Technology & Business
Nest recalling thousands of smoke detectors due to safety concerns
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1156”] Image by Steve Jurvetson under Creative Commons License [/caption] Everyone knows a smoke detector is a critical installation of every house. It can mean the difference between life and death. So when a company recalls nearly half a million smoke detectors (aka NEST) because of an issue, you have to stand up and take notice. In this case the Nest Protect Smoke + CO system has an alarm muting feature that is activated by waving your arms within view of the sensor.
Google updates its Search engine algorithm
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“2500”] Image by John Trainor under creative commons license [/caption] Google seems to have tweaked its search engine algorithm a bit to further fight low quality content and online spam. Panda algorithm v4 seems to make sites with poor quality content even more difficult to find (thus improving your search experience as a user). [info found in SearchEngineLand] SearchEngineLand also reports that Paydat Loan Algorithm v2 was also released attacking "very spammy queries". It is believed the Panda update impacted 7.
AT&T brings free solar charging to NY City
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“2500”] Image by Jimmy_Joe under Creative Commons License [/caption] AT&T is bringing back their solar street charging stations to NY city which will make thousands of tourists and locals happy. Your happiness should last until September when AT&T scoops up these stations and prepares them for winter hibernation. 45 of these will be distributed accross New York City (double the 2013 number). These are completely free and available to everyone (not just AT&T customers). The stations so have an internal battery which means they will charge your power hungry phone or tablet even at night.
Roam Mobility Breeze unlocked GSM phone review
As a Canadian that travel to the US once in a while, I fell in love with Roam Mobility's US roaming services. They offer very competitive easy to understand plan to save you real money anytime you are in the USA. I have actually written about them very often (some examples): Rogers' US Roaming Versus Roam Mobility Roam Mobility Offers Best US Roaming Deal For Canadians Roam Mobility Offers Competitive US Roaming For Canadians Roam Mobility Now Sold At 265 Futureshop And BestBuy Locations
Google buys Divide and moves Android into the enterprise
Up until now, Android really didn't play nice in the enterprise space because it was difficult to manage through an MDM. Manufacturers (like Knox from Samsung) had to build their own enterprise security and management features. Google is set to change that with its acquisition of Divide. Divide was an Mobile Device Management service provided from the cloud (MDM as a service) and allowed organizations of all sizes to manage the mobile devices of their employees to ensure corporate security rules are followed.
Google performs 100 billion searches a month
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“2500”] Image by the US Army under creative commons license [/caption] Google is the 800 pound gorilla in the internet space and its always fascinating to read about their challenges and successes. After all if the number 1 player has a cold everyone else get's sick. The annual Founders Letter (link) is a fantastic read because you get a rare insight into the hopes and wishes of Larry Page. One such "revelation" in the current version is “[.
LG G3 Images leak and its gorgeous
LG will be announcing its updated Android smartphone lineup shortly (the G3) and leaks have started to appear in their secrecy ship. A tipster send PhoneArena images (link) which look like actual product shorts of this upcoming LG G3 smartphone. The rumors thus far have indicated the device will have a 5.5" IPS 2560x1440 screen and that the device will come in 3 colors (shown in the PhoneArena leaks). Click on the image in the below gallery to cycle through the leaked pictures
Run iPhone apps on Android
The iPhone 5s is my main primary use cell phone (even though I test dozens of other phones every year). One of the main reasons I have stayed (stuck) to the iPhone is the collection of high quality apps available on IOS and not on Android. Sure I wish my main apps existed on both platforms but there are still some very useful productivity apps that are iPhone only. Now six Columbia university students have done the unthinkable. they have forsaken everything that is holly and have devised a platform (called CIDER) which "
New Gillette razor changing a 100 year business model?
It seems every couple of years, Gillette releases a newer, better, closer, more precise shaving razor system that turns out of be incompatible with all previous blades. Many have said this is a technique to keep the price of blades high. Now there is a twist to the story with Gilette releasing the new ProGlide with Flexball technology (link) which accepts the previous series of ProGlide blades. No one know for sure but many analysts have said it is an admission that companies like DollarShaveClub, Harrys or Dorco (link) are really starting to hurt the king of razors.
The smartphone case for the selfie generation
The current generation of smartphone totting youngsters seems to be obsessed with taking selfies but don't you hate the fact you have to hold the smartphone out at arms length? Doesn't that limit your creativity? Now iLuv has the solution for iPhone, iPad and Samsung Galaxy users via a special smartphone case called the Selfie. You slip on the case, pair the bluetooth trigger and you're ready to use this case with any app you already have. All of this fun can be yours for only $50.