The HP Envy X2 is HP’s latest little Windows 8 Hybrid, and the name speaks for itself. It’s a beauty, with its brushed-aluminum housing and sophisticated curves. It’s one of the sleekest convertible tablet/ultrabooks we’ve reviewed. Aimed at consumers and not necessarily the business pro, it does perform very well and could certainly reside in [...]
Digital Innovation Gazette: Mobile Development By Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette Few things are as personal as a mobile phone. In fact, it’s something that most people have with them every waking moment — and often while they’re asleep. Consumer behavior like this makes mobile phones an opportunity to collect information about users throughout [...]
By Tim Kridel for Digital Innovation Gazette If you’re not using HTML5 to develop mobile apps, you may be in the minority. In a Telerik survey of 4,043 developers, 82 percent said HTML5 will be important for their job this year. A big part of HTML5’s appeal is its ability to help mitigate the OS-fragmentation [...]
The new Verizon BlackBerry Z10 is the first handset from RIM, now renamed Blackberry, and is also the new handset to run their new Blackberry 10 operating system. Its been a well-known fact that the Z10 as well as the new OS is the company’s proverbial last chance of survival. It’s no secret that BlackBerry has been [...]
Traveling can be stressful with flight changes, strange airports, and the pressure of making sure your itinerary goes as planned. That’s me in the picture above. We got off our bus too soon and had to walk 4 miles with our luggage on the side of a highway to get to our hotel. Learning from experience, here are [...]
The business travel lifestyle is a rush to prepare everything hours before your flight leaves. Fortunately, technology can counter your frustrations. While electronic boarding passes and check-ins have increased the fluidity of airport travel, a carry-on bag full of cool, timesaving gadgets can turn any flight into a relaxing and productive adventure. Reduce Cord Clutter [...]
Google’s Chromebook notebook computer is the ultimate insider’s play. It’s designed by Google and its partners for Google users. If you’re not familiar with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and the plethora of other Google apps, then a Chromebook may not be for you. For the initiated who have embraced the G-Lifestyle and are deeply entrenched in [...]
If you were nervous because your kids could post inappropriate messages and pictures on Facebook, you now have Snapchat, Vine and Instagram to contend with. And that’s just the social media category. Many other apps provide similar communication functions and experiences, which make it easier than ever to pass information along to the masses. The [...]
Tracking App Performance By John Moore for Digital Innovation Gazette For developers, the job doesn’t end with the creation of their app. There’s the difficult business of getting one’s app noticed amid the multitude of software titles available for downloading. In addition, developers need to keep tabs on their apps once they hit the various online storefronts. [...]
Digital Innovation Gazette: Mobile Development By Rich Seidner for Digital Innovation Gazette Although the technological designs of mobile devices have much in common with non-mobile computer systems, there are substantial differences that need to be understood. Here’s what mobile app developers should consider about the threat vectors they need to protect against. Security on Computer [...]
