Technology: a time sink or provider of unexpected benefits?
For younger generations, it is heard all too often: “technology makes you kids so lazy nowadays!” Just with anything new and unfamiliar, technology has been under fire for a plethora of issues, especially relating to the younger generations.
One of the most recent issues is the possible…
Applications using Azure Active Directory (AD) to authenticate — a category that includes Office 365, among other things — will soon be able to stop using passwords entirely. It's not as counter-productive as it sounds.
App-based Authentication
Azure AD accounts can already use the Microsoft Authenticator app for two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication combines a password with…
Let Google Break You Out Of Your "Usual"
We have probably all relied on Google Maps to help us get from point A to point B. Fortunately, Google Maps has continued to evolve over the years by adding some great new features. In May, Google announced a load of new features coming to Maps. Some…
It's no secret that life is becoming more connected as time goes on. This applies to all walks of life — from social media, to business calendars, to refrigerators that can tell you what food you need. This is all well and good and it makes life easier to an extent, but there is always…
Microsoft is forced to shut down Facebook integration.
There is trouble in the vast sea of 1's and 0's. Due to an update recently released by Facebook for their Graph API, Microsoft was forced to shut down all of its Facebook-related Connect features.
According to Microsoft's support page:
"Facebook has made an update to their Graph API…
I’d like to share with you some self-improvement lessons I have learned from my college computer programming classes. In software development, an application (or app, for short) always has a version number. It’s usually 1.0 for a new app, 2.0 for its major upgrade, and so on. With each new version, the app gets better and better.…
Taco Bell sends "fourthmeal" to whole new level.
Taco Bell has joined the order by smartphone craze. Their new app will allow their customers to order ahead of time. Customers will have the option of going through the drive-thru or going inside to pick up their meal.
While Taco Bell is the first of the major…
Get ready, people: the coffee break as you know it is about to change. Starbucks will offer a delivery option in its mobile app in select areas next year. Just imagine being able to order your morning, mid-morning, lunch, after-lunch, and afternoon coffee the night before. Hot (or, depending on your order, cold) Starbucks coffee brought…
Winter is coming and you know what that means: Time to get a cuddle buddy lined up. A new iPhone app can help you find the perfect snuggle partner.
Cuddlr helps you locate people in your area who are down for a friendly cuddle. When you see someone you like, send them a "cuddle request"…
We all knew wearable's were a big deal. Anyone who’s anyone’s got one, and now it seems babies are jumping on the wearable bandwagon too.
Sproutling, the self-proclaimed ‘world’s smartest baby monitor,’ is trying to give parents some peace of mind.
Designed by former Apple and Google engineers, pediatric specialists and new parents, Sproutling seems…
Bitglass has secretly made its way into the Enterprise market for security-based cloud computing. Just last year Bitglass raised over $10 million from Series A funding. The main goal of Bitglass is to focus on the shift of going to Cloud computing from on-premise computing. Bitglass is considered to be Software-as-a-Service (SAAS).
With Bitglass, businesses will…
Roku has developed a box that is similar to other "Smart TV" boxes. They have had this technology available to consumers for over a year now. They have just added a service that as not available over the Internet in until just recently. This is your cable service over the Internet.
Roku will be releasing the…