Two people in the Tri-State area won big this month in the New York State and New Jersey Lottery. The New York Post reports that a Harriman, New York resident won a $5 million jackpot from a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket. Carmelo Mercado, 63, bought two tickets earlier this month, the latter of which […]
Month: July 2015
China’s Notorious Air Pollution May Be Worsening Its Floods
Soot and other air pollution may be the cause behind China’s devastating 2013 flood, the country’s worst flood in 50 years, new research suggests. In July of that year, 94 cm of rain pounded a mountainous region of China’s Sichuan province over a five-day period, resulting in floods and landslides that displaced 300,000 and killed […]
What the Death of Windows 2003 Means for Data Centers
On Tuesday, July 14, the inevitable end of computer servers as we know them arrived, as Microsoft finally retired its Windows Server 2003 operating system. And despite months of reminders to upgrade their servers and migrate their applications, a stunning number of data centers are still unprepared for the end of Windows Server 2003. According […]
Facebook’s Digital Assistant Moneypenny Is a Real Person
Facebook is making its own version of Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Kortana, but rather than building a virtual digital assistant, Facebook’s “Moneypenny” is a real person. Referred to internally by the name of the secretary from the James Bond franchise, Moneypenny is more of a concierge service that’s being added to its Messenger app. If […]
Microsoft – Rackspace Alliance: Could This Be the Beginning of the End for Amazon’s Cloud Computing Domination?
Amazon has long been considered the industry leader when it comes to cloud computing, but that may be changing quickly: Microsoft recently announced that it would be partnering its cloud service, Microsoft Azure, with a public cloud service called Rackspace Hosting. With this partnership, the two services may have just created a hybrid cloud service […]
Goodbye Boring URLs, Hello Emojis: Linkmoji Is the Internet’s New Favorite Thing
Ever get tired of seeing a boring website URL that uses only letters and numbers? Have you ever spent time wishing you could add some pizzazz to that boring link? Apparently, plenty of internet users these days know that the struggle is real, and one creative website has done something about it. Enter Linkmoji, a […]
Smartphone Notifications Devastate Users’ Concentration, New Study Finds
Mobile devices have changed the way people work, but is that necessarily a good thing? According to survey data from 2012 by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the majority of users — particularly those under 50-years-old — have found that mobile phones have been helpful, increased productivity, saved time and made them more […]
Driving Danger: Receiving Texts and Phone Calls Just as Distracting as Answering Them
Everyone should know by now that it’s dangerous to text, tweet, message, or do anything on a cellphone while driving. About half (50%) of mobile phone owners use their phone as their primary internet source, but responding to messages while driving — even if it is just to check a message really quickly — is […]
Dog Owners Can Now Find a Match for Themselves and Their Pets Thanks to Tindog Dating App
Plenty of twenty-somethings use Tinder nowadays to help them find a date. Now their dogs can get the same kind of treatment. A new app based on Tinder, called Tindog, launched in May and allows users to swipe right if they “like” a dog or swipe left if they don’t. The app is meant to […]
Change the Channel With Your Brain: BBC Experimenting With Mind-Controlled TV Remotes
The UK is one step closer to having complete mind control over its citizens — but it’s not 1984 just yet. According to a June 18 RT article, the BBC is now experimenting with technology that would allow people to change the television channel without so much as lifting a finger. The state-funded broadcasting network […]