Oh sweet Blackberry, where did it all go wrong? RIM (parent company of Blackberry) announced recently that it is selling the company for the bargain basement price of $4.7 billion (the company once had revenues of over $19 billion in a single year). The company will be taken over by a group of Canadian private equity firms, but what happens next is anybody’s guess. The future of the Blackberry brand is now uncertain, astonishing when you remember it was once…
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Top 10 Tech Tips For Surviving Your New Baby
Ah, the excitement of a new addition to the family. The joy, the pride, the exhaustion, the lack of sleep and personal hygiene…you get the picture. Adding a child to your family is one of the most wonderful and yet hardest things ever. Fortunately for us geeks, there are lots of technology options that can help us survive the process, keep baby happy and make sure everyone involved gets the absolute most out of the joy of parenthood.
Read MoreSound BlasterAxx blows away portable speaker rivals
There’s a vast number of portable speakers on the market right now, ranging from ultra cheap and flimsy Chinese products at $15, to expensive branded models from companies like Bose at $266 and more. Until now, though, these portable speakers have been fairly ho-hum. Sure, the best offer decent sound and good battery life, but in general it’s been a case of a speaker is a speaker is a speaker. Until now.
Read MoreIdroo combines Skype calls with free online collaboration [Daily Freeware]
We’re all learning more every day about how to collaborate online. From file sharing tools like Dropbox to full blown collaboration software like Google Docs, we’re becoming a sharing, caring networked world. The point is, that’s what networks are for, and the Internet is after all just one giant collection of computers, right?
Read MoreClownfish Translator lets you text chat in Skype using multiple languages
You’ve just got back from vacation where you had a hugely fun time, and met lots of nice people. Perhaps someone even a little bit special? But the problem is they speak a different language to you, and you can’t wait until one of you learns the other’s lingo. How to keep the flame going without spending a fortune?
Read MoreTelyHD brings free high definition Skype calls to your living room flatscreen TV
One of the wonders of the age is the growth of the Internet phone calls market. Led by the massively popular Skype, people all over the world now think nothing of clicking on a piece of software to connect with their loved ones and business colleagues across the world. The fact that so many use Internet calls proves that it’s now ready for almost everyone, except for the fact that you’re usually tethered to a computer when making the call.
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