Last year, Mozilla gave Firefox the upgrade it deserved. Firefox Quantum offered a new and improved interface, faster page loading, better use of memory, integrated screen shots, and story saves via Pocket, which Mozilla acquired in 2017. Quantum also pretty much killed off Firefox extensions as we know them. That’s because the old extensions...
How many hours do we spend in front of the computer every day? Not only does it negatively affect our health and fitness, but we often don’t have much to show for it. A lot of the time is spent on work, sure, but it is very easy to get sidetracked...
Computers and phones may be more ubiquitous than ever, but many people still prefer the traditional feeling of writing with ink on paper. After all, this method served us well for hundreds of years of human history. The problem is that you can’t organize and search through handwritten notes the...
It is easy to blame technology for the problems we have – we don’t talk anymore like we used to, children don’t go out and play and so on. While it is glorious to revel in the nostalgia of the ‘good old days’, we tend to overlook how technology has...
Google has launched a pair of wireless headphones that incorporate its voice assistant feature, meaning they can translate 40 languages in real time. The wireless Pixel Buds were revealed during Google’s hardware launch, and are the first pair of headphones Google has ever produced. Equipped with Google Assistant, the in-ear headphones offer real-time translation of...
It’s official. Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone is finally here and it’s called the iPhone X. The phone’s bezels have been basically eliminated, and its screen is bigger. And returning to a design element from years past, the new phone has a glass back, something we haven’t seen since the iPhone...
Remember Google Glass? It was the name coined for spectacles developed by Google’s (now Alphabet’s) X division (the company’s intellectual sandpit in which engineers develop way-out ideas). Looking at first sight like a cheap pair of non-prescription reading glasses, Glass functioned as a kind of miniature head-up display (a transparent screen that...
Although the term “quantum computer” might suggest a miniature, sleek device, the latest incarnations are a far cry from anything available in the Apple Store. In a laboratory just 60 kilometers north of New York City, scientists are running a fledgling quantum computer through its paces — and the whole...
Writing happens to be one of my greatest sources of solace. I’ve been writing since I was 11, and I try to hone my writing skills everyday. I know, that many of my readers might have a hidden writer within themselves. If you really want to be a writer, it’s...
The Google Home smart speaker has finally made its way bringing the company’s always-listening voice assistant into direct competition with the incumbent Amazon Echo and its own assistant, Alexa. Artificially intelligent voice assistants are the new battleground between the big US tech companies and while Google is no stranger with voice search and Google...
The use of mobile and computers’ become so common that we probably don’t even know our personal information secretly leaks to others. Just try to recall how many public figures’ personal information or photos leaked to the public over the last 10 years. And look at what’s just recently happened...
A 94Fifty looks like an ordinary basketball. You can inflate, dribble, pass, shoot, swoosh and slam-dunk it. But there’s more going on than meets the fingers. During play, the ball records how hard and fast a person dribbles and throws. It also measures the arc of a shot. It sends...
We have all been there: that experience in life where a good day is ruined because you or someone else bins your favorite movie or photos from your PC. That moment ranks high among disasters that alter a person’s life. You can spend days considering whether or not you can...
Smartphones have taken over our lives so much that they now go wherever we go—which is everywhere. People are seen using their smartphones for taking photographs and selfies, playing games, listening to music, reading articles, texting or calling, checking their emails and notifications, and posting or commenting on various social networking...
low-loading websites. Stop and go streaming. Forgotten passwords. Political rants. The internet seems to have as many headaches as it does benefits. It’s so very useful, but at the same time a great source of anxiety and frustration for users who wind up a victim of malware, spam and social media posts that raise their...
You have tried to learn programming from scratch. But every time you think you are making a substantial improvement, you find yourself back at the starting point. It is not your fault. Learning to code is a complicated path on which it is easy to get lost. With unlimited resources to learn...
It would not be wrong to say that in the past few decades, the world has relied so heavily on technology that it would come to a stop if all the technology from the face of the planet was suddenly taken away. People talk about the Stone Age, but it...
Have you been neglecting your website lately? Chances are if you do, you’re probably hurting your project more than you think. Your website is an important part of your business. It represents your brand in the online community – it’s your primary avenue to attracting new customers and clients. In...
When you have an ample source of renewable energy, why waste non-renewable alternatives? It seems, the government of USA has given this a careful thought and has proclaimed a plan to maximize the production of solar panels in the first half of 2016 to 35 gigawatts. When compared to the...
It’s clear that time is the most important commodity we have in life. Every second that goes by, time becomes more and more important because we have a finite amount of it. Yet, it seems that the more time goes by, the more we need to get done. It could be...
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