Halloween falls on a Friday this year, in fact it's Friday of this week. While so many of us are excited about taking our children trick or treating, many of those in retail are excited because it's the official early start to the holiday shopping season. At midnight November 1st all the halloween decor comes [...]
If you remember back to 2011 when smartphones started to explode across the globe, sometimes they would literally explode in someone's pocket, in their hand or on their desks. These unintentional explosions often happened because smartphone batteries were over extending themselves and sometimes they would heat up and explode. This wasn't a good thing. Now [...]
There are a ton of different project management apps and programs out there. If we are being honest about them, 80% of these programs are absolute garbage. However, we just came across a new platform that is quite interesting. Taiga is an open source, agile project management tool. We had a chance to ask the [...]
Microsoft has been hinting that both the Nokia and WIndows Phone brands may soon disappear. Well, it appears that this is indeed the case. According to Tom Warren, of The Verge: Microsoft Lumia is the new brand name that takes the place of Nokia for the software maker. The name change follows a slow transition from Nokia.com [...]
On Wednesday, Google announced a brand new email app. It is a departure from Gmail - don't worry though, Gmail will remain - to a more task-based inbox. Fittingly, the new app is called just that, Inbox: Today, we’re introducing something new. It’s called Inbox. Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who [...]
There is a whole lot of change and rollover at large companies. An employee is hired to do one job, but that position may change drastically within the span of years, months, or even days. This change and transformation of a position may be good, or it may be horrible. Most of the time, [...]
Have you ever planned a large group outing to an event? It is one of the most mind-numbingly painful things to do. You have to find tickets, a ride or parking, hotels, food, and tons of other things. It is just a huge pain. However, on startup has come up with a simple solution [...]
Earlier this summer, we heard reports about an upcoming smartwatch from Microsoft. Now, Forbes is reporting that the device could launch as soon as a few weeks: Microsoft is gearing up to launch a wearable device within the next few weeks, Forbes has learned. The gadget is a smart watch that will passively track a wearer’s [...]
On Wednesday, Reddit announced that they acquired Alien Blue, the most downloaded iOS Reddit client. Though Reddit did not disclose any of the specific terms of the deal, Alien Blue's lead developer, Jase Morrissey, will be joining the Reddit team. Jase made a brief statement on the move: G'day folks! I'm Jase, and I'm absolutely thrilled [...]
On Wednesday, Google unveiled some major new products and software. After months of speculation, it was revealed the the latest Android, until Wednesday "Android L," is Android 5.0 Lollipop. On top of that, Google also revealed the newest additions to the Nexus line of smartphones and tablets: The Nexus 6 and the Nexus 9. Even [...]
