Chromebook

Google Chromebooks Outsell iPads in Schools For The First Time

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This is a pretty big announcement in my opinion as Google further defines Apple as premium brand limiting their market to the more discretionary income consumer. Where that will keep investors thrilled with Apple’s margins, surely their sales will be affected.  In many of the earlier iPad launched there was video footage of iPads being … Read more

What’s the definition of insanity again?

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Oh, that’s right. Last week a reporter from The Verge shared a personal dilemma with her readers. Her parents had gone through three (sub-$400) Windows laptops over the past two years that broke down for one reason or another. She was looking for a replacement that would meet Mom’s needs. Like with most Moms, the … Read more

Chromebooks have no relevant usage in what Google and its Media Pundits thinking

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I was reading this blog post by James Kendrick at ZDNet. And basically he rants that Microsoft should be worried about Chromebooks. While worrying about competitor products, no matter of what the size of the competitors business, is one of the healthy way of operating a successful enterprise, considering Chromebook as a threat to Windows … Read more

Hello Moto (Google Owned Motorola) is using poor Security Practices

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It has come to my attention that Motorola (Google Owned Company) is using poor security practices. Located at this link Motorola Caught Slipping a user has found out that his Motorola Droid X2 is transmitting info to Motorola’s Blur Servers. Now if that is not alarming that Motorola is collecting your info when you login to … Read more

Top 5 Mobile Security Mistakes to Avoid in the Workplace

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Here are a few of the most common workplace security mistakes, as well as a few tips on how to avoid them: 1.    Losing Your Mobile Device While not everyone has had the misfortune of having a device lost or stolen, it’s extremely likely to happen to at least one person in your workplace at … Read more

Fire Up Black Menu, Sweet Chrome Extension

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It’s so hard to keep track of all the Google services you’ve grown to love (or to bash), let alone all their services you haven’t tried yet, right? Well, I could give you an RSS bundle of the hundreds of Google blogs to help you stay on top of that, but it might be more … Read more

MobilityLeaks: Go Go Google Glass Pervy Spycam!

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srsly-ram-sucks-bigtimeDoug Simmons: I think Google Glass is one product I would have preferred Google to make a little harder to root, given the potential validity of some of the premature criticisms voiced here and the need for Google to keep things controlled (like pre-approving all apps) in order to try to curb misuse. Even Schmidt has his reservations. Now we need to rely on XDA admins to be responsible.. anyway, hello spycam and modified (like automobile-unlocked) texting and youtube apps.

David K: The guy used known vulnerabilities. You’d think Google would close the known vulnerabilities to at least attempt to harden the OS. iOS shows how good these guys are at .. 

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Windows RT is much better than competition

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First things first. I don’t have a Blackberry Playbook, HP Touchpad (I sold it). I don’t have Android Tablet with ICS or up installed. I sold them on eBay and bought a nice Surface Pro for me. That puts my tests incomplete, but they gave me a basic idea. Since Playbook and Touchpad have minimal … Read more

MobilityLeaks: More “Scroogled” FUD from Ram

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Ram: WSJ article: Microsoft Backs School Privacy Bill Taking Aim at Google. Yeah, no one would have expected this when they have given away Chromebooks to students. /s
Simmons: Expected what exactly, Microsoft lobbying for their own interests? Can’t get through the linked article’s WSJ article, not sure what you’re referring to. I mean, I’m sure there’s something in there about Google announcing plans to spy on little kids through webcams and […]