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Is Heml.is Really 100% Secure for Private Messaging? The Pirate Bay Co-founder’s Latest App Launch
If you’re still looking for a way to keep the NSA out of your personal life, the co-founder of The Pirate Bay may have just what you’ve been looking for. Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay has worked with developers such as Leif Högberg and Linus Olsson, to create a fully private messaging app that ...
Next iPhone Rumors: Slow-mo Camera, Offline Dictation, Retina Display + More
New leaks haves surfaced regarding what “cool” features might be appearing on the next iPhone, either as a unique feature to the device, or by way of iOS 7. Earlier reports stated that Apple is planning to add an offline dictation tool to its flagship smartphone. The feature was discovered by Hamza Sood, who revealed ...
Dropbox Caters to Developers with Datastore API
At the first annual DBX Developer Conference, Dropbox announced some new additions to its cloud storage service. First up is something for developers. The Datastore application programming interface (API) would allow developers to save information, not just files, regarding what a user is doing inside an application. It can be used to keep track of ...
4 Ways Local Shops Can put Mobile Trends to Good Use Now
Are men more inclined to shop using their mobile device? Or just like in the real world, do women dominate the virtual shopping sphere? According to Nielsen’s “Who is the Mobile Shopper?” report, as of Q1 2013, 84 percent of mobile consumers have used their devices to shop within the past month, which is up ...
7 Technologies that Could Revolutionize Education
With all the technology being developed these days, it’s easy to imagine how this technology can transition into classrooms. But no, most classrooms are still the same as when we were kids, and even when our parents were in grade school. Equipped with one or two blackboards or whiteboards, chairs with tables for students, some ...
Gingerbread Down: Jelly Bean Now the Most Popular Android Platform
Google has just released its latest batch of data regarding overall Android usage. According to the charts, the combined numbers of both Jelly Bean versions has finally overtaken Gingerbread as the predominant version of the Android platform. The data was gathered using a new method, collecting data based on when users visit the Google Play ...
3 CEOs Transforming Big Data in Retail Now : Fancy’s Joe Einhorn + More
There are over 7 billion shoppers worldwide, and it may be surprising to some, but core family values and religious values influence our shopping. Though there are many similarities in shoppers all over the globe, there are still some factors that affect our decision on how and where we shop, not to mention regional influences. ...
Microsoft Readies for Executive Shakeup, Windows 8.1 Release, and More
Microsoft’s world may be turned upside down, or right side up, depending on what your perspective of the company is now, with CEO Steve Ballmer set to announce plans that would drastically change the company as we know it. According to sources, the CEO is going to reorganize the company in both the consumer and ...
iPhone + Android Apps to Keep Tabs on Egypt Political News
Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi has been ousted by the country’s chief of the armed forces, General Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, after only a year of being elected as the first democratically elected President. Sisi has announced that he has suspended the constitution, nominated the head of the constitutional court, Adli Mansour, as interim president, and presidential and parliamentary ...
Ask DevOps: Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3?
I came across an interesting question on Quora which asked about why software development task estimations are regularly off by a factor of 2-3. The question goes on to ask if it’s the developer’s fault, a management issue, bad methodology or lack of methodology or if it’s ingrained in the nature of the process. There ...