For many decades, offices have often been boring spaces where the daily grind really feels like a grind. Beige walls, row after row of grey desks and flickering strip lights don’t do anything to inspire, but thanks to technology, this has changed. Instead of projectors and bulky desktops, lightweight and fast gadgets have made the […]
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Drones are Invaluable Helpers in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
I’ve recently written about drones being tested to help lifeboats looking for people at sea, and it is common knowledge that they are being used by a variety of agencies (including police departments to find missing persons, and fire departments to safely inspect damage buildings and structures). In terrible and damaging natural disasters like recent […]
The UK is Testing Drones as Lifeboat Rescue Helpers
Drones are becoming increasingly helpful in a wide array of situations. They have a lot of potential, and are already being use by police forces looking for fugitives or missing persons as well as by fire departments to inspect potentially dangerous structures and situations while staying out of harm’s way. It’s therefore not surprising that […]
The Parcel Delivery Sector and Digital Technology
Today’s digital retail customers have extraordinarily high expectations, they expect the right product at the right price and they expect to receive it quickly, at a time and location that suits them. The response to this from online retailers, logistics and transportation companies has been to say “yes – no problem” and then to look […]
Internet of Things Trends You Need to Know About
The growth in Internet of Things (IoT) products has been huge over recent years and doesn’t seem likely to slow down anytime soon. Indeed, according to a CISCO IBSG report, there will be at least 50 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020. Whether you’re a consumer, business owner, developer, engineer, or otherwise interested […]
BuzzFeed Has Partnered With GE to Create a Bluetooth Equipped Hot Plate
BuzzFeed’s ‘Tasty’ videos are everywhere. In fact, since its debut not quite two years ago, Tasty has become the “largest social food network in the world”, reaching “one in four Facebook users worldwide” and attracting “2.3 billion videos views every month”. Given Tasty’s popularity, it doesn’t come as a surprise that BuzzFeed decided to take […]
Cool (and Useful) Gadgets for Your Dorm
August is right around the corner, and if you’re a college or university student that doesn’t live at home, it means it’s time to start thinking about what you’ll need for school – and for your dorm room. Here are some cool gadgets that won’t guarantee you’ll make the honor roll, but they’ll certainly make […]
Can Cell Phone Providers Keep Up with an Ever-Changing Industry?
Cell phones are an ever-changing industry. With advancements in technology, every new phone needs to have newer and better features to be able to keep up with it’s competitors. Virtually every phone made today has touchscreen capabilities and high-res cameras. So, to keep the game moving forward, companies like Samsung have kept their competitors on […]
Everything You Wanted to Know about TOR & the Deep Web
You may think that the internet is a huge resource of information, but in fact what most of us see is just one link in a very long chain of underground websites and unseen content.
Google Canadian’s Home Speaker Will Be Bilingual
Google announced earlier this month that it would be launching its Home Speaker in Canada on June 26th of this year. The good news is that the Canadian version of the AI assistant will be fully bilingual, fluently speaking and understanding both English and French Canadian. This is big news, as the assistant only knew […]
You Might Get Better Control of Who Sees Your Instagram Posts Soon
Just a few weeks after introducing their new Archives option to every user, Instagram announced that it is currently testing a Favorites option for the social media giant across a small percentage of its users. We all know that Instagram doesn’t offer a whole lot of options when it comes to who can see our […]
Old-School Flip Phones are Making a Comeback
The digital detox trend is going strong. I’ve already written about the Punkt MP01, a phone that only lets you call and text, and the new sensation Binky, the anti-social app that lets you like and share posts that will be seen by absolutely no one. Samsung won’t be left behind, but stands somewhat in the […]
Kids, Don’t Text and…Bike?
That is essentially the message parents all across the Netherlands are trying to get through to their children. While we’re worried about texting and driving and developing apps to prevent phones from working in moving cars on this side of the pond, Dutch developers are doing the same – for bicycles. It really should come […]
The Punkt MP01 is the Newest Digital Detox Gadget
You can now (again, if you’re that old) party like it’s 1992. That’s the year the first text message was sent from a computer to a cell phone and now, 25 years later, you can go back to basics with the Punkt MP01 phone. The small gadget retails for $295 and only lets you do […]
Teen Suicide Case Isn’t About Technology
In July of 2017, then 17 year old Michelle Carter sent hundreds of text messages to her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, urging him to commit suicide. When Roy, who had connected a hose to his truck’s exhaust pipe and slipped it in the cab’s window in a Kmart parking lot, stepped out of the truck […]
AI Could Predict Autism, But It’s Not That Simple
Every specialist agrees that early intervention is key in helping children cope with the symptoms of autism. It’s often hard to start therapy early, however, because those symptoms typically don’t surface until between 14 and 24 months of age. Some autistic toddlers will develop normally until they are two years of age and then start […]
The Ataribox Project is Real, Says CEO
Atari’s hint at its development of a new console dubbed the Ataribox at E3 this year left many wondering if it wasn’t all a publicity hoax. After all, the last console Atari ever released was the Atari Jaguar and that was back in 1993. Why wait so long to get back in the game, and […]
Decapitated Space Worm Regrows Two Heads
We have been traveling in space since 1961 (1957, if we are to include the first living being to go to space, the Soviet dog Laika, who sadly did not survive her space odyssey), and we have gained an impressive amount of knowledge about what’s out there in the great beyond. It is therefore somewhat […]
Yahoo and AOL Now Officially Property of Verizon
Verizon’s announcement that it was planning to buy most of Yahoo’s online business last year has come to fruition. The $4.48 billion deal is now complete, which means that Verizon now owns popular internet venues such as HuffPost and Yahoo Finance. As part of the deal, former Yahoo Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marissa Mayer has stepped […]
Best Buy to Rent Gadgets for a Trial Period
We’ve all been there. We hear about this great product, do some online research, read reviews and make up our mind to go out and get it. Only it really isn’t what we expected, or it doesn’t suit our needs, or we later find a better version of the same item. It’s frustrating not to […]
‘South Park’ is Going Mobile
Ubisoft’s RedLynx and South Park Digital Studios have come together to create South Park: Phone Destroyer. The game, designed for your mobile devices, should be ready later this year. It will be available both on Android and iOS, and Ubisoft promises that the free app, while offering in-game purchase options, will treat every player the […]
Microsoft’s ‘Better Together’ Update Will Connect Most Minecraft Platforms
Microsoft, who purchased Minecraft and the company who designed it in 2014, is now looking to make the game bigger, better and, more importantly, more unified. The ‘Better Together’ update will allow Minecraft players on most platforms to finally interact with each other. The update is made possible thanks to the Bedrock Engine which is responsible for […]
Microsoft Reveals its Xbox One X Console
We’ve been anticipating this for some time, and boy, was the wait worth it! The Xbox One X is by far the most powerful gaming console ever created. It is also the smallest Microsoft console to date. Its sleek design resembles that of its predecessor, the Xbox One; the machine is jet black, with the […]
Roomba Co-Creator to Launch Gardening Assistant Bot
While it won’t help you plant seedlings or harvest crops, Tertill, as Roomba co-creator Joe Jones has named it, will take on the back-breaking chore of weeding your garden. Let’s face it: weeding is the most boring task involved in gardening, and it seems the job is never done. New weeds sprout almost over night […]
Visa’s ‘Sticker Card’ Will Let You Purchase Things With a Flick of the Wrist
After the introduction of credit and debit cards, paying for things with cash quickly became something of a myth. I don’t know many people who even carry cash around anymore, unless they know they will be needing it for, say, paying the neighborhood kid to mow their lawn. And even then, the kid probably has […]
You Can Wave Your Unlimited Amazon Storage Goodbye
Amazon has recently announced that it will no longer offer an unlimited storage plan as part of its Cloud Drive online backup service. Introduced back in 2015, Amazon’s unlimited Cloud storage originally retailed at $59 a year, which was a very reasonable price, and much cheaper than what the competition charged for the same service. […]
The Gigabyte Aero 15 is Great for Mobile Gamers
If you’re a gamer on the go, you know just how difficult it can be to find a laptop that lives up to your standards. Graphics are mediocre at best, performance is often lacking, screen size is never big enough and let’s not even get into battery life. There’s nothing more frustrating than running out […]
Japanese Shipping Companies to Build Self-Navigating Ships
The idea of creating AI controlled vehicles has been around for a while. We’re already working on smart cars and delivery drones, so why not ships? It comes at no surprise that companies that ship goods by sea are also looking into the concept of self-driving vessels. So Japanese shipping companies have enlisted the help […]
Facebook Developed Maps that will Help First Responders in the Event of a Natural Disaster
To most of us, Facebook is merely a distraction – a fun, meme filled social network that we use to share our thoughts, connect with friends and family and learn interesting facts. But Facebook has evolved from a small campus sensation to something much, much bigger. And it takes world events to heart. Facebook already […]
Japan’s New Nintendo Theme Park to Feature Real Life Mario Kart
It’s-a me, Mario! For gamers of all ages, Mario, Luigi, Bowzer and Princess Peach are icons and the stars of a multitude of video games, from the original Super Mario to the first RPG and everything in between. So when Universal Studios Japan announced the construction of their new Nintendo Theme Park, Mario fans everywhere […]