The Rollout Problem

There is an interesting consequence to the development of a global population obsessed by technology: it’s become very difficult to introduce a new service and have sufficient capacity for it to start successfully. It’s nothing new. Back in 2004 online gaming service...

Social Networking Primer

If you’re over 35, you will be secretly relieved by David Pogue’s helpful column in today’s New York Times. Bless his heart – he’s written concise, easy-to-understand explanations of the hot social networking services that everybody assumes you understand. (Apparently...

GMAIL LICENSE AGREEMENT

Wayne Small, an Australian SBS consultant, took a look at Google’s license agreement recently and wrote up a nice reminder that big companies do not make any pretense of playing nicely with your information. Google Terms of Service cover all of Google’s services,...

MAGCLOUD

Here’s a service that might help you with an upcoming occasion or give you a new creative outlet. MagCloud was put together by HP Labs to demonstrate what can be done with high speed printers that can handle small jobs as easily as big ones. It takes files that you...

Office Web Apps

  Microsoft has introduced Office Web Apps, free online versions of Office programs that can be used entirely inside a web browser. Visit http://office.live.com to take a look at technology that will change our world. That sounds breathless and exciting, right? It’s...

Dropbox, Androids, And Security

Previously: Sync Files With Dropbox Dropbox for iPad, Android Almost everyone should take a look at Dropbox, the service that syncs folders and files among your computers and mobile devices. If you have more than one computer (home/office/notebook) and you haven’t...