Mellisa Tolentino
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Twitter’s New Tailored Ads: How They Work and How to Block ‘Em
Over the weekend, Twitter, the microblogging service that has transformed how we interact with people on the internet, announced plans to experiment with how ads are displayed on individual user’s Twitter feed. Twitter claims that the experiment aims to deliver more useful ads to its US users from brands and businesses, but insists that we ...
How Businesses Will Operate On the Post-PRISM Internet – Breaking Analysis
New evidence has surfaced on how Microsoft has aided the NSA in spying on people. The latest leaks comes from the NSA’s Special Source Operations or SSO division, which has been described by Edward Snowden as the “crown jewel” of the agency. According to reports, Microsoft helped the NSA to circumvent its encryption to address ...
Lumia 1020 : Breath of Fresh Air Needed in Homogenous Smartphone Market
Nokia has unveiled the Lumia 1020, its flagship smartphone, which will be exclusively sold by AT&T for $299. Pre-orders start on July 16 and the device will be available in stores on July 26. So what does this newcomer have that others don’t? 41MP camera baby! Aside from that, it features a 4.5 ” ClearBlack ...
What Steve Ballmer’s “Last Stand” Means for a Fragmented + Troubled Microsoft
Microsoft has unveiled a new strategy, “One Microsoft,” which aims to streamline its Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Surface, Office 365 as well as other products and services. “We will strive for a single experience for everything in a person’s life that matters. One experience, one company, one set of learnings, one set of apps, and ...
Zoom Reinvented: The Nokia Lumia 1020 Full Specs
Nokia has officially unveiled the Lumia 1020 a device that had been leaked so much that even minutes before the reveal event started yesterday, leaks still keep flying. So what does this new Lumia phone have over other smartphones? 41. MEGAPIXEL. CAMERA. Okay, I know you’ll say, “Wait, they’ve already done that last year with ...
Lumia 1020 vs. S4 Zoom: Which Has the Better Camera?
There are now two smartphones on the market featuring outstanding cameras. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom and the new Nokia Lumia 1020 PureView. Before we compare the cameras of these bad boys, let’s check out how the other features stack up against each other. Dimension Nokia Lumia 1020 PureView: Height 130.4 mm x Width 71.4 ...
Dropbox Dominates Consumer Cloud as an Always-On Hard-Drive
Dropbox held its very first developer conference, DBX, at the Fort Mason Center earlier this week. The cloud storage provider is growing up, expanding from just a service to store and share files to a platform that allows “effortless” access to hundreds of millions of Dropbox clients across all location and devices. Here’s a run ...
Nokia Lumia 1020 Photos, Specs + Videos Before Reveal : Zoom Reinvented Event #NYC
Nokia’s Zoom Reinvented event in New York is set to start any minute now. But even before the curtain lifts, the big reveal has been spoiled by numerous leaks all over the internet. Windows Phone Central has published the full specifications of the Nokia Lumia 1020 whoch features 4.5 inch AMOLED WXGA (1280 x 768) ...
Visualizing “The Startup Universe”
There’s literally thousands of startups brewing down in Silicon Valley and other tech hubs of the world, and thousands more are set to emerge as we move through the digital age. Makes you wonder, how do all of these startups actually, well, get started? Who gave them the backing to land up where they are ...
How the Quantified-Self Will Make Big Data a Normal Part of Life
There are numerous fitness apps and accessories that aim to help a person keep healthy, or motivate them to live a healthier life. Some require a separate device like a bracelet to track your movement or progress, or even your heart rate to see how many calories you’ve burned, while some apps work in conjunction ...