Archive for the ‘Technology News’ Category

 

Blue Interactive Blacks Out Website in Protest of SOPA and PIPA

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

In protest over the SOPA and IP Protection acts, Blue Interactive has blacked out their website for the day. Check out our one-page cheat sheet to understand the issues and what you can do to save the internet. www.blueinteractiveagency.com Download our SOPA and PIPA Blacklist Cheat Sheet. The Global Intellectual Property Center reported the sale of counterfeit goods [...]

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Spotify Adds Facebook-Style Apps

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Spotify is quickly surpassing Slacker and other streaming music services in popularity. The company announced Wednesday that it will now begin offering Facebook-style apps that add various features and functions to its service. Many are speculating that the integration could differentiate the Stockholm-based company among growing competition from Google, Amazon and Apple. At their press [...]

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Cyber Monday Tech Deals

Monday, November 28th, 2011

We blogged about Black Friday, so we simply couldn’t ignore Cyber Monday. Some of the best tech deals are featured on Cyber Monday, so we did a little digging to try and find out if some of the season’s hottest gadgets would be discounted, and here’s what we found: Kindle Fire: It has been speculated [...]

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All About Siri

Monday, November 14th, 2011

We’ve all had some past experience with the use of voice-controlled technology. Many a parody commercial has been made pointing out the oft-comical flaws in the voice-command technology of generations past. But with the power of the dual-core A5 chip in the latest iPhone 4S, Siri is bringing voice assistance into the new millennium, and [...]

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Square Introduces Hands-Free Payment with Updated Card Case App

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Forget sliced bread, Square Inc. just introduced new technology that will replace it as the benchmark for “cool”. We thought Square Inc.’s electronic card-reading device for the iPhone was pretty amazing (and it still is), but the start-up just released an update to its Card Case app that allows iPhone and iPhone 4S users to [...]

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Say Goodbye to Netflix with Six Great Alternatives

Friday, October 28th, 2011

You may have seen Netflix’s announcement on Monday that the company lost over 800,000 subscribers since they raised prices by 60%, which went into effect in September. If you were one of the customers that couldn’t justify the additional costs, fear not, there are plenty of alternatives you can explore. Mashable’s Veena Bissram outlined “6 [...]

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“Put Down the Camera & Enjoy the Party” with iPhone’s Dot

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Kickstarter is helping to bring great projects to life. The online crowd-funding service platform gathers monetary resources from the general public to fund creative projects, like Dot. Developed by New York-based startup Kogeto, Dot is a hardware iPhone attachment that captures panoramic video. Kogeto founder and CEO Jeff Glasse came up with the idea after [...]

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