A new product from San Jose based Itus Networks, promises to bring enterprise level security tools to home users. Their new product, iGuaardian is a network security device designed specifically for use in homes. People don't realize it but every time you add a new connected device to your home network you're opening up another [...]
If you are anything like me, you have a hard time keeping up with all of the links, videos, articles, books, TV shows, movies, and recommendations you come across. No longer. We just came across a new app that addresses this problem: Picks. Picks is, according to their website, "a social network built around [...]
Are you drinking enough water? If you are anything like me and drink entirely too much coffee, probably not. Well we may have just come across the solution. One new crowdfunding campaign wants to help people answer the above question. The Hug, from Caktus: According to Caktus: The Hug is a convenient solution that helps you [...]
Timex Stand Alone Smartwatch On Tuesday, Timex launched a new smartwatch. The new Timex Ironman One GPS+ is unique in a number of ways. Firstly, the Timex Ironman does not require any connection to a smartphone at all. Rather, the Ironman "watch has its own cellular connection to AT&T's network, letting it transmit data without [...]
There are a lot of great edtech toys out there, especially this time of year. The Techfaster team is in the midst of Summer School and we've been to just about all of the exciting edtech conferences across the country. Robotic kits, programmable devices and even interactive tables have been on the top of our [...]
Imagine knowing if you ever found yourself in any unsafe situation that help was just a click of a button away. Even if you live in one of the safest areas in the world, there's always that one chance something could go badly and if it does, and you have EduProtect you're protected. EduProtect is [...]
Several news sources, including the GSMA, the global trade organization for the wireless industry, have reported this morning that Sprint has bowed out of the bidding for T-Mobile, the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States. With T-Mobile on an increasing and steady incline over the last five quarters, and Sprint just about stagnant [...]
Schools are getting smarter, more technologically advanced. EdTech isn't something for just early adopters and teachers living on the cutting edge. Technology is becoming firmly entrenched in today's modern classroom and this trend is only going to continue. Right now that presents a problem for lots of schools, which until now, didn't have a very [...]
A Russian cyber gang that's dubbed themselves "CyberVor" has reportedly stolen billions of internet username and password combinations from both small and large websites in the US and around the world. The term CyberVor comes from Vor which means theft in Russian. The New York Times broke the story on Tuesday citing the discovery from a [...]
Back in the day a company from Finland revolutionized the mobile phone. Nokia was first on the scene with a wide variety of very popular feature phones. They were also the first to test the waters of an app economy and their own operating system, Symbian. A few years later the Finnish people were back, [...]
