There has been a lot of Windows 8 hate lately. How about some Windows 8 love? No, I don’t mean the kind coming from Bill Gates but rather the kind coming from the average Joe. …The average 3 year old Joe, that is. The ...
After long last Apple’s new iPad Mini is here. I’m sure many questions are going through people’s minds in regards to how the iPad Mini will do against the competition (namely Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD), how (if...
In the past, dotTech has featured one or two night sky or star photos in our daily Amazing Photo of the Day segment. However, I have yet to come across (and thus I have yet to share) a photo of the night sky that is as stunning an...
Had enough Windows 8 hate to digest? Too bad, ’cause here comes more. Jakob Nielsen, a user interface expert at Nielsen Norman Group who has been working with user interfaces for years, conducted a test with people on Window...
Yesterday Apple unveiled its much-rumored and hyped iPad Mini. With a 7.9-inch display and $329 pricetag, Apple is obviously taking aim at the 7-inch tablet niche popularized by Samsung and dominated by Amazon and Google (vis-a-vi...
The iPad Mini has been one of the hottest rumors since summer: How large will it be? What processor will it use? How much storage will it have? How much will it cost? Is it even real? Today Apple has squashed all rumors by officia...
How many dotTechies have or plan on rock climbing? I have once or twice and I must tell you it is harder than it looks or sounds. And, interestingly enough, it is the nimble that seem to do better at it than others (aka I have a c...
When you look up in the sky, what do you see? Clouds, maybe. While it sounds a bit odd because of how we think of clouds as three dimensional figures, the clouds you see in the sky typically have “flat” bottoms. So if ...
Have you never done any banking on your smartphone because you had security concerns? Then you, my friend, might have made the right decision. A new study conducted by researchers from two German universities reveals that millions...
I’m sure most everyone has heard the term “cloud computing” at least once. What exactly is “the cloud” and cloud computing? It actually isn’t as magical — or new — as it may sound. T...
Some ex-executives are not shy about criticizing the company they founded. Is Bill Gates one such person? Well, for one, he isn’t an ex — he is still chairman of Microsoft. For two, in regards to the original question,...
It is election year in the United States, with the vote for the office of the President of the United States to be held in roughly one month. The fight between incumbent President Barack Obama and challenger Governor Mitt Romney i...
You know why Google is successful? Data. You know what Google needs to manage and store that data? Data centers. Have you ever seen inside a Google data center? Probably not, unless you work at one or you worked for the contractor...
Maneesh Sethi is a self-employed blogger based in San Francisco, California. As many people that use the internet, Sethi often gets distracted from his work by things like Facebook, YouTube, etc. In fact, Sethi felt he was so ofte...
What is one of the best ways to market a product? Show it in action. What is the best way to prove to the public that your IPS displays are of touch-notch, “lifelike” quality? How about… troll elevator passengers...
