Available
Joomla has announced today that version 11 is now available for testing. Version 10 was released on September 20th and things are getting close. With this latest release, 21 issues have been fixed and another 33 closed. Delivery in the 4th quarter is looking very...
Skype On Android
The Android OS now has a version of Skype which can be added as an application to the smartphones providing the ability to make Skype calls from your phone. These are at reduced rates from what you might be charged for long distance calling by your carrier. The iPhone has enjoyed this feature for a [...]
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Blame The Software
If you have ever worked in developing something for technology, you probably have at one time blamed the software for something which has gone wrong. It becomes an easy scapegoat for problems. This is exactly what Verizon has done in regards to complaints about billing issues related to data usage billing for customers who did [...]
Monday, October 4, 2010
Facebook Needs To Compete With Google
That is an interesting idea which has been circulating, especially due to the high volume of users on Facebook which seems to continue to grow worldwide. With this customer base, it would only make sense for them to expand the services that are being offered. What direction this may go is not clear to those [...]
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Mobile Competition The Micorosoft Way
Microsoft has been working on the Windows 7 Phone and current information has it being released towards the end of this month. We have heard a lot about what this device will offer to consumers, though it has been a while since we have seen updates from Microsoft for their phone OS. Since this is [...]
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Who Is More Popular – iPhone Or Android?
An interesting question. At face value, you might wonder why this is being asked, since the iPhone represents a single phone with several different generations versus the Android, which is not actually a phone but an operating system running on multiple phones. But that has been the comparison for a while now. Android is in [...]
Friday, October 1, 2010
ScribbleLive Moves Journalism into the Social Media Era
From CMS Report Platform Enables Dynamic, Collaborative Coverage of Developing News Events TORONTO â€" September 30, 2010 â€" ScribbleLive today launched the latest version of its live content management system (CMS) to help journalists spread news in real time. Social media services deliver information at...
For Wireless, How Fast Is Fast?
If you have ever used your smartphone to surf the web, you probably have experienced times when you put the phone down to wait for pages to be displayed. As more and more smartphones access the web, we have seen the impact in performance. The number of smartphones purchased has significantly grown this year, with [...]
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