*+-By the end of 2014, mobile app usage was climbing— no, skyrocketing! That’s right. According to a report released by the Yahoo-owned mobile analytics firm, Flurry, overall app usage (meaning actual engagement) grew by 76 percent in 2014. Can you believe that Flurry recorded more than two trillion — TRILLION! — app sessions during the[…]
*+-During a campaign stop earlier today, Clinton said, “[the emails] belong to the State Department. So the State Department has to go through its process but as much as they can expedite that process, that’s what I’m asking them to do. Please move as quickly as they possibly can to get them out.” It’s not[…]
*+- That might sound like a scene from the future or a science-fiction movie. But thanks to smartwatches, it’s no longer just fantasy. These tiny, wearable devices connect to your cell phone wirelessly. Then they let you do everything from making calls and browsing to taking pictures. Apple, Sony, and Samsung are just some of[…]
*+-Hard disk lifespan is a common concern. After all, these drives often hold a wealth of data you don’t want to lose. How can you know how long yours will last? There are a couple of different kinds of backup drives. Most computer hard drives and larger external backup drives are hard disk drives. They[…]
*+-A website is a valuable asset in this day and age, and anything that’s valuable will have people who want to take it, exploit it, or destroy it. There are many ways to attempt to damage or gain access to a website, but the most common way is to try a brute force attack on[…]
*+-Last year, Android released Jelly Bean, the latest version of their operating system, which included a buttery-smooth interface, downloadable Google Maps for off-grid navigating, and many other sweet features. This year they’ve rolled out an update, Jelly Bean 4.3. Their slogan is “Now Sweeter Than Ever!” which seems to be apt. Here are some of[…]
*+-If you’re thinking about a website overhaul, you’ve probably heard about Responsive Web Design — but you might not have heard what’s so great about it. Responsive Web Design is a type of design for multi-platform use, which uses media queries to identify what size of screen it’s being viewed on and shuffles around screen elements for a[…]
*+-Web development is not something a company does everyday, and because of that, outsourcing the task might be the best idea. The world is moving far too fast to expect in-house developers — who, if you have them, most likely spend their time making custom applications for in-house use — to turn their hands to web development when[…]
*+-Ruby on Rails, also known simply as “Rails,” is a development framework for apps and websites. It is not the same as the programming language “Ruby”, but instead offers a streamlined, modular code-base with a wide variety of plug-ins for any application. Though relatively new, there are a number of advantages to Rails development. Faster[…]
*+-Today’s smartphones are coming with very complex operating systems, much closer to those for computers than the ordinary interfaces we had a few years ago on the first cell phones. Although there are several mobile operating systems, only two of them are really prevalent today – Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Now, in terms of[…]
