Google and Microsoft are promising to implement kill switches in the next versions of their mobile operating system software at the request of police. Apple has already implemented the “kill switch in its iOS 7 mobile software. What is a Kill Switch? A kill switch lets users remotely deactivate their Read More
Large corporations like Google, Amazon, Oracle and countless other businesses have long recognized the benefits of Linux and enthusiastically adopted the operating system as the core of their IT infrastructure and data centers. But average consumers (the ones reliant on Windows or OS X/Mac computers) have largely shied away from Read More
Unless you were hiding under a rock, you know Amazon entered the smartphone business June 18, 2014 with the launch of Fire. Although it’s highly unlikely the 4.7-inch Fire phone will dislodge the Apple iPhone or the Samsung Galaxy series from their high perch any time soon, the Amazon smartphone Read More
When Amazon launched the Fire smartphone today, it did what most large corporations often do – It went for the low hanging fruit while missing the larger opportunities. Like a lot of people with more time on their hands than they know what do with, I watched Amazon CEO Jeff Read More
Apple introduced a new entry-level 21.5-inch iMac starting at $1,099 with specs that are nothing to get excited about. The base configuration has 8GB of RAM, a measly 500GB of storage, a 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, Intel HD Graphics 5000 and comes with OS X Mavericks installed. There Read More
HP CEO Meg Whitman – Another Massive Layoff Coming (Pix Courtesy: Reuters) Somebody’s gotta pay for the Brobdingnagian salaries, stock options and the private jets of HP CEO Meg Whitman (yeah, she of the failed California gubernatorial bid after spending $140 million) and other top executives of the company. HP Read More