In what is really an uncharacteristic change of roles, it looks likes Google is taking a page out of Apple's playbook. According to Forbes, at Google's upcoming I/O conference, the company will unveil a new health service: Google is planning to launch a new health service called Google Fit to collect and aggregate data from popular fitness trackers [...]
Is that a printer in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? This magical device is the PPrintee Pocket Printer.S Sure pocket printers are nothing new these days. LG has a few pocket printers, there's one on the horizon for Samsung and there's a few across Kickstarter and Indiegogo. But if the [...]
The EdTech revolution is on and companies big and small, and everywhere in between are getting in. Google has an arm already, Goodle For Education which has tailored the Google Play store and Google Apps specifically for educators and education under the "Google For Education" banner. After polling educators across events like SXSWedu and the [...]
On Tuesday, Asian casual dining restaurant chain PF Chang's China Bistro reported that they were investigating a breach of customer's personal and payment data. CEO Rick Federico said that the company, "initiated an investigation with the United States Secret Service and a team of third-party forensics experts to understand the nature and scope of the incident, [...]
You've probably noticed by now we here at Techfaster have become pretty passionate about education technology. Although I've personally been in the tech media for over a decade, it wasn't until my daughter started Kindergarten, three years ago, that I realized how much edTech was out there. EdTech has quickly become our most popular vertical [...]
The roar of a movement is starting to happen pertaining to breast feeding in public places. Many people seem to be put off by the notion of a woman breastfeeding her baby in a public place, feeling that it's obscene or inappropriate for children to view. The other side of the argument, or the movement, [...]
There are many great note taking apps out there. Evernote tops the list as one of the most popular. However, Evernote can be cumbersome at times and overbearing to new users. What if those users are kids or students. They need a note taking app that's easy to understand but keeps up with their work [...]
On Thurday, Amazon announced a new benefit for Prime members: streaming music. Although this service hardly a challenge to Spotify, Pandora and the like, it is more of a benefit added service: With Prime Music, Prime members have unlimited, ad-free access to over a million songs at no additional cost to their membership. Prime Music [...]
TCEA, the Texas Computer Education Association is one of the largest state wide edtech organizations in the country. Their annual conference in the spring brings educators from all over the country and the world to show off the latest in educational technology and teach teachers the benefits of how to use it and more. Flipped [...]
There has not been an advancement in email in some time. The big guys keep adding features, but none seem to be anything more than a novelty. That said, we just came across a pretty unique email service: Kneto. Kneto provides a huge amount of analytics on the normal open and click through rates, but also provides some more benefits. We had a [...]
