Last week while Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was busy doing his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, members of the Internet Explorer developer team were participating in a reddit "Ask Me Anything". For those completely oblivious a reddit "Ask Me Anything" happens on the popular news/opinion forum and those participating as the askee are asked whatever anyone [...]
Late last week Twitter began a new experiment that has started to upset many faithful Twitter users. TheVerge and several other sites have reported that Twitter has started putting tweets that others have favorited into user's time lines. This may seem innocent enough to some but not to many who have been using favorites for [...]
Amazon is delivering fresh groceries with same day delivery in some markets and they plan on expanding that service at a rapid pace. There are other grocery stores and stand alone apps that will allow consumers to also order their groceries on the web or on their smartphone to be delivered at a time more [...]
By now everyone in America has taken notice of the virality that is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge is meant to raise awareness to ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig's Disease) and the ALS foundation. With the ice bucket challenge the person challenged must have a bucket of ice water poured on their [...]
Port City Cons earns apsbar.com App of the Day Appsbar has awarded its App of the Day award to Port City Cons for showcasing how independent artists, publishers, and bloggers have capitalized on the DIY app building options available at appsbar.com. Port City Cons is the mobile platform for the Port City Conservative blog that [...]
A year ago this October, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post for $250 million dollars from the Graham family which had owned the paper for over 80 years. Bezos set up new company called Nash Holdings LLC for ownership of the Post which is totally separate from Amazon. When Bezos took [...]
The "internet of things" is allowing us to do more and more with sensors and get more relevant data back about all the important aspects of your life through mobile apps. For most, the car is a very important part of their lives. Without your car you can't get to work, pick the kids up [...]
Most people love listening to music while they work out. Whether that workout is a job, bike ride or even lifting in the gym, we've got to have our jams. Nowadays many people are also using some kind of fitness tracking device like a Fitbit to keep up with their workout. Recently, we've started see [...]
How many times has your smartphone run out of juice? For me, a ton of times. As much as 65% of people run out of power for their smartphone a day. That is an astounding number. Three, "ambitious high school girls," have take to Indiegogo with a unique solution to the problem: Jubo. Emily Sheng, [...]
If you can't join 'em beat 'em, that' the philosophy that Sprint's trying to muster up now that Softbank' $32 billion dollar deal to acquire T-Mobile is off the table. Earlier this month regulatory hurdles were cited as the reason that Sprint parent Softbank decided to pullout of their bid for the nation's fourth largest carrier. [...]
