Nothing makes a typical gaming fanboy’s eyes glaze over than the magic words ‘Grand Theft Auto.’ This phrase is a talisman for many gaming fans-at least as far as the gaming blogosphere is concerned. You only need to put Grand Theft Auto on your blog title and some clown somewhere on the other side of [...]
What is the real reason for Apple’s desire to move manufacturing back to the US?
A lot has been made about the plans of Apple CEO Tim Cook moving some manufacturing operations to the US. Some say that it is due to Foxconn issues. Others say it is due to the fact that ‘outsourcing’ is not exactly a warmly welcomed word in the US right now. As I have written [...]
Judge orders negative reviewer to change Yelp review
Be careful what you post online-it might just come back to bite you. In the case of unhappy home repairs customer Jane Perez, her bad review of a contractor on Yelp and Angie’s List left $750,000 worth of bite marks on her. Ouch. Perez, a Virginia homeowner, retained the services of contractor Dietz Development to [...]
Google and Apple Team up to Lower Costs in $500+ million Bid for Kodak Patents
You have to hand it to Google and Apple, they sure do know how to learn from past mistakes and come back from an error stronger than ever. While this observation can ring true for a wide range of activities these tech giants have engaged in, this is particularly true when it comes to their [...]
Robots And Cheap Oil Might Bring Back Largescale Electronics To The USA
Don’t be surprised if you see more ‘Made In The USA’ tags in the future. There are two trends that might combine to make this a reality. The bad news is that while the tag might come back to the US, don’t plan to apply for those manufacturing jobs-there might not be any left for [...]
Gabe Newell Sees PCs Giving Consoles Competition-in the living room
As we have mentioned before, there seems to be a divide between gaming cultures. There are two camps. Two distinct tribes, if you will. Those who game on a PC and those who play games using consoles. No, I am not setting up a marketing distinction like that of those classic Apple vs PC ads [...]
Upcoming iOS update fully unlocks Apple TV bluetooth keyboard control
Apple TV is Apple’s $99 table top device that pulls content from iTunes and Netflix and plays it on your TV screen-in full 1080HD. Apple TV also lets iOS devices stream content onto the TV screen. You can even play games on your iPad and watch the game screen on your TV. That’s all fine [...]
Android’s Google Now available for Chrome Users
Google recently announced that its Android Google Now services will be accessible to Chrome users. While this might not seem that big of a deal to many tech industry observers since it merely means that its comprehensive technology of bringing wide ranging information such as reviews of nearby restaurants, birthday alerts, reminders of trip departures, [...]
Will Facebook’s new jobs site sink LinkedIn?
I can’t say I am surprised that Facebook has launched a job board site. Considering the amount of pressure the company is under to find ways to milk revenue from its huge user base, the only surprise is the fact that it took this long. The long time delay is also surprising because LinkedIn has [...]
Startups Fix Security Hole Twitter and Facebook Missed
Smaller, faster, more nimble, and better adapted to changes. These are just some of the qualities that many tech industry observers and analysts have historically ascribed to small start-ups. Well, you can add, ‘better at detecting and fixing security holes’ to the list. According to a statement by Jonathan Rudenberg, a developer and security researcher, [...]