Category: breaking news

Apple / breaking news / iphone / news / Smartphone

April 4

Cheaper iPhone On the Way…or not?

I’m a realist. Sometimes I can be a bit cruel with the truth, but it’s useful in debunking the crap that newspapers spew when times are tough and there isn’t enough tech news to go around. Rumors continually driven by a certain publication (the Wall Street Journal) seem to point towards a cheaper iPhone on the way. Here are a few reasons why that’s...

breaking news / news / security / social / Social Media / social network / story

February 27

Life on Lockdown: Using Social Media to Stay Calm In a Dangerous Situation

I’m currently writing to you while hiding behind a table on lockdown. My school received an unconfirmed threat of some kind, and I’m hiding from that unknown threat. At the start, when our heads finally processed “this is not a drill”, the room was tense. Everybody stared in silence at the door, hopefully shielding us from the unknown. We followed procedure, sat down in...

breaking news / cloud / government / Law suit / news / storage

January 21

Why The US Can’t Prosecute Kim DotCom

In what may violate his bail agreement, Kim Dotcom of Megaupload fame has started a new, similar service called Mega, but thanks to good timing, and good PR he’s safe. Dotcom’s launch comes conveniently (an actual coincidence right after the death of Aaron Schwartz, a man who committed suicide after unfair prosecution for very similar crimes by the US government. The number 2 republican in the senate,...

Android / breaking news / news / samsung / Smartphone / Uncategorized

January 13

Look Out McDonalds: Samsung Sells over 100 Million Galaxy S Devices

McDonalds sold over 10 billion $1-5 hamburgers. Samsung sold over 100 million $300 Galaxy S devices. Which is more impressive? It’s a matter of opinion. They’re still far from Apple’s 400 Million + active iOS devices, but those are some big numbers. Samsung has been really successful with their S line lately, with both the SII and SIII coming to rave reviews. Can they...

Android / breaking news / camera / Google / Jellybean / news / phone / Smartphone / sony / Video

January 7

On the First Day of CES Sony Gave to Me, A Sony Xperia Z

Phones, electronics, and liquid don’t mix. As one person put it yesterday on Google Plus, “Beer + Macbook Pro = tears. I’ve learnt my lesson and keep liquids as far away from my machine as possible”. Sony is setting out to change that among many other things with their brand new Sony Xperia Z, an Android smartphone running Jellybean (4.1 soon to be upgraded...