Bill Gates Builds Smart City: Who Gets A Key There?
Let's say you're in any kind of technology, from computer repair to AI development. Then let's you're a smart tech, like app building. So what if there is a city just for you? Bill Gates builds smart city, but who gets a key there? Microsoft founder and philanthropist...
ESPN and Snapchat Combine Media Skills
Everybody knows what ESPN is. Almost everybody knows what Shapchat is. But both try to expand their audience. So that's why ESPN and Snapchat combine media skills. ESPN will premiere a mini Sports Center. The premiere should happen at 5pm Eastern time today. Then they...
Alibaba Smashes Records
It looks like Amazon has company (thank goodness!). Because there is a Chinese e-commerce company that is making unbelievable profits. Not only that, but Alibaba smashes records wherever they go. In one day, they sold over $25 billion online. That's a new record....
Facebook Nude Photos: To Fight Revenge Porn?
Over the years, I wrote some blogs about the crimes of revenge porn and sextorition. However, Facebook wants to fight this evil. But they have a weird way of going about it. Facebook nude photos: To fight revenge porn? So here is how it works: They want you to send...
TripAdvisor Warns About Business With Bad Behavior
Many people use TripAdvisor to book hotels, look for restaurants, and other stuff for vacations. Businesses also use this website and app to promote their product/service. If you do, y'all better be on your best behavior. Because TripAdvisor warns about business with...
Apple AR Headset: Debut Around 2020
We can debate all day and all night about the iPhone X. In fact, people around our computer service shop and neighborhood already are. But what would an Apple augmented reality headset look like? The Apple AR headset: could we see it on or even before 2020? They're...
The Merge Between AT&T and Time Warner
Over the years, I covered some crazy and huge IT service mergers. We had Yahoo and Verizon. We also had Dell and EMC. However, one merge is about to come out. It's even bigger than the infamous Comcast-NBC Universal merger. It's the merge between AT&T and Time...
Samsung Mocks Apple: Tenth Anniversary Joke
They say politics is a contact sport. Apparently, so is computer repair and smartphone service. Because I saw a scathing ad by Samsung, attacking Apple's 10 year iPhone reign. Samsung mocks Apple: Tenth anniversary joke. If you ask many anti-Apple folks, they'll tell...
Can Tech Monopolies End Tech Start-Ups?
My title is not sensational. I consider Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google, and Microsoft IT support's 'monopoly five'. Because they're so big nobody can compete against them. So this is a huge problem for tech start-ups...or is it? Can tech monopolies end tech...
Robots Replace Humans Altogether
I wrote several times how AI technology threatens our jobs. But that's just the start of it. Tech and IT service teachers like Stephen Hawking say robots replace humans altogether. In fact, other stories could back his claim. The professor and physicists told Wired...