Google’s annual Google I/O developers conference kicked off today in San Francisco, CA with a live crowd of 6,000 in attendance, including our own Jake Ludington. Over one million people tuned in for the YouTube live stream as well. Expected…
How To Untag Yourself in Facebook Photos
Have you ever had someone tag you in a photo and wish you could remove the tag? Here are the simple steps to removing that tag or taking the more extreme measure to completely remove the photo.
Backup Your Facebook Photos
Facebook might be the only place you can find many of the photos of me that exist online. But those photos are always at risk of disappearing if someone decides to delete their account or chooses to change their privacy…
Why BYOD is Difficult for Some Companies to Embrace
The idea of bringing your own device (BYOD) to the workplace is quickly becoming less of an IT annoyance and more a method of operation for a growing number of companies. Why? Simply put, people want to work with computers…
Sentinel OpenFlow-Based Network Security
Allowing employees to bring their own computer or smartphone from home carries a set of security risks that differs from the traditional ability to lock down devices with group policies. If employees aren’t diligent about staying current on malware protection…
5 Tips for Shooting iPhone and Smartphone Video
The camera phone has come a long way. From often blurry, poorly lit images of a few years ago, the latest generation of devices create photos and video that could actually be considered beautiful. This is best exemplified by an Oscar first – the 2013 Best Documentary award went to Searching for Sugar Man, a movie directed by Malik Bendjelloul and shot in part with an iPhone. You don’t need to be an award winning filmmaker to benefit from these video recording tips.
HP Cloud Approaching Feature Parity with AWS
HP Cloud joined the public cloud business much later than AWS, Rackspace and many of the smaller players, with a public beta in 2011. In some respects, the late arrival gave HP some advantage in seeing where competitors were thin. This is probably best evidenced by the robust Cloud Map support that carried over from HP private cloud solutions – the rest of the market relied on companies like Rightscale to provide similar functionality for AWS and Rackspace early on. This doesn’t mean HP was without some gaps.
Unified BYOD Networking Solutions for Wired and Wireless Networks
HP continues to innovate in the realm of bring your own device (BYOD) network administration, with some recently announced key offerings that aim to provide a more unified BYOD experience. Key to this innovation is an update to IMC User…
Your Mobile Personal Grid and Context Aware Networking
Imagine a world where you’ve got persistent connectivity to all the public and private data you need to access on a daily basis. Your network connections understand the context for what you are doing, providing the connection and access to the data you need at the time you need it. In this world, your connection is also smart enough to switch between WiFi and cellular data depending on which mode is best for your immediate situation. And no matter which device or devices you have with you, you can access what you need.
Which iPhone 5 Case is Best?
The iPhone 5 sports one of the more elegant industrial designs we’ve seen from a smartphone to date. The beauty of the design comes at the expense of durability. While we’d never recommend using any iPhone without a case, the iPhone 5 needs a case to prevent damage to either the metal body or the glass screen. Ryan Pierson reviews several options he tested to help you find the right case for your needs.
Budget DSLR Camera Stabilizers
When using a DSLR for video recording, you need to be conscious of the potential challenges of handheld recording. Handheld recording is always prone to some camera shake. Lenses with built-in image stabilization are typically optimized for still photography, not video. The solution is to look for a camera stabilizer that fits your video project. Ryan Pierson breaks down some excellent options in this article.
