Category: Editorial

October 9, 2017

In a tweet that was a surprise to pretty much no-one, Microsoft Corporate VP of Windows Joe Belfiore confirmed that Windows 10 Mobile, the company’s smartphone operating system, is essentially dead. While the company would continue to support the platform […]

September 22, 2017

Apple recently announced its new, long-awaited iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X. While the iPhone 8 is more of an incremental update to last year’s iPhone 7, the iPhone X touts a completely new design and set of features. […]

August 14, 2017

Cloud outages are a dreadful perspective to contemplate. Many businesses have trusted their data storage, computing operations and communications to public or hybrid cloud service providers. Of course, private cloud (and by this we mean on-premises) can also suffer outages. […]

August 3, 2017

As years go by, the technology-related expectations grow. There is this imminence floating about. So many revolutionary technologies have been prototyped and announced, yet so many are work in progress. In this context, let’s meet reinforcement learning. Reinforcement learning belongs […]

July 22, 2017

It seems like modern society takes for granted that any of its members should own some sort of a device. Not only do we own gadgets, but we have developed very close relationships with them. They function like our external […]

June 13, 2017

Regardless of whether social networks’ creators anticipated their overwhelming success or not, these digital platforms are now a hit in digital marketing. Due to the huge numbers of visitors, social platforms generate important ad revenue figures. In what we may […]

March 16, 2017

So far we’ve grown accustomed with the array of reactions Facebook puts at the disposal of its users. It is an almost exclusively positive array. From like to love, going through some sad emoticons, the initially monochromatic “Like” extended its […]

March 9, 2017

The year 2017 holds a lot of expectations, technology-wise. A lot of devices and software programs have already been demoed and prototype-d. Researchers have warned about the potential risks. Some of them even manifested themselves – remember the Dyn DDoS […]

March 2, 2017

Lately a lot of buzz surrounded the re-issuing of the Nokia 3310. In a sentimental coup, the company decided to bet on its most famous phone’s comeback. Which company, one might ask. Well, it’s not Nokia that re-launches the (once) […]

February 23, 2017

In February 2017 Facebook lost $500m in the US lawsuit over the Oculus VR headset. Although the Oculus side announced it would appeal the court order, the outcome marks an important setback for Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook CEO held a […]

February 16, 2017

Approaching the topic of Artificial Intelligence nowadays almost borders on the trivial. Why? Because due to AI being such a trending technology, the vast majority of tech-related professionals hitch their wagon to its star. Therefore it may actually be difficult […]

February 2, 2017

Floating panels are customary nowadays. Most of the webpages feature interstitials or popup ads. Right after accessing the landing page, such design elements stay between the reader and the content. Granted, they cannot go unnoticed, unlike older ad placements. Nevertheless, […]

January 26, 2017

At the beginning of 2017, IBM announced in a Press Release its 5 in 5 list. A list of five innovative technologies bound to change the world as we know it in the next 5 years – here’s an interesting […]

January 5, 2017

The driverless cars have not reached the stage of mass convenience. Not yet, at least. Nevertheless, they remain a hot topic, and there isn’t another week without supplementary information on their performance, regulatory state, technical improvements and so on. Only […]

December 30, 2016

TRNDlabs, located in the Netherlands, is an international brand focusing on innovative products. Their brand hit the market in late 2016 with an impressive line of nanodrones. The online media received the SKEYE nanodrones well. Featuring SKEYE Mini Drone with […]

November 25, 2016

When all is well and quiet on the tech front, internet spotters look for promising patents. In an attempt of being the first ones to announce future technologies, publishers often check what companies have registered lately. One of the possible […]

November 18, 2016

Over-the-top companies are part of our everyday lives. Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and Apple TV stream videos. Skype and Facetime provide voice and video calls. WhatsApp enables mobile device messaging (and now video calling). Xbox360 facilitates WoW gaming, while the almighty […]

November 10, 2016

Microsoft new Surface Studio has to represent a strong temptation. Why is that? The pull needs to be strong in order for its target audience to invest almost $3000 into the device. Let’s see what does it offer and what […]

October 20, 2016

Cyber-security nowadays is getting more and more competitive, and it certainly is a battlefield where companies can suffer losses of huge proportions when hit. Even zero day exploits can cost vast amounts of money if not remedied in time, and […]

October 13, 2016

Many of Facebook’s users are in groups that intermediate buying and selling. More precisely, over 450 million people visit such groups each month. They range “from families in a local neighborhood to collectors around the world”, according to Mary Ku, […]