Have you ever had a presentation, whether it be at a business meeting or in a classroom that you could tell your audience was bored and was craving more interaction and communication? I experienced this and finally determined that it was not the students that needed to change, it was me. I have taught high [...]
Appsbar has awarded its App of the Day honor to Soundwavez MG for showcasing how independent musicians and labels have utilized the DIY app builder at appsbar.com to engage fans. The app serves as the mobile presence for Soundwavez Music Group and gives users the ability to follow the label’s artists, download new tracks, and [...]
It's that time of year again. The time when the Moscone conference center in San Francisco transforms itself into a haven for hackers, developers and all things geeky. It starts Monday with WWDC, but Google's not far behind. Google's I/O developer event will also happen a the Moscone from June 25th-27th. Mark Gurman the Apple/Mac/iOS [...]
There are a ton of educational games and apps aimed at young children. However, most of these are just that, educational games. Educational apps are almost inherently work/goal oriented. As such, they not really games; they are more like dressed up math problems. We just came across a company that makes games for young [...]
When Facebook originally went from a private college social network to the mainstream it was clear, you had to b 13 years old to have your own account. That was circumvented by many tweens throughout the years, some saying they were 103 rather than saying they were under 13. Over the last few years there [...]
SpaceX has been in the news over the past month or so. Mostly, the news has been around the lawsuit it filed against the U.S. Department of Defense to block what it dubbed a monopoly within the aerospace industry. On Thursday, however, SpaceX unveiled a new spacecraft. This is the SpaceX Dragon V2, arguably the [...]
Meet Steve Chen the man behind the GemWhere Smart Watch, the best smart watch out there today. We've seen a lot of smart watches so far. Most of them are filled with glitzy cool features, but one smartwatch has stood out as a truly functional piece of equipment that you can wear on your wrist. [...]
The big news this week was that Apple finally officially announced the acquisition of Beats Music and the Beats By Dre headphone line. Just about anyone who keeps up with tech news can tell you without batting an eye that Apple is paying $3 billion for the company founded by "Gin N Juice" star Dr. [...]
There is news coming out of Forbes that Microsoft has its eyes on a new market: wearables. According to Parmy Olsen: Microsoft is the latest technology giant preparing to jump into the wearables market, with plans to offer a sensor-rich smartwatch that measures heart rate and synchs with iPhones, Android phones and Windows Phones, Forbes has learned.Parmy Olsen, Forbes, [...]
If you've owned a computer and an internet connection that used a phone line, and welcomed you with the voice of Elwood Edwards saying "You've Got Mail" then you've also been through several iterations of high speed internet or broadband. Currently, connections with a steady downstream speed of 4 megabits per second or more, have [...]
