Category: opinion

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...

Lenovo Says Bye Bye to China, Hello USA

I wanted to send a big Kudos to PC maker Lenovo which is building a factory right here in the USA. The Carolinas seem to be gaining all kinds of industry these days, from Apple with a data center for iCloud, to factories for Boeing’s 787. Anyways, considering that nearly every computer company is churning out both components, and full builds for $1 a...

Ice Cream Sandwich? Try Ice Cream Nachos!

Most of you don’t know this, but beyond my love of technology, I am also a MAJOR desert lover, and that’s why I’m psyched for one ice cream company’s latest creation. How delicious does this look? Baskin Robbin’s latest desert offers candy coated ice cream with chocolate sauce, and chocolate and vanilla waffle cone chips for dipping. Too bad my local B and R...

Apps- Improving lives or Making us Lazier?

I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about how web and mobile apps are making us lazy. But is the goal of technology not to make our lives easier? Is this not the ultimate goal? The article uses a few specific examples of apps which allow us to goof of but they aren’t saving work so much as passing the buck. One...

Response: Makers VS Takers

In Macworld Magazine this month, Alexandra Samuel wrote about the makers and the takers of technology. She wrote about how now that technology is being so simplified, people are beginning to become more apathetic and complacent. I agree with some of what she was saying, but some items I disagree with. In her article she stated “Thanks to improvements in the range, functionality, and...