Thoughts about technology
Yes, I went there. Facebook hates blind people. As a blind person who appreciates and uses useful technology, I appreciate companies who remember that blind consumers have needs that are unique and different from sighted users. For computers and mobile devices such as the iPhone and ...
Today, Amazon launched a new Mac downloads page to compete with Apple's Mac App Store. Also, Google today introduced Google Wallet, a near field communication (NFC) app that allows users to make wireless electronic payments with NFC hardware, otherwise, a digital wallet. With the technology, users ...
Get your facial tissue ready to catch some heavy tears, chief editor of Mobile-Review Eldar Murtazin tweeted yesterday that the upcoming version of iOS will not be supported on the iPhone 3GS. Gasp! iOS, which powers Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, will soon be updated to version ...
While to some Rock, Paper, Scissors is merely a childish game, there are others that take it quite seriously. I fall between these two extremes, having long ago stumbled on a strategy that allows me to win more often than not. So when I found this interesting simulator on the New York Times website, ...
The internet, especially YouTube, is filled with annoying videos known as unboxing videos. Unboxing is exactly what it sounds like, unwrapping or opening a product's packaging and removing the product. The videos are even more boring than you would think. It is a form of extreme geek porn, and it ...
For those of you who do not operate a website or do not have any interest in doing so, and do not know what vBulletin is, you may want to stop reading now as this blog entry will be rather pointless for you to read. I'm going to be mentioning things that most would find to be geeky. There, you've ...
When Apple first introduced the MacBook Air in January of 2008, I was largely unimpressed. Yeah, it was thin and light, some people considered it sexy, and it could fit into a manila envelope. Woo-hoo! Although it had the "cool" factor, the price tag of $1,800 was a huge turn off. ...
When Apple releases a new product, Apple always is accused of a nefarious deed. All new versions of Mac OS X, the first iPod, every new Mac, the Apple TV, and all generations of the iPhone were all negatively critiqued when they were each introduced. Is it any wonder that the blogosphere has found ...
Why would anyone who is mentally healthy wait in the rain for hours in order to get hold of the new iPhone 4? Quantities are low, therefore the chances of actually getting an iPhone after waiting in line are little. Do these people have nothing better to do with their day? There's ...
Dell has announced their new tablet-like device, the Streak. Yes, Streak. I don't particularly care for the iPad's moniker, but at least it denotes it is some kind of pad-like device, but Streak makes it seem like it's an accessory to facilitate a lame frat stunt. Regardless, Dell describes ...
