Archive for category: Tech Column

  • Five new phones, more competition for iPhone 5

    Entertainment, Tech Column September 13, 2012 3:36 PM no comments

    Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung all released new phones within the past month to compete with the iPhone 5.
    Nokia Lumia 920
    The Lumia 920 is the newest handset in the Lumia line-up. Powered by Windows Phone 8, the Lumia 920 poses a significant threat to the iPhone 5, with a unique stylish design and killer new features. City Lens is a new app from Nokia that allows buyers to see augmented re…

  • Facebook eats up rising phone app for $1 billion

    Entertainment, Tech Column May 16, 2012 3:25 PM no comments

    On April 12, Facebook acquired Instagram, the 2011 Apple Inc. App Of The Year.  This came just days after Instagram lost its exclusivity in the Apple App Store, and released a version for Android devices in the Google Play Store.  By cutting exclusivity with the world’s wealthiest company and releasing for Android, the folks over at Instagram indicated they don’t care abou…

  • Social network provides inspiration and ideas

    Entertainment, Tech Column April 26, 2012 12:09 PM no comments

    From fashion inspirations to home décor ideas, Pinterest is the hot new social media site for sharing ideas. A virtual bulletin board, Pinterest gives us a place to organize an abundance of images from the web. Pinterest’s popularity has exploded at rates faster than Facebook or Twitter according to comScore, an internet marketing research company.  This latest pop-cultu…

  • Facebook buys Instagram for a billion

    Entertainment, News, Tech Column April 10, 2012 1:22 PM no comments


    In what has been called the “Easter Monday bombshell” by some newsreporters, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg posted that Facebook was buying Instagram in an unprecedented billion dollar deal.  An “Insta-backlash” grew in the Twittersphere as many Twitter users threatened to quit using Instagram.  Their concerns were regarding privacy and

  • Apple’s evolutionary upgrade extends to new unnamed iPad

    Entertainment, Tech Column March 7, 2012 11:30 PM no comments

    The iPad has revolutionized the world of tablets from an expensive product to a relatively cheap affordable and good-looking product. Apple upgraded the iPad today at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, CA. It will feature Retina Display, an upgraded GPU, 4G LTE connectivity, and a 5MP camera.  It will not feature Siri like in the iPhone 4S.  Also the front facing camera wil

  • Slew of new phones hit store shelves

    Entertainment, Tech Column November 14, 2011 1:20 PM no comments

    After the iPhone 4S release, phone manufacturers are showcasing and releasing their new phones to compete.  Check out the top couple which are hitting store shelves in the weeks ahead:

    iPhone 4S on Cspire Wireless: After the Verizon launch of the iPhone 4, many rumors spread that what then was Cellular South would be getting the iPhone 4.  Now less than a year later, Cspire custom…

  • Nanobot radicalizes future of medicine

    Entertainment, Tech Column January 29, 2011 1:20 PM no comments

    On December 29, 1959, in an American Physical Society convention at Caltech, Dr. Richard P. Feynman changed everything we knew about science in his now famous lecture, “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom.”
    That day, he proposed the introduction of a new field of science to the human race, one that would enable mankind to literally manipulate matter on the atomic scale. On t…

  • Apple’s iPhone source of conflict

    Entertainment, Tech Column October 28, 2010 1:43 PM no comments


    The iPhone, a smartphone currently in its 4th generation currently with the networks of AT&T, has impressed the world repeatedly with its performance, user interface, and simplicity.
    Tiny news reports are coming out all suggesting that now Apple has put an order for a couple million CDMA chips for an approximate ship date of January.  While the average person does not know w