Six surprising facts about who’s winning the operating system and browser wars in the U.S. | ZDNet By Ed Bott, The Ed Bott Report, ZD Net, 28 March 2015 Summary:The United States government has given the public access to its massive analytics database, and the results are fascinating. What share does the Mac really have? Is Windows 8.1… Read More »
We’ve Been Thinking About Making Some Changes I know that scares you…when we say “we’ve been thinking”, that can’t be good, right? Well this time we think we’ve hit on an idea that you’ll like, but we’re not sure. We have been thinking of expanding our weekly Premium newsletter from just another tech newsletter to something new and different,… Read More »
Why You Should Never Sign a Cell Phone Contract Again Like rocket science and high school relationships, cell phone plans are complicated for a reason. Two-year contract or early-upgrade plan? Month-to-month or pay-as-you-go? Individual or shared data? Big carriers like AT&T and Verizon love it this way — they know most consumers won’t know a good plan from… Read More »
Innocence Lost: A Brief History of Life and the Internet Most of us think back on the past as a simpler, less complicated time. When we let our thoughts drift back to our childhoods – no matter how old we are – most of us imagine a more beautiful world, a more peaceful time in our lives. I… Read More »
Welcome to the Fastlane Yesterday we featured an article in our Premium newsletter praising the FCC for voting in favor of keeping the Internet equally accessible to everyone with an Internet connection. Needless to say we were surprised when we received quite a few emails dissing us for supporting Net Neutrality. However, from the anti-net-neutrality emails we received,… Read More »
What is a meme? Good question. What would you think a meme would be? Nothing like a mime, but closer to a me me – hey look at me kind of thing. Muse on a meme and melt into the masses – be at one with the crowd. Memes are everywhere and most are concocted and distributed by… Read More »