As expected video game sales slowed in October in anticipation of the next gen consoles from Microsoft and Sony. NPD just released their data on video game sales for October. September was a hot month thanks to the edition of Grand Theft Auto Five and two new Pokemon titles for the Nintendo DS. According to [...]
SolarWinds recently conducted a survey of network administrators to determine the biggest drivers of network complexity, and asked the group to look to the future, and predict which skills IT pros will need in the next five years. This infographic examines the results.
I gave up the good ole #FF on Twitter a few years ago but that doesn't mean we still can't have Follow Friday. Check out this great list of 10 techies to follow on Twitter for our first TechFaster Follow Friday: Myriam Joirie (@TnkGirl) Many of you know Myriam or Tank Girl from her Engadget [...]
At first glance you might think that a service that allows you to record, download and save all of your favorite movies and shows from the likes of Hulu, HBO Go and Netflix, would be illegal. But it's not. My good friend KT Bradford turned me onto PlayLater after she dissected the service over at [...]
The internet of things has made it's way to new borns. A Boston tech firm called Sensible Baby has released a new sensor/app combination called SmartOne that helps parents with a newborn baby rest easier. Who knows what these parents did before smartphones and sensors were invented. Ben Cooper, the CEO of Sensible Baby told [...]
Treadmill desks, standing desks and other fitness hybrids are sweeping the nation. People believe that they can use the time that their working to take on a workout or get a little more physically fit, and they can. A lot of this has been fueled by the fitness sensor/app epidemic. When people get a Fitbit [...]
Admit it, when you go to your favorite sports bar or pub you get sucked into the thing that is Buzz Time. The popular game from NTN has swept the nation over the past decade. What started out as a way to play trivia in a bar has only gotten better with technology. For those [...]
The latest quarterly smartphone report from research firm IDC may be cause for celebration in Redmond Washington, home to Microsoft. Their Windows Phone operating system has been trailing both iOS and Android since it was released. IDC's report says that the Windows Phone operating system grew 150% last quarter. While for most that would be [...]
Over the weekend a story started surfacing about an Instagram account that was exposing witnesses in criminal cases in Philadelphia. The account called "rats215" exposed affidavits and photos of victims and complainants in criminal cases. "There was a lot of information there ... a lot of information that was not for public viewing," Philadelphia Police [...]
Earlier this month when we kicked off our Holiday Gift Guide we brought you the Zepp GolfSense 3 a sensor device that attaches to your golf glove and helps you manage and track your golf swing. Now Zepp has announced the availability of their MultiSport Training System. While most wearable fitness devices track the movement [...]
