He brought Sexy Back, he invested to bring the Memphis Grizzlies back and then he thought he could bring MySpace back. By all accounts, pop megastar, actor and entrepreneur Justin Timberlake's investment into the failing social network MySpace, seems to be doing well. They've reported record growth that the company hadn't seen since the pre-Fox [...]
Microsoft Word is an excellent word processing program, the best there is even. Now that that is out of the way, the $109.99 à la carte price tag - or the lowest $139.99 price for the Microsoft Office Suite - is pricey if you are on a budget. That said, there are tons of freeware or open-source alternatives to Word. Some are good, and some are not so good. We went through every one we could find, and the five below stand out as the best offerings.
A new app from Standard Media Company is letting kids across the country and around the world video chat with Santa. It's a cute little app that lets your child have a conversation with jolly ole St. Nick himself. If you dig into the app you'l understand exactly how it works, but it's just as [...]
Protecting Android phones is serious business. Unlike iOS, Android devices are prone to malware and viruses similarly to the way that PCs are. Mobile security providers like NQ Mobile, LookOut and AVG are protecting millions upon millions of Android users worldwide. AVG, one of the leading providers of internet, computer and mobile security, with over [...]
I spent many a day and night writing about Andy Rubin during my thedroidguy days. Rubin was the brains and man behind Danger and the HipTop and then Google's Android operating system. It's been widely believed that Android was a derivative of the founders name. Apple founder, the late Steve Jobs' distaste for Google's Android [...]
Vine made an incredible splash when it was introduced last spring. The six second video service has become a destination for people that want to connect with funny or emotional videos but have the attention span of a grade school student with ADHD, which is just about all of us these days. Like many hit [...]
Other than "the internet of things" collaboration is all the rage this year. Earlier this year Box introduced their Box Notes app which allows users to collaborate on notes at the same time. This is something that Google has offered for years through their Google Docs platform and now Google Drive. In both instances users [...]
Black Friday ads are going to start surfacing everywhere over the next few days. Toys R Us has already leaked some of their specials as have JC Penney and now Target. Target is targeting as many shoppers as possible but this year they've made their tech/electronics deals swimmingly good. In addition to the deals they [...]
It was just last week that Dish Network announced they would shutter operations at it's Blockbuster rental stores, at least those still remaining. Well just as fast as the news came out, the world found out that this past Saturday would be the last day that you could rent movies from your neighborhood Blockbuster store. [...]
Moving money in the real world is fairly simple at this point. You write a check, you slide your card, you hand someone cash. The world of business is changing, however, and that means incorporating a globalized clientele and contractors. The digital realm has also brought new competition against consumer banks in the form of [...]
