Category: future

What My Trip To the Pharmacy Taught Me About Technology

Happy Turkey day everyone. In 1963 the Jetsons first aired and a new generation of dreamers was introduced to a dreamy future of  widespread technology, videochatting, robots, and flying cars. It seemed so crazy then, but minus the flying cars and life in space, our lives are very similar to that of the Jetsons. The incredible point that we had reached became especially apparent...

BI Reports iPhone 5S to Arrive in Spring

It’s being reported by various reasonably reliable sources that there will be both a new iPhone and iPad in the Spring. That would mean only about an eight month production of the current models if Apple released it at their Worldwide Developer Conference in June. Unfortunately it seems to just be pageview journalism. They report that limited production is already starting in test runs...

Microsoft: “We’re Back” with Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Surface

We’ve done a lot of polling lately, and one of the things we asked you was “What do you think of Windows 8?” The split was pretty even for whether people liked it now, but 29% of you said that you believed Windows 8 is a step in the right direction. That’s just one step though; Microsoft has worked hard recently to reimagine their...

No More Television News?

Google Plus’s Hangout on air are becoming more and more regular parts of news broadcasting as are applications such as Skype. Interestingly enough, hangouts are also working as distribution networks. Could this be the future of news broadcasting? Will I one day be “hanging out” with Wolff Blitzer? It’s certainly a long way off, but watching the video below, I think it’s in the...

Google’s Self-Driving Car Still Going Strong

After over 300,000 miles of testing in real traffic, Google says its’ self-driving car is getting nearer and nearer to completion. According to Google there are at least twelve of their cars on the road testing at all times and they have yet to have an accident with one of them. Their goals for the future include figuring out how to adjust for snow...