At WWDC Apple Continues Desktop Dominance While Playing Catchup on Mobile

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At its World Wide Developers Conference yesterday, Apple showed off it's newest operating systems for the desktop and mobile. I'm not going to go into the details of features or benefits of anything … [Read more...]

Google Skeeball Demonstrates the Power of Chrome

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Google often ties to show how powerful it's browser Chrome is and last week was no exception.  Google released a game based on that old classic skeeball game we all love so much. In this version, … [Read more...]

Google is the Most Exciting Company in the World

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I read a great article breaking down the recent Google I/O developers conference and what it means to the larger computing world and to Google itself. The article contends, and I agree, that Google … [Read more...]

The Current State of Social Networks

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A few things have gotten me thinking about the current state of all the social networks I am a member of. Let's take them one at a time. Twitter I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. … [Read more...]

Amazon and the Decline of the E-Reader

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It's no surprise traditional black and white eReaders like the Amazon Kindle are starting to take a serious hit as the popularity of full function tablets rise. Amazon's Kindle application runs on all … [Read more...]

Welcome to the Next Big Thing – Wearable Computing

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In technology we are often looking for the "next big thing" and I am ready to make a prediction on what that is. I think it's wearable computing. This is not a brand new concept and variations of it … [Read more...]

Google+ Communities Show Promise

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As far as social networks go, Google+ has been lagging behind Twitter and Facebook ever since it's inception. Because it is from Google and is being more tightly integrated into other Google services, … [Read more...]

Google Chromebook Finally Makes Sense at $250

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Google has been playing with their Chromebook concept for a few years with little success, but now, a new release of a super thin machine at a price of $250 is finally the right combination of price … [Read more...]

Facebook Redux

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I am having more fun on Facebook these days than any other social network. There is a deep sense of personal satisfaction I have not found on Twitter or Google+. There has always been a different set … [Read more...]

Apple’s Big Mea Culpa On Maps

Now that the initial hoopla of the iPhone 5 introduction has died down, we can settle in and take a good look at how things are going for the platform. All things considered, it looks like another … [Read more...]