Poor BlackBerry. It used to be loved by the world, so much so that it was dubbed “crackberry” for those people who wouldn’t live without it. Now look at it. It is the butt of jokes, is hated by Wall Street, and d...
If Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer had personalities and could talk, what would they say? If they were to happen to get together have a little chat, how would it go? “I’m the best”? “I...
Thanks to eBay and Amazon, many people have started sell stuff online as their day jobs and earn a steady income to support their families. Then there are people who just offload all their crap onto eBay in the hopes that some idi...
I remember once I had a brain fart and tried to CTRL + F to search for something on a piece of paper. (Have I already told everyone this story? I’m getting old…) Have you ever tried to use computer commands in real lif...
Do you know a technically challenged person who is always asking for your help with computer issues? A parent, grandparent, neighbor, or co-worker, maybe. If your answer to the question is an astounding “yes”, then you...
If you have been following the news lately, you have probably heard how a US Congress panel decided to bar Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE from participating in the implementation of communication infrastructure in the Unite...
“The great battlefield for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe — Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.” Apparently John F. Kennedy said that to the US Co...
I’m not really sure how to introduce or describe the following comic except by saying it provides a cheap laugh. It may not be the best comic I have found to date but it is still funny. At least I think so, anyway. Are you c...
50 years ago a college education was something only for a lucky few. Even though today college is accessible to millions more than it was in the past, there are still millions of people out there yearning to taste higher education...
You know that new Lightning connector Apple has introduced in the iPhone 5? The one that requires a special authentication chip to be present in accessories to make use of the port, meaning cheap cables and adapters won’t be...
I’m going to go out on a limb and say most dotTechies have, or had, a significant other (whoever that may be). I’m sure that most, if not all, of us have had moments where we are with our significant in body but in min...
I don’t consider myself to be old. In fact, I consider myself to be not old, aka young. So for me to claim I know about the joys of age would be ludicrous. However, I know what makes “young people” tick, so I had...
Facebook recently passed the 1 billion mark in active user accounts, as dotTech reported yesterday. Are you a naysayer and cannot fathom or do not want to accept the fact that Facebook has so many people actively using it (at leas...
Those astute political fellows among us know a presidential debate took place between President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney. While the debates may be enlightening for some, those that don’t care much for politics typica...
Tabs were invented to help make our browsing easier. For some people, like myself, they have actually made our browsing more hectic because we feel the urge to keep opening tabs and opening tabs and opening tabs and opening tabs&#...