by Tyler Riggs on April 30, 2013 in Apps, News
When traveling around the world, experiencing the cuisine of different regions can be one of the greatest pleasures. Another highlight of foreign travel is often found in meeting “the locals.” These two favorites of traveling abroad can be combined and made very easy to accomplish with a new web service that aims to connect travelers [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on April 29, 2013 in Apps, News, iPad, iPhone
If you have the Google Search app on your iPhone or iPad, make sure to get the update to version 3.0, available in the AppStore today. It includes Google Now, which was previously only available for Android devices. Google Now is one of the big things I like about Android, so being available on my [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on April 29, 2013 in News
If you’ve got a bank account with enough zeros at the end of it, an hour of one-on-one time with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook could be in your future. Cook is offering a 30-minute to one hour slot of his time (to be used within one year) to the highest bidder, with all proceeds going [...]
by Alison J. Herzog on April 29, 2013 in News
We all knows babies and lolcats rule the internet. And for good reason. Here are eight baby memes to get you through the week. Source: amazingworldpictures.com Source: OMG Cute Things Source: Parent Dish Source: OMG Cute Things Source: Ranker Source: DailyPix Source: MeatballCandy Source: Babble ____ Alison J. Herzog is an eater, shopper, traveler, and [...]
by Tyler Riggs on April 29, 2013 in News
The World Wide Web was just a baby in 1995 and because use of the Internet was exploding, there was a lot of fascination among the public about the world of possibilities that came with connecting their personal computers to the broader world via online services. Realizing that 1995 was now 18 years ago, there’s a lot [...]
by Ryan Moore on April 26, 2013 in News
The popular news aggregate, Instapaper has been acquired by Betaworks. The offline cache reading service was created and maintained by Marco Arment, a self proclaimed programmer, tech writer, and coffee lover. The service was launched in 2008 and has gained popularity and notoriety as a service to “bookmark” online content which is saved to be read later, [...]
by Ryan Moore on April 26, 2013 in News, iPad, iPhone
Have you watched Psy’s latest video? (me either). Well, if you did, you would have missed your opportunity to buy tickets to Apple’s popular World Wide Developer Conference with 1 minute and 54 seconds to spare. WWDC 2013 as it is affectionately known, sold out in a mind-blowing 2 minutes much to the anger of [...]
by Tyler Riggs on April 26, 2013 in Apps, News, Rumors
The “Metro” interface of Windows 8 — Microsoft’s latest operating system — has been a point of contention for many users of the software. The operating system, with its “live tiles”, is designed with touch computing in mind, and has enabled many critics of the software to deride it for its difficulty to use on [...]
by Tyler Riggs on April 24, 2013 in News, Rumors
Amazon.com users can already access the company’s library of video content on a large range of devices, including Amazon’s own Kindle line of products, but reports Wednesday suggest that the e-commerce giant is primed to release its own set-top box for streaming to television sets. Such a device would compete with other set-top boxes like [...]
by Drew on April 24, 2013 in News
Alex Lawrence is featured on Episode 4 of Make It Yours. He recently tweeted a Quora link to an awesome way to prank your friends via text message. Here’s the guide: Tweet us if you decide to give this a shot.