Techlife News
DC Debuts Smartphone-Based Covid-19 Exposure Alert System
The nation’s capital has become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to employ a new COVID-19 notification system, a joint Google-Apple venture that delivers alerts to people’s phones, notifying them that they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.
2 min |
October 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
US SPACECRAFT TOUCHES ASTEROID SURFACE FOR RARE RUBBLE GRAB
A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth.
3 min |
October 23, 2020
AppleMagazine
AN ELECTRIC HUMMER? BATTERY POWERED TRUCKS HEAD TO SHOWROOMS
General Motors is among them, and this week its GMC brand introduced a new electric Hummer pickup, with a high-end version due in showrooms sometime in the fall of next year.
3 min |
October 23, 2020
AppleMagazine
DC DEBUTS SMARTPHONE-BASED COVID-19 EXPOSURE ALERT SYSTEM
The nation’s capital has become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to employ a new COVID-19 notification system, a joint GoogleApple venture that delivers alerts to people’s phones, notifying them that they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.
2 min |
October 23, 2020
AppleMagazine
HOMEPOD MINI: HUGE COMPUTATIONAL AUDIO IN A LITTLE PACKAGE
HomePod was introduced to much fanfare in 2018, but it was a smaller, more affordable smart device that consumers were crying out for.
7 min |
October 23, 2020
AppleMagazine
‘SESAME STREET' LAUNCHES A PODCAST TO HELP EDUCATE KIDS
What has more letters than the alphabet? That’s easy: The post office.
3 min |
October 23, 2020
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX REPORTS A SUMMER SLUMP IN SUBSCRIBER GROWTH
Netflix’s subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer months after surging in the spring fueled by pandemic lockdowns that corralled millions of people in their homes.
2 min |
October 23, 2020
AppleMagazine
HOW GOOGLE EVOLVED FROM ‘CUDDLY' STARTUP TO ANTITRUST TARGET
In Google’s infancy, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin reviled Microsoft as a technological bully that ruthlessly abused its dominance of the personal computer software market to choke off competition that could spawn better products.
5 min |
October 23, 2020
AppleMagazine
FORTUNES OF CHINA'S INTERNET TYCOONS SOAR AMID PANDEMIC
Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, held onto his status as China’s richest tycoon this year as surging demand for online shopping and other services during the coronavirus pandemic swelled the fortunes of internet entrepreneurs, according to a survey released this week.
2 min |
October 23, 2020
Certification Magazine
Wanted: Your Cloud Computing Skills
Employers need cloud computing expertise, but demand is outstripping supply
6 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
The Job Before Your First Job
An IT internship can be your strong first step toward a rewarding professional career
10 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
Professionalizing the CLOUD
A conversation with the exam architect behind the hottest certification in cloud security
7 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
SETTING HIS SIGHTS ON SUCCESS
Ohio IT student has mastered computer repair, cybersecurity, and certification
10 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
The Typist Who Became a Technologist
Long time Utah IT educator got her first exposure to computers in high school
10+ min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
Pick a Cloud, Any Cloud
Which cloud computing models best support business aims — and which ones should you learn?
7 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
Here, There, and Everywhere
Distributed cloud computing is bringing the cloud closer to all of us
7 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
Master of Efficiency
A skilled operations analyst fine tunes processes to help organizations flourish
6 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
Learn Smarter, Not Harder
Everyone is doing online learning now — but that doesn’t mean they’re doing it right
10 min |
October 2020
Certification Magazine
From Horizon to Horizon
No matter where you look, cloud technology is blanketing the IT industry
9 min |
October 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Eat. Sleep. Robinhood. Repeat.
The broker that merged trading and entertainment is banking on its customers growing up and trusting it with their financial lives
10+ min |
October 26, 2020
AppleMagazine
Australian Says Watchdog Considers Its Own Google Antitrust Case
Australia’s competition watchdog will consider its own antitrust case against Google, the commission chairman said this week after the U.S. Justice Department sued the company for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising.
2 min |
October 23, 2020
Sound & Vision
Klipsch The Fives Powered Speaker System
I’m all about simplicity so I welcomed The Fives with open arms.
5 min |
October - November 2020
Sound & Vision
VICTORIAN MEETS MODERN TECH
A Toronto manor gets outfitted with state-of-the-art automation, multiroom A/V, and a high-end home cinema
8 min |
October - November 2020
Sound & Vision
LG SN8YG 3.1.2 Atmos Soundbar
Atmos Made Easy
4 min |
October - November 2020
Sound & Vision
Affordable Nirvana
For a single person who just wants to head out and have fun, then maybe.
9 min |
October - November 2020
Sound & Vision
A Smarter Soundbar
Today, some 15 years after its founding by tech entrepreneur/billionaire Bob Madonna, Savant continues to expand its Mac-based smart home solution, and with some recent acquisitions, to broaden its market reach.
10+ min |
October - November 2020
Sound & Vision
Beryllium Dreams
Revel Performabe surround speaker system
10+ min |
October - November 2020
Mac Life
Parallels Desktop 16.0.0
Run almost any operating system — macOS, Windows, Linux — as a guest on an Intel Mac
3 min |
November 2020
Mac Life
LaCie 1big Dock
All–in–one desktop drive and Thunderbolt dock
2 min |
November 2020
Mac Life
JBL 104–BT
Affordable high–quality desktop speakers $179 From JBL, jblpro.com
2 min |