amilies around the world are increasingly using the Internet to discover their heritage, share memories, and keep in touch. No longer are profiles entailing single individuals, but are instead filled with the interests, photos, and updates of entire families. Myheritage.com has revolutionized the way families interact with social networks and thanks to its new API platform, which has allowed easier access and use of the site, the family friendly network is in the run for global competition for best family app. Read More »
The IPhone 4 is set to release an adaption that could save all it users a lot of pain. The “Third Rail” is a skintight phone case that has a surprisingly light battery pack embedded into within the thin rubber of the case as a backup battery for when your phone needs recharging. Read More »
These days findings deals is about the only way to survive. Thanks to companies like Groupon and Living Social finding deals has become a simple click of the button. Could it get an easier? Absolutely. Over the past three months Adelavoice, a company that develops voice recognition software has been testing a new mobile approach for delivering daily deals and coupons via cutting edge voice recognition technology. To snag a deal, all you have to do is say “I want that deal”. Read More »
Is it possible to have universal education? Sebastion Thrun and Peter Norvig, two of the worlds best known artificial intelligence experts believe it is, so they put it to the test and it didn’t disappoint. This fall the two professors from Silicon Valley will be starting a free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence. The twist; anyone in the world can take it. Read More »
Google continues to aggressively expand and conquer their territory overly nearly every medium technology has to offer. The technological juggernaut announced on Monday that it would acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings, the cell phone business that was split from Motorola for 40 dollars a share. Forty a share adds up to Google’s largest offer ever for an acquisition at 12.5 billion, 63% above the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday. Read More »
umors of a serious partnership between Facebook and Baidu, the Google of China, is the headlining talk leading every conversation on Wall Street this week. Unfortunately most of the discussions aren’t constructive towards the idea of the two media conglomerates teaming up; instead they are critical towards the approach of Facebook. Why would the social giant choose to partner with a company known for their search engine instead of combining with other social platforms like RenRen or Weibo (China’s version of Twitter), that tie in much more closely to the social networking business. The answer is that Baidu is the best and most compatible company to help establish Facebooks footprint in China, the largest market and population of socially and digitally connected consumers in the world. Read More »
What do you do when your two roommates discover they suddenly have to move out? Theirs only two likely options; you either find your own place, or get two new roommates. Right? WRONG! Lisa Marions’ roommates moved out of her apartment last February. She frantically scrambled to find replacements, but instead of finding one or two she found 30. Ms. Marion had used the new and upcoming website Airbnb to find her short-term substitutes and she would never look back. Airbnb streamlines the process of renting out her extra bedrooms to travelers. The service has been working so well for her that she has turned her apartment into a mini-bed and breakfast where she brings in around 1800 a month; enough to pay all of her bills and still have some cash on the side. “It pays my rent with a little left over,” she said. “I’ve been able to upgrade my place, paint and get new furniture, which in turn means I can charge more.” Read More »
Now that its conquered earth its heading for the moon. The Internet juggernaut Google leads a new generation of space entrepreneurs who want to whip up excitement about the prospect of returning to the moon. Driven by the 30 million dollars put up by Google ,29 teams have signed up for a competition to become the first private venture to set foot on the moon. Most are unlikely to prevail over the finical and technical challenges to meet the contest deadline of December 2015, although several companies believe they have a good shot to win and take an early lead in the race to take commercial advntage of the moon. Read More »
The demand for Googles’ newly launched social networking service Google+, has been so intense since it debut a month ago that the company had to expand it servers to fit the staggering amount of traffic flowing threw. To get in the site you must be invited by someone who is already a member. Typically this means you have to know, or be online acquaintances with people who have sizeable followings on blogs, Facebook, or other social networks. You would think this would mean there would be a less amount of people trying to sign up but Googles’ strategy comes down to a basic known fact about people.. we usually want what we cant have. So Google hooked a digital velvet rope across its entrance, and your not getting in unless you have an invitation. Read More »
For months European music lovers have been enjoying the new hit music server Spotify and now their colonial brothers and sisters can indulge as it has finally arrived on U.S shores. Today Sptoify made its triumphant debut in that states to compete with comparable services like Pandora and Rdio. Spotify allows you to search, play, and manage nearly every song ever recorded for absolutely nothing. There are no required memberships or individual song fees that come with the server; just a simple download and you get to enjoy your favorite tunes for as long as you please. Read More »
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