Comparing online gaming between tablets and mobile phones
If there is one thing that never stops moving it is technology, with innovations happening every day that make our lives easier and more enjoyable. For the casino industry this is a great thing as it gives them more ways in which they can create and distribute fun casino games to more people than ever before.
One of the main additions that online casino games companies have jumped on is the mobile phone and tablet markets, this allows people to play casino games, at http://www.luckynuggetcasino.com/au/online-blackjack/, no matter where they are. But are there any differences in the experience for the...
Privacy Concerns Peak as Facebook Introduces Graph Search
The popular social networking site Facebook has once again come under fire. As little as a month ago, the company released its new search software called Graph Search. This new form of searching via the site allows users to type in phrases like, "friends in New York who like jazz music," and the results displayed are actually relevant. While this new method of searching for people with similar tastes as you is a great advancement, it has others concerned about privacy.
Facebook itself prepared for these concerns before releasing the application. As it stands, Graph Search has access only to information...
Facebook Being Sued Yet Again
For anyone up to date on the current trends of the Internet, it may be hard to believe that the social networking website Facebook is being challenged. In fact, the site has recently been sued over the use of its "like" button, along with other features that have made it the most popular place on the web for social media. The company has no comments to share in regard to the lawsuit.
Rembrandt Social Media, a company whose sole purpose is to hold patents, is responsible for taking up this case. The company is acting on behalf of a now deceased...
Egypt Bans YouTube Services for a Month
The film "Innocence of Muslims," a video mocking Islamic beliefs, continues to bring upset to the Islamic community. An Egyptian court recently decided to ban use of YouTube in the country. This rule was based on the fact that the video was uploaded and distributed through the popular video sharing website.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the video, it runs for a total of 13 minutes. In it, the prophet Mohammed is shown as being a sexual deviant who is neither enlightened nor respectable. This is particularly a problem because Islamic peoples believe any depiction of Mohammed to...
Text Messaging Company Offers to Pay Customers
A new mobile phone service for texting has become popular in Spain. This service, called Chad2Win, is free for its customers and actually pays them. The only condition is that the users will have to deal with ads regularly. They can earn up to $34 a month by viewing these ads or clicking on them. The company pays a cent for every advertisement the person views and three cents for every advertisement that they click on.
The company operates out of Barcelona currently and has gotten quite a few people interested. Free messaging services have become all the rage, with one...
The Quality of Netflix and LoveFilm
Many television shows and movies can be accessed online today using streaming services like Netflixand LoveFilm. By taking advantage of internet connectivity these forms of entertainment can easilybe brought into one’s home. This makes it more convenient to watch movies and TV shows at homeor on the go.
Both of these popular services offer 1080p full HD streaming. However, the ability to actually obtain1080p depends on three different variables. For one, the type of content selected to be watched is afactor. Secondly, the devices on which the content will be watched plays a role in determine picturequality. Lastly, the speed of...
Google Urges Users to Protect Themselves
According to Google, it has become increasingly easier for others, especially the U.S. government, to access its users' information. In the past three years, the company has received 70% more requests for this personal information than in previous years, and they claim that the majority of these requests come from the United States government. Google has been forced to comply with two-thirds of these requests for personal data.
The company itself is trying to inform users of this for their own protection. A privacy advocate at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Trevor Timm, hopes to remind people that the Electronics Communication Privacy...
Watch Out, Internet: Here Comes the Cyber Command
The Pentagon has decided enough is enough and that they are going to take things a step further when dealing with cyber-terrorism. Three years ago, they established the U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade in order to protect their computers against all sorts of attacks. The U.S. government has approved an expansion for the agency. According to what Defense officials told the Washington Post, within the next few years, the Pentagon expects to go from 900 to 4900 staff members.
The reason for this projected expansion is that lately, computers all across the world have been vulnerable to attacks. One...
Ray Kurzweil, Technologist, Pioneer, Joins Google
This is quite a big win for Google. The company has managed to snag futurist Ray Kurzweil, a big proponent of "accelerated change" and a pioneer in both machine learning and text-to-speech.
Google will be making him the Director of Engineering, where he will be responsible for overseeing Google's machine learning programs and speech related initiatives. Likely, his job will be to make Google's speech recognition as incredible as its voice synth.
Kurzweil is the man responsible for the popularization of "accelerated change," the idea that world-changing inventions happen faster and faster as time goes on, with the rate of...
After Murdering TechTV, G4 Becomes Victim of Network Rebranding
Soon, the G4 channel will be no more. The gaming channel is losing its last gaming content, with the cancellation of Attack of the Show and XPlay. With their departure, a new channel will be ushered in: the Esquire Channel. Designed for the "modern male," the Esquire Channel will feature cooking shows, travel shows, and other things that appeal to the modern metrosexual. Quite a big departure for a channel that once strived to be the ultimate source for video game news.
But those of us with longer memories will see this as a bit of justice....
Google, Apple Join Together to Buy Patent Protection
Well, this is a little surprising. Google and Apple, two superpowers of the tech world who are locked in a not-so-cold patent war, have decided to get together and jointly buy a patent portfolio from Kodak.
Its no secret that Kodak is in trouble. The once great film company failed to capitalize on the move to digital cameras before it was too late, and we've seen them desperately dilute their brand in a vain attempt to hold off inevitable bankruptcy. One of their most valuable assets, however, and one that the company had been holding back on for...
Staples Expands from Printing on Paper to Printing 3d Models
In what might just prove to be the most prescient move ever, Staples has decided that printing documents isn't enough. The office supply chain will installing a trial run of 3D printers to test the waters for the market. Initially the printers will only be available in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Basically, this service will be a competitor to Shapeways, the longstanding 3D printing company of choice when you want to make or sell your 3D printed widget. But unlike Shapeways, you will be able to pick up your widget at your local Staples, effectively placing a print...
Netflix Losing $1 Billion a year on Instant Streaming
You might have thought that Netflix was destroying it, what with the service being everywhere and accounting for a sizable portion of evening internet traffic, but it turns out the the company is actually having some trouble. In fact, they are apparently losing $1 billion a year on Instant Streaming, the crown jewel in the Netflix hat.
Of course, Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, doesn't think that Amazon is doing much better. He estimates, based on the content deals that Netflix was able to eke out, that the company's less complete offerings are costing them $500 million -...
Google and Dish Network in Spectrum Talks. Google 3G Coming Soon?
A while ago, Dish network managed to win a pretty fierce round of bidding for a newly opened block of spectrum. AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Google were all interested in winning it, with most of them planning on using it to expand their cellular networks. But Dish, the satellite-based broadcaster, was the one that won. Despite not really needing it.
Now, we're getting reports that Google is sitting down with Dish to discuss possible licensing of the spectrum. For Google, that could only be for one thing: internet.
It's no secret that Google has not been fond of...
Google has a Monopoly in China
If you question the success of Android, now's the time to give up the goat. In China, Google's little green machine has managed to gain over a 90% marketshare. That means that 9 out of every 10 phones run Android. 9 out of 10! A year ago, the number was a much more palatable 58.6% marketshare. Now, I love Google, and I love Android. But monopolies, even ones caused by better products, breed slow progress. Come on Microsoft. Make some inroads already!
Even more interesting, the actual statistic is likely higher. That...
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