Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing versions of Office for the Android and IOS mobile platforms early next year. Office is already available to the Windows Phone OS. Releasing Office to Android and IOS came as a surprise to many people because, most people have found a solution to read, store, modify and…
Thomas Fox
Blackberry, just the name alone is enough to make many people sick to their stomach. Research in Motion has been working on a new smart phone for the last few years to try and compete in the vastly changed cell phone market. Since Blackberry first came out with their “smart” phones the market has changed…
Samsung has released TecTiles which can help make your life much simpler. These TecTiles are available in a 5-pack for $15.00. First these tiles interact with your phone using Near-Field communication or NFC. NFC is a wireless technology that is more secure then previous wireless communications such as Bluetooth. NFC has been gaining popularity as…
Many people regard Apple as one of the best hardware developers ever, but what those people do not realize is that Apple gets a large amount of their technology from other vendors. Apple, in recent months, has begun shopping around it would seem for new chip developers and even toying with the possibility of designing…
Mid last month Starbucks added a new payment method. You can now go to Starbucks and pay with your phone via the Square wallet app which is available on both Android and Iphone. The service has launch at over 7000 Starbucks locations.The Square Wallet app allows you to link your debit/credit card to the application.…
Over the past year YouTube has been trying out a new system. YouTube tried to get original content providers to roll out several hours of new content every week. This new weekly content was designed to try and compete with cable companies and see if it was possible to become competitive with them by doing…
Android turned 5 on the 5th of this month. It has only been 5 years since The Open Handset Alliance announced the Linux based mobile platform. It is hard to believe that only 5 years ago Android was released and since has capitalized on about 75% of the world-wide Smartphone market.Since Android's release it has grown about…
With Microsoft's new tablet, Surface, out recently and predictions it is going to hurt Apple's bottom line it was only a matter of time before Apple responded with a new product line to try and tempt users away from Microsoft.Apple is releasing the new iPad Mini in an attempt to steal some of its user…
When you create an account in Windows 8 you can associate an email address with the account. If you do this Microsoft will have the ability to send you emails. They have started sending out how-to emails that assist users in navigating the new Windows environment. So far the emails have been labeled "Getting Started…
One of the lesser known services Google offers is the ability to translate documents from one language to another. Google Translate is a service that allows users to upload text from one of fifty-four languages from all around the globe and have it instantly translated to another language of their choice.While this service in most…
Acer has told Microsoft that is it not happy about Microsoft releasing hardware. Microsoft has been releasing hardware that competes with their hardware partners. Linxian Lang emailed Microsoft letting them know that he does not agree with this. Acer has pushed off the release of a tablet loaded with Windows RT because it is wary…
Many different free email services have come to over the years, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc. but just recently one of the new guys is now on top. For a number of years Hotmail claimed the prize as most used free email service but this past October they lost their grip on this title.Gmail, Googles free…