Earlier this week, we, and several other tech blogs reported that Snapchat had been given a Christmas gift from security firm Gibson Security. The gift came in the form of a report outlining weaknesses in Snapchat's infrastructure that ate at the core of the app, it's anonymity. Snapchat allows users to send "self destructing" messages [...]
Texas Congressman Steve Stockman and Bitcoin Center founder Nick Spanos (photo: The Bit Pages) We've head time and time again about politicians and elected representatives turning to new technologies to power their campaigns. The social and political power of Twitter was shown to the world in the 2008 Presidential election and again in [...]
A couple weeks back Drew did a CES Preview on a new product called G-Hold. We received a lot of interesting email and tweets about the product. Many of our readers quickly watched G-Hold's video to see what the new product was all about. G-Hold mounts to the back of your tablet so that you [...]
We didn't see a nationwide roll out of Google's flagship smart eyewear, Google Glass. However in the 11th hour, Google did release invitations to their Google Glass Explorer program to their Google Play Music All Access subscribers. Now for just $1500 those Google customers who were early adopters of the music program can purchase Google [...]
While we often think about the us as being one of the highest ranked in many of the global economic/technological indicators, a New York Times article debunked this for a key component of innovation and technological growth. According to Edward Wyatt of The New York Times, "The United States, the country that invented the Internet, is falling dangerously behind in offering high-speed, affordable broadband service to businesses and consumers."
This year we can expect some major changes in the wireless landscape. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is taking a very pro-consumer approach to his role in the Wireless Industry. He's championed the movement to get carriers to unlock phones and make them easier for the customer to take them to another carrier when their contract [...]
Last holiday season Best Buy had a problem. In the fourth quarter of 2012 the company reported a loss over $1.5 billion dollars. That was compared to a net income of $651 million in the crucial fourth quarter of 2011. The root of the problem for Best Buy and other brick and mortar big box [...]
Samsung envisions the future to be one full of interactive displays and screens. The walls of your house, your coffee mug, or the windows of your car will all be able to work and act as a display.
Google was in the news a lot in 2013. From Google Glass to self driving cars, to their forthcoming Google Gem watch everywhere you turned there was something Google-y being reported on. Google also saw a huge spike when the Edward Snowden/NSA stories started breaking. Google also saw a monumental decision concerning Google Books and [...]
In an exhaustive release, ARCHOS - one of the longest standing MP3 player and other portable media (namely tablet) manufacturer - announced that they will unveil a wide range of products at CES, including a smartwatch.
