Wigo, an app released last year for college students to meet up and find the best hangouts, is now getting its diploma and moving out to the real world. Having been co-founded by a Bostonite, it is only natural that Boston will be one of the first two major cities that will have the new release available to them. The ...
Read More »Apple Says: Eye-Eye Captain!
One of the many new (and somewhat expected) announcements at Monday’s Worldwide Developers Conference, was Apple’s new operating system OS X El Captain. In typical Apple fashion, the announcement came with an immediate release for developers. The public will be able to download it for free this fall. In my personal experience, Yosemite has been a pretty flawed OS since ...
Read More »Apple wants to “Connect” you to musicians
Apple, the technological giant, has announced at this year’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) that they are dipping their feet in the music streaming industry with Apple Music. With this announcement Apple will be going directly at competitors such as Spotify and Tidal for reigns in this industry. One advantage Apple will have over these is the fact that it will ...
Read More »Microsoft’s new approach to PC gaming with Windows 10
For years, E3 has been an event that was intended to show off whats new in the world of console gaming, oftentimes being the place where new consoles were announced to much fanfare while PC gaming was relegated to a more minimal presence. Lately however, Microsoft has been making progress on their intent to bring at least some attention back ...
Read More »2016: Year of the Screen?
Screens have undergone a serious makeover in the past year. Whether it’s a top-tier smartphone boasting a 2K resolution backed by Super AMOLED tech, or the sexy new curves of the latest TV’s, it’s clear that screens aren’t the same large grey boxes we once knew them to be. Next year is set to continue to spoil us, providing subtle ...
Read More »Apple High-Speed Network Reportedly In The Works
According to Bloomberg Business, Apple has big plans for their infrastructure. Up until now Apple has been dependent on third party networks and servers to provide for services like iTunes, iCloud, and Siri. The status quo, however, is evidently set to change. Apple is dealt with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft to meet the capacity demands on its cloud ...
Read More »Gamestop and Steam Store To Get Alienware Steam Machine A Month Early
In the debate between gaming consoles and PCs, a strange third party has taken shape in the space between them. The Steam Machine attempts to offer the best of both worlds, shooting for the library and upgradability of a PC as well as the convenience and reliability of a console. Initially announced as a single product from Valve, “Steam Machine” ...
Read More »Microsoft Edge – what is it?
Microsoft Edge isn’t exactly a name that will trigger a sense of familiarity. Sadly, the aforementioned software has somewhat fallen by the wayside in all of the hype surrounding the upcoming release of Windows 10, the new OS from Microsoft. What exactly is it then? The simple answer is a new web browser that will come supplied with Windows 10, replacing the ...
Read More »Windows Phones need Windows 10 to save them
Windows Phones have been struggling these past few months. Whether or not you own a Windows Phone, Android, or iPhone, you will have noticed the lack of Lumia’s you see out in the wild. The lack of consumers adopting the third option is evident in the latest statistics, which suggest that Microsoft has lost over one million users and is ...
Read More »Skype opens its web beta to all users in US and UK
The telecommunications company, Skype, has provided millions of users with one of the most used chatting services in the world. Video chatting, specifically, has been one of their best aspects. Having spread their application to mobile and tablets, they decided it was time to try out something else. Last year the company tried out a purely web-based version of their ...
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