Tech Week in Review 12-2-2011
The Carrier IQ Privacy Debacle Carrier IQ is at the center of the latest privacy debacle in tech. There is a lot of outrage, misinformation, and pageview chasing surrounding the event. It started when a security researcher published a YouTube video of the Carrier IQ software accessing all types of personal information. This seems to [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 10-28-2011
Google+ Now Available on Google Apps Organizations everywhere, rejoice! Google+ is now available on Google Apps, which means you can optionally activate the new social network for your business, school, or other group. You get access to the same features as other Google+ users. In addition, you get the added benefit of sharing with everyone [...]
Read MoreHere’s Who Will Cash in on the iPhone 4S Bonanza
Did you hear that iPhone 4S, the device that was dismissed as “meh” by many of our media brethren saw pre-bookings of a million devices on day one? That’s not only good news for Apple, but also for its partners: AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, which is betting it all on the iPhone. But they aren’t the only ones cashing in [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 5-6-2011
Apple Updates iMac. Adds Thunderbolt and Next Gen Quad-Core Processors After Apple shut down their online store for a while, many assumed it was in anticipation of an iMac refresh. Those rumors turned out to be dead on. Pricing for the new iMac start at $1,199 for a 21.5″ model with a shiny new 2.5GHz [...]
Read MoreIdris Elba Joins Sprint for Competitive Edge Filmmakers Challenge
This Friday, April 15, the winners of the Sprint 4G Competitive Edge contest sponsored with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund will be announced. The challenge was for college students to shoot and produce a short film in a variety of creative forms including but not limited to commercial, drama and comedy. Idris Elba is the [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 4-1-2011
Twitter Kills the #DickBar Just weeks after Twitter introduced the Quickbar, which was later dubbed the #dickbar as a jab at Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Twitter has decided the “feature” just wasn’t a good idea. The Quickbar inserted trending topics and promoted ads into your tweet-stream in the iPhone app and was immediately met with [...]
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