Posted August 10, 2016in Tech Talk
The BlackBerry is dead. It doesn’t matter that it once dominated the planet. The classic BlackBerry design — with a half screen, half physical keyboard and a mouse-like selector button — is toast. Many companies have been stubborn about their importance and style, but few have gone down with the
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Posted July 27, 2016in Tech Talk
It is amazing how open the world seems once you realize you have options. Once you discover life exists beyond high school, you can do whatever you want, and for that matter, be who you truly want to be. Whether it be about an apartment, a car, a washer/dryer, or
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Posted July 20, 2016in Tech Talk
We’re tired of Pokemon Go. Every major Iowa news outlet has beaten the game to death. Kids are playing it, adults are playing it, and I wouldn’t doubt it if presidential candidates have given it a crack in a sad attempt to connect with the voting public. But let’s bypass
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Posted July 13, 2016in Tech Talk
Why is it that we’re surprised when a relatively new piece of technology turns out to be permeable to wicked acts? Yes, you can hack planes, cars, cash registers, televisions, refrigerators and even wristwatches. If you have yet to understand why that is, the foundation of hacking is this: Anything
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Posted July 06, 2016in Tech Talk
If you are about to endeavor on a multi-generational vacation, prepare yourself for an odd occurrence — our elders’ reluctance to give up the paper map. For millennia, the way to guide one’s journey was via drawn — then printed — paper maps. But now, apps and GPS-enabled
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Posted June 29, 2016in Tech Talk
Some technology doesn’t realize its full potential until it has had a chance to iterate through several iterations. A handful of social media rose and fell before Facebook dominated, cellular telephones took nearly 20 years before they were a must-have device, and virtual reality developers seem to believe their tech
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Posted June 22, 2016in Tech Talk
Summer in America is all about adventure. The old adage is that we’re a country descended from immigrants and explorers, a people who aren’t satisfied to stay put and endure. The true American spirit is found on the frontier, taking in the untouched beauty of nature. Whether you’re a traveler
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Posted June 15, 2016in Tech Talk
There have been two major camps throughout the history of comic books — D.C. and Marvel. Comic book fans were traditionally in one camp or the other. You were either with Spiderman or Superman (or, I guess, Batman if that’s all you care about). There were major fanboy delineations between
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Posted June 08, 2016in Tech Talk
Very few businesses want to be known as the cheapest in town. For some consumers and products, quality is not as important as price. But when a retailer or service provider is renowned as dirt cheap, there are big questions. What corners did they cut to provide bargain basement
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Posted June 01, 2016in Tech Talk
Almost from the moment Steve Jobs passed away, technology pundits have been hounding Apple over its lack of innovation. It is almost as if Steve Jobs was the puppet master who sparked every idea and controlled his engineer’s every coding move. The truth is, Steve Jobs had a brilliant
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