Tech Week in Review 10-21-2011
QR Codes are New Security Threat It was only a matter of time. The same QR codes that have grown in popularity around the world, more so in Asia and Europe than in the US, are now a security threat. An incident took place in Russia where unsuspecting people thought they were downloading an app [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 10-14-2011
Qwikster Quickly Quashed Remember that awesome (crazy?) idea that Netflix had so split their business in two? They were going to spin off the DVD-by-mail side of their business into a separate entity called Qwikster. They said “we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 10-7-2011
The Zune is Officially Dead I know, you’re completely heartbroken over it, but Microsoft has officially confirmed that they will no longer produce the Zune player. Microsoft has done much more than simply hint that the Zune’s demise was imminent. All the focus has been on their Windows Phone 7 devices, which provide similar functionality. [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-30-2011
Dreamworks Dumps HBO for Netflix Need a sign that television as we know it is crumbling? In a deal estimated to be worth $30 million per picture over an unspecified number of years, Dreamworks has decided to dump HBO and pump their films and television specials through Netflix. Dreamworks Animation, the company behind movies like [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-23-2011
Netflix Splits In Two. Qwikster is Born. Netflix, like many other successful companies, has almost accidentally gained huge success in their secondary line of business: streaming. Primarily a DVD-by-mail service, Netflix recently made headlines when they jacked up prices on unsuspecting customers. Now, Netflix is making another major move by spinning off the DVD-by-mail business [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-16-2011
Shaker Wins TechCrunch Disrupt Out of 31 startups at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, Shaker comes out on top. Shaker basically uses your Facebook data to create a virtual environment to interact with your friends and meet new people. TechCrunch calls it a mix of Second Life, The Sims, and Turntable.fm. You become a walking avatar [...]
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