Category: News
Cord Cutting – Cable’s Biggest Fear
It’s no secret that more Americans are “cutting the cord” and moving away from typical cable now than ever before. It’s so popular to move away that the good folks at PC Mag wrote an article containing 10 great gifts for cord cutters. How many people are cutting the cord? According to Leichtman Research…
Germany Bans Kids’ Smartwatches
In Germany it’s “illegal to manufacture, sell, or possess surveillance devices disguised as another object” which can have bigger repercussions than you realize. Children’s smartwatches (meaning smartwatches that are meant to be used by children) often have a listening function that the parent (or whomever has the paired companion app) can activate with the app…
Potential Sprint and T-Mobile Merger is Dead
A lot of cell phone stuff is going on right now. Apple just released a few new iPhones including their new flagship phone: the iPhone X. Samsung is also rumored to be releasing their next phone early next year – that hasn’t been confirmed yet though. If you haven’t seen it, they also released a…
Target Keeps Getting Better
No, we haven’t taken a bribe to endorse Target. It’s just a pretty great store. And now they’re looking to improve upon their awesomeness by fixing the “out of stock” problems that face so many large retailers. The way they’re fixing that problem is semi-tech related, so we took the chance to talk about it.…
Order that iPhone X Now If You Want It Soon!
Many people have said (somewhat justifiably) that the newest iPhone is the same thing as the last one, with a new number. In fact, some of the newer iPhones have had LESS features than previous iterations cough cough iPhone 7 audio jack cough. However, my over-used joke aside, the iPhone 7 was incredibly popular and…
Apple vs FBI: Round 2
You may recall the San Bernardino shooting over a year ago, when the FBI asked Apple to “crack” the encryption on one of their phones to access data for their case. Apple refused, and the FBI was forced to use a third-party to access the information. It’s speculated that they spent over a million dollars…
Update Your Devices!
Software updates: What’s the deal with them, am I right?? Pardon my Seinfeld intro, but really. Doesn’t it feel like every week or two your computer or phone is bugging you about some update that you need to download? Some updates seem huge, with massive interface redesigns and stylistic changes, while others don’t seem…
Equifax got hacked again…
So you may have heard about a small hack on Equifax’s website that may affect over 140 million people in the US – pretty close to half of the adult population. It’s a pretty big deal since Equifax is a credit reporting agency and has very, very personal data about people. However, you may not…
Apple Needs Samsung
Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy series are probably the most popular phones on the market, in a general sense. I mean it’s really the iPhone by some margin, then the Galaxy is leading the pack left behind Apple’s top seller. However, while Samsung probably wishes they were leading the market, or at least at a…
Online Streaming Sites are Doing What Now??
Online advertising has become a really tricky game to get into. Monetizing a popular website that generates a lot of online traffic used to be much, much easier than it is now. The simple answer used to be advertising, but nowadays you would need to generate OVER A MILLION pageviews in a month just to…
Trade in your old iPhone when you get a new one – but only if it’s fixed!
If you’re looking forward to snagging one of the new iPhones (whether that be the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, or X) and have an older version, you can trade that in for some credit toward your new phone with most cell providers (or other places like Amazon and Best Buy) will just buy the phone…
Teach a Man to Phish and He’ll Turn Into a Nigerian Prince
The Basics: What is Phishing? Phishing is just the term for people trying to lure others to give up their secure information through emails. People hopefully aren’t falling for the Nigerian Prince bit anymore, but it’s a good representation of the basic idea. Nowadays, people don’t typically ask for you to directly send them…
