The trade-offs globally for affordable internet access are tricky. “Zero rating” provides free data for some sites and services, but not all. Image: iStock.com/nadla In November 2014, the political landscape fundamentally shifted when President Barack Obama made a public statement … Continue reading
Microsoft has agreed to acquire open-source software company Revolution Analytics, heavily embracing the R programming language, a data analysis tool widely used by both academics and corporate data scientists. The software giant announced the deal on Friday, but did not … Continue reading
Jack Wallen addresses the state of touch screen support in Linux via a piece of stellar System76 hardware. I recently received a review unit from System76 called Sable Touch, and it was $1,300.00 (USD) worth of touch screen goodness. Before … Continue reading
Getty Images Diogo Mónica once wrote a short computer script that gave him a secret weapon in the war for San Francisco dinner reservations. This was early 2013. The script would periodically scan the popular online reservation service, OpenTable, and … Continue reading
Every ten years or so, something big happens in mobile. Once a decade, a new generation of mobile network technology comes along: the first mobile networks appeared in the 1980s, GSM followed in the 1990s, 3G arrived at the turn … Continue reading
Begin: WordPress Article Content Microsoft recently announced that it would not release another Windows 10 build this year. That statement became ironic when when a new version of its new operating system leaked by accident. The Microsoft-watching community quickly dug in, finding goodies like … Continue reading
A misplaced license can create way more trouble than you have time to deal with. Here are five handy apps that can help you sidestep all that frustration. If you're a busy IT admin, one of the last things you … Continue reading
Here are a few points to remember when using Twitter’s native analytics to gather info on your brand’s social presence. Everyone’s hungry for data. That’s especially true when it comes to social media. There are plenty of free management and … Continue reading
Introduction To be competitive, businesses need to promote themselves in multiple ways. And as modern society has developed a short attention span and become highly social-centric, many businesses are developing a video strategy to aid in marketing. Most small companies … Continue reading
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