While it’s no secret that Greystone employees love their baked goods, we draw the line when it comes to a more obnoxious type of cookie – the online tracking variety. But wouldn’t you know it, tracking cookie companies – as a gesture of good faith – allow you to opt out of their tracking services. [...]
I knew there was a reason I didn’t like Bing and it’s because they cheat. Here is a great write up of how Bing was caught steal search results from Google by creating fake searches and results.
Last weekend someone compromised the database for the Gawker Media family of websites. While they did encrypt the information stored in the database, they unfortunately didn’t do it right. Most encryption methods require something called a salt. Now a salt is like a master key that’s used to encrypt data so that it’s hard for someone to [...]
They say drinking is a social lubricant but at some point in your life you might have called, texted, or even hopped on Facebook when you weren’t entirely in the correct state of mind. WebRoot has come to the rescue with a new browser plugin that may guard you from posting something on a social [...]
I once took part of a research panel for a downtown apartment complex that was being remodeled to be more hip and attractive to prospective buyers. The group that I participated in ended up being a poor representation of the target market once we all got in a room together and started talking about it. [...]
Myth: Never leave your cell phone on the charger overnight Most of us have heard this statement made at some point in our time using cell phones. If you leave your phone plugged in every night for hours on end, your battery will slowly loose length of life. However, what many don’t know is that [...]
I’m amazed at a couple of the recent viral marketing efforts that have come out recently. The newest was the dry erase girl from thechive.com. Original Story: Girl quits her job via dry erase board emails The breakdown of the hoax My personal favorite was from the Old Spice Guy replying to tweets. Here is [...]
Google recently released the App Inventor, an easy way to make applications for the Android based phones which includes the Droid, Incredible, and others. While this will undoubtedly mean a flood of simple games and ridiculous ideas, it will also allow more people the resource to create some really brilliant developments. Because you don’t need [...]
It takes a lot for me to be wowed by a headline. However, this article on Virgin Media’s superfast internet testing did it. I’m not sure how soon we can begin expecting this kind of technology here in the US since we’ve just begun receiving 50Mbps internet, but it could certainly be sooner than you [...]
I was thinking it would be great to compare the iPhone 4 (just making it’s debut) to the HTC Evo and wouldn’t you know it, someone has already beat me to it! http://mashable.com/2010/06/07/iphone-evo-droid-infographic/ A couple things I’d like to mention. I’ve seen a couple sources that state battery life on the HTC isn’t very good. [...]