Halve heating bills with smart houses
If you’ve lived in Iowa for at least one winter, you’re probably well-trained on what the end of the calendar means: Persistent frigid temperatures are coming with mountains of snow. [...]
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Posted January 06, 2016in Tech Talk
Posted December 23, 2015in Tech Talk
The death of shaky video
In the mid 2000s, the journalism industry was abuzz about the prospect of citizen journalists — independent producers who would research topics and illuminate major concerns in the world. Activists [...]
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Posted December 16, 2015in Tech Talk
Lose my number, and yours, too
One of the more awkward points in a relationship is when you realize you’ve outgrown someone. The worst is when you break up with a significant other or drop a [...]
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Posted December 09, 2015in Tech Talk
No backdoor access for Congress
If you’re a fan of James Bond, you’ve probably noticed the last two films have relied heavily on the magic of computer hacking. Apparently “Q,” James Bond’s gadget guru, can [...]
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Posted December 02, 2015in Tech Talk
The writing is on the wall for Evernote
When the application development revolution hit, a few products were almost immediately available: games, calculators, web browsers, messaging apps, business software and organization tools. The odd thing is both iOS [...]
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Posted November 25, 2015in Tech Talk
Large, cumbersome mobile devices for everybody!
Remember that period in the 1990s when it seemed like cars and trucks had fallen in love with steroids? SUV sales shot through the roof, and powerful cars regained their [...]
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Posted November 18, 2015in Tech Talk
It’s not over until BlackBerry says it’s over
One of the most confounding thoughts in the history of American business is the fact Coca-Cola could have bought Pepsi in the 1930s. The biggest soda maker in the world [...]
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Posted November 11, 2015in Tech Talk
Microsoft steals a page from Apple’s playbook
One of the fastest ways in business to build your brand is by franchising. Restaurants, hotels, retail stores, hardware stores, car rental companies and so many others have built their [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Tech Talk
YouTube Red sets web economics ablaze
A common Intro to Economics question asks, “Would you be OK with free phone service if, in exchange, your calls were interrupted with frequent commercial breaks?” At first, the student [...]
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Posted October 28, 2015in Tech Talk
Nintendo makes it to middle age
Why is it that almost anything deemed “classic” is an original? Remakes, spinoffs, “new and improved” — none of these iterations seem to grab the culture like the original. The [...]
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