Springpad for iOS 7 : Top 4 New Features
Apple’s new iOS 7 brought a lot of frenzy to iDevice users. It delivered a new look, new features and a few new apps. Not many apps were ready for the iOS 7 update last week, as Apple only made the APIs …
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3 Reasons Why Microsoft Should [Still] Buy BlackBerry
Yesterday Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian insurance and investment company, has announced its intent to acquire BlackBerry for $9 a share in cash to take the company private. The intent to privatize the company is nothing new as Mike Lazaridis, BlackBerry co-founder …
Self-Trackers to Keep Fatigue at Bay + More
This week’s Quantified Self roundup features different forms of trackers. We start with a watch that tells you how your sleep is affecting other aspects of your life, to a device suitable for team sports, and end with a smartwatch that delivers …
China Lifts Ban on Facebook, Twitter & Others in Shanghai Free-Trade Zone
The Golden Shield Project, or more commonly referred to as the Great Firewall of China, was established to keep an eye on Internet activity in the communist nation, as well as to censor content deemed subversive, containing pornography, anything about the Dalai Lama, …
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 vs. The Apple iPad 4
Microsoft has unveiled the second generation for both of its tablet offerings. The Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2 still look like their predecessors, but there are a few exceptions. First, the kickstand can now be angled at much wider stance, …
Manage All Your Smart Home Apps with One Hub + More
This week’s SmartHome roundup features a hub that controls all your smart home solutions, a way to turn any surface into touchscreen, and a smart lock that works even without a smartphone. Revolv Hub Most home automation solutions come with their …
3 Ways to Keep the Environment Free of Electronic Clutter
As more new smartphones, laptops, computers, tablets, TVs make their way to consumers’s hands, there’s one question that is most often overlooked. What happens to the old devices? Well, that depends on the user. One can toss it, frame it for display …
Ellison Keynote Highlights : Oracle’s Answer to SAP HANA + More
At Oracle OpenWorld 2013, the annual event that kicked off yesterday in San Francisco, California, CEO Larry Ellison revealed details on the long-awaited in-memory offering, an update that received its fair share of hype in recent weeks (read our original coverage here, see …
How CFOs are Evolving into Data-Driven Roles + Making Friends with CIOs
Gone are the days when Chief Financial Officers only deal with the money side of the business. Now, their influence is growing and they are becoming more and more important in making decisions, not only those that involve the use of money, …
Apple’s TV Update Backfires: Some Devices Unusable
On Friday, as fanbois lined up waiting to get their new iPhones, other less fortunate, new-iPhone-less Apple-ites were at home busily updating their Apple TVs to the latest software version. Unfortunately, just like the new iOS 7 and its Touch ID feature, …