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July 20, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Two of the most popular smartphones on the market, the iPhone 5 and the Samsung GS3, will be put to the test on the security level. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have teamed up to start testing the latest security features of the GS3 and iPhone 5. […]
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July 19, 2013 by Vertical Axion
While we’re far from Star Trek’s Lieutenant Data, we’re getting closer – and gaining speed. The University of Illinois at Chicago, one of the leading research facilities in the US when it comes to artificial intelligence systems, has developed a system called ConceptNet 4. They gave this computer an IQ test, and found it has […]
July 18, 2013 by Vertical Axion
If you run a Facebook for your business (hint: you should be), then you may be wondering what time of day is best to post something. You might have content down and know that you should target your audience with relatable content. You may even have some interesting content lined up to post, but when […]
July 17, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Google continues to change and tweak its applications for the two main phone operating systems. In just the last two weeks, both versions of the apps have seen new features, improvements to security, and some large changes. Here are just a few of the notable tweaks. Gmail Alterations The biggest complaints about the new Gmail […]
July 16, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Lackluster sales have caused Microsoft to cut their prices on a number of their tablets rather significantly starting Sunday. Several of the models that had price reductions that resulted in savings of over a hundred dollars. For example, the 32 GB models with touch keyboards were reduced to $349, a reduction of $150. The 64 […]
July 15, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Do you have an inactive Yahoo email address? Starting on July 15th; Yahoo will release the email addresses that have been inactive for a period of 12 months. These email addresses will become available mid-August. Yahoo has recently announced its intent on recycling email addresses, but this is really an old policy. In a post […]
July 13, 2013 by Vertical Axion
A new storage system breakthrough may change the entire way storage is done, researchers say. A new type of storage based on a glass medium will not only outlive a single person, but may outlive the entire world. This new system may be able to withstand temperatures up to 1,832 Fahrenheit, and can hold up […]
July 12, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Do you want a few easy ways to make your Twitter presence overwhelmingly powerful? While we all know how to use Twitter by posting “microblogs” to our Twitter feeds, do we really know how to use it to its fullest? Twitter is no longer an optional social media website like it once was. It has […]
July 11, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Here is a new one for the statute book. It seems that Florida might have just made computers illegal. The state has recently passed a bill in an effort to curb gambling in internet cafes. Which, depending on your point of view, you might think a reasonable thing to do. However, it seems that the […]
July 10, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Facebook’s Graph Search has been highly anticipated. The advanced search feature began to roll out earlier this week after being announced in January of this year. While Graph Search is only available in American English at the moment, the company plans on porting it over to other languages soon so it can do a worldwide […]
July 9, 2013 by Vertical Axion
LinkedIn has brought a new feature to the table, and it’s more important than ever that you learn how to use it. Now you get to tell your professional story in a series of pictures using LinkedIn’s Visual Profiles. Considering how much of the Internet is about pictures and images, LinkedIn made an excellent choice […]
July 8, 2013 by Vertical Axion
The latest update to Skype has enabled a bug that allows users to bypass lock screens on Android devices. Currently, that amounts to 100 million devices that could be compromised. An XDA-Developers Forum by the name of “Pulser” said he tested the attack on the latest version of Skype (which was released Monday, the 1st […]
July 6, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Ubisoft, the father of the famous Assassin’s Creed videogame series, is advising all users to change their passwords and, in some cases, email addresses immediately. Just yesterday, the large game company announced that its user database had been breached, exposing thousands of email addresses, encrypted passwords and user names. “We recently discovered that one of […]
July 5, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Do you have trouble mastering your inbox? You’re not alone: the average business owner receives 110 emails a day, and that number is supposed to increase to 125 by 2015 according to the Radicati Group study. So how does one conquer such a large pile of communication every day without missing anything? Mailstrom How many […]
July 3, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Twitter, in an effort to connect news with tweets, is testing a feature that embeds 140-characters messages into longer stories that mention the tweet topic. Twitter says this is part of a larger, over-all strategy that will make Twitter more relevant in the news world. Since tweets can be updated real-time, any information that is […]
July 2, 2013 by Vertical Axion
To keep up with the ever-changing technology industry, Microsoft announced last Monday that it will now be offering weekly updates to their newest version of Windows, Windows 8. Microsoft believes that this will help them not only keep up with competitors, but possibly stay ahead of the curve as well in some areas. Microsoft has […]
July 1, 2013 by Vertical Axion
AltaVista, a name not recognized by many of the Internet’s users of today, is finally going offline for good. Yahoo wrote a few days ago that it was killing off AltaVista and 11 other services that were no longer relevant in today’s world because of changing technology and lack of brand recognition. Jay Rossiter, vice […]
June 28, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Market analysts and talking heads have been predicting a paradigm shift in the world of computing – that the era of laptop computing would soon abdicate to the new, exciting world of tablet PCs, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appears to be unconvinced. At the Microsoft Build Developer Conference on Wednesday, he criticized the “tablets-only” […]
June 27, 2013 by Vertical Axion
While the technology to add fingerprint recognition to mobile devices has been in existence for a while, FingerQ, a company based on Hong Kong, has decided to shed some new light on the industry. The small startup company has made a series of cases for your Android device that come with biometric fingerprint sensors. Of […]
June 26, 2013 by Vertical Axion
In 2011, people were worried because malware that infected cellphones was up 155%. Now, from March 2012 to March 2013, it’s up 614%. New forms of software and hardware are coming onto the market faster than most people can blink, and malware for these devices is keeping pace. The 614% increase in malware in the […]
June 25, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Nook users, you’re about to be an endangered species. A few days ago, Barnes & Noble, one of the last remaining book sellers in the United States that still maintain physical locations, announced that they will no longer be producing and selling their Nook. The Nook has found its niche in the market, albeit not […]
June 24, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Though Leap Motion, an innovative gesture control system for the computer, doesn’t launch until July 22nd, it’s been all the buzz in the few short weeks since its announcement. Because of this, Leap Motion has decided to launch the developer portal a few weeks ahead of time to give people a taste of what’s to […]
June 22, 2013 by Vertical Axion
Facebook had a hiccup – and it cost 6 million of its users some their private information. The contact information exposed shared information with other members on Facebook, the social media giant said. Late last week, they discovered a bug in the “download your information” tool that allows users to get a list of their […]
June 21, 2013 by Vertical Axion
With the mobile industry growing each and every day, it makes sense that you’re looking to see if you might be able to harness the power of owning a tablet. An estimated 265 million tablets will ship this year across the world, and by 2017, experts estimate that tablets will outsell PCs by a 3 […]
