30 May 2015
Hands On With Google’s Android Pay
Hands On With Google’s Android Pay Android devices have supported tap-to-pay transactions in brick-and-mortar stores for years with Google Wallet, but at the 2015 I/O developer conference, the search giant showed how those transactions will work in the future with Android Pay. How it Works I was shown a phone running an e-commerce app.
30 May 2015
How to Extend Enterprise Mobility Beyond MDM
How to Extend Enterprise Mobility Beyond MDM Consumers may be driving the market boom for mobile devices—more powerful smartphones, tablets with better screens, thin laptops with processing horsepower—but the biggest change in the mobile space is happening with enterprise. Near-ubiquitous Internet connectivity and a mini-computer in every pocket capable of performing a variety
30 May 2015
Gameband + Minecraft
Gameband + Minecraft The Gameband + Minecraft is a uniquewearable band that instantly backs up the Minecraft worlds you build, allowing you to take them anywhere. Essentially a USB 3.0 thumb drive in bracelet form, the Gameband also shows off the time, date, and animations you can create with an included app. It’s a bit pricey
30 May 2015
Gadget Ogling: Casting Discs, Scent-uous Sunrises and Surfing Without Waves
Gadget Ogling: Casting Discs, Scent-uous Sunrises and Surfing Without Waves Welcome to the latest edition of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares. Hop on our express train to utopic recently announced gadgets, whizzing by the ghost towns of those that fail to pass muster. Ahead on the tracks this week are a new player in the streaming
29 May 2015
LinkedIn Links Up With Lynda
LinkedIn Links Up With Lynda The acquisition of Lynda.com means that education and career connections will intersect at LinkedIn — but they won’t necessarily form one big happy family. To succeed, LinkedIn will need to fix underlying issues that have been punted down the line over the years, suggested Statsocial VP Kaitlin Atkinson. One
29 May 2015
Will Apple TV Be Busting Out All Over?
Will Apple TV Be Busting Out All Over? As a product-selling tactic, I can’t think of a better way to create a product that will have the consumer appeal needed to get millions of households to buy into a much bigger and broader world than through an Apple TV. Teaching consumers to buy some
29 May 2015
Apple vs. Lenovo: Lenovo’s Coming-Out Party
Apple vs. Lenovo: Lenovo’s Coming-Out Party If Apple falls — and this outcome is anything but certain — then Lenovo has the greatest likelihood of emerging as the leader in most of the worldwide markets where Apple currently leads. If Apple holds, there is no vendor that currently is structured to take its unique
29 May 2015
Google’s I/O Steers Devs to Photos, IoT, Maps and More
Google’s I/O Steers Devs to Photos, IoT, Maps and More Google on Thursday kicked off its I/O developers conference with the introduction of a new app for better managing, organizing and storing photos, as well as an Android spinoff for the Internet of Things, and an offline feature for Maps. The new Google Photo application
29 May 2015
21 Cool Non-Math Things You Can Do With Wolfram Alpha
21 Cool Non-Math Things You Can Do With Wolfram Alpha Wolfram Alpha is not Google. They may look and even feel similar, but Google it is not. Google helps users navigate the expansive global Web via a friendly (but highly effective) interface. Wolfram Alpha, on the other hand, utilizes its brawny computing power to
29 May 2015
Google Photos Will Organize, Store All Your Pics
Google Photos Will Organize, Store All Your Pics Are all your digital photos scattered across devices and online services in a disorganized mess? Does it stress you out? Google wants to help. At its I/O developer conference today, the search giant launched Google Photos, which “gives you a home for all your photos