Tech News

Home » Tech News

BREAKING: USPS Eliminates Saturday Delivery!

The USPS announced today that, starting in August, they will no longer be delivering mail on Saturdays! They will continue to deliver packages on Saturdays though. This decision, I’m sure, didn’t come lightly. Personally I think it’s an excellent move on their part. First, the amount of mail going through the USPS is much less these days. I rarely get anything in the mail. I try and get paid mostly through Paypal, almost ALL of my bills arrive in [...]

Continue reading »
Enough With the Patent Wars Already!

If you don’t follow tech news, you may not even be aware of all the lawsuits thrown about on a daily basis by most of the tech companies around. by visually.Learn about business intelligence tools. So here’s what’s been going on Microsoft’s suing Motorola, Motorola is suing Apple, Apple is suing just about everybody. From my favorite tech companies, to companies I barely know anything about, to the tech companies I hate the most… everyone is to blame, and I’m [...]

Continue reading »
Pin Etiquette on Pinterest

Tired of half naked people floating around on Pinterest? If it’s James Marsden, maybe not. You don’t have to put up with profanity or nudity, you just need to report it. Here’s the rules when it comes to Pinterest, according to the Pin Etiquette article found on Pinterest here.* 1. Be nice. Pinterest is a community of people. Individual taste is personal, but be respectful in your comments and conversations. I once had someone pin the chicken coop my husband and I built, and they called it [...]

Continue reading »
Round 2! Best of CES 2012

Allright, I have come to the realization that I cannot feature every cool new product at CES, there were just far too many. But, I did want to include a few more in our “Best Of” list. (If you missed round one, you can view it here.) 1. Thank goodness I made an appointment, because the Griffin booth was HOT this year! Griffin was demonstrating the Helo TC, a remote controlled helicopter navigated with your iOS device. For $49.99 You can move the [...]

Continue reading »
Best In Show at CES 2012

Wondering what new (and returning) products at CES this year stand out for women and families? Here’s the first batch of Tech4Moms Best of CES 2012: 1. Almost 95% of phone cases displayed at CES were for the iPhone 4/4S. There were some seriously amazing cases from diamond bling to canvas camo. Our winner for both design and selection goes to Cygnet hands down. This brushed aluminum case is assured to set you apart in a crowd. The Urban Shield retails for $19.99. 2. [...]

Continue reading »
Consumer Electronic Show (CES)

We are back from CES! It was an amazing week full of tech geekery and networking. Sarah and I had a blast, and we are so excited to show you our favorite new technology from CES 2012. Monday morning I will be showing my “Best of CES” finds, but until then here is a peak at what debuted at CES in years past. It’s kind of fun to go back and see what trends you may have followed! Have a great weekend, [...]

Continue reading »
Facebook’s Making Changes to Pages

If you are the proud owner of a Facebook “fan” Page, you have probably already seen the notice. For those of you who do not have a Fan Page, it may come as a surprise at the end of the month. I’m sure this is just the first of the many changes that will be coming to Facebook Pages as they likely will follow a similar format to the new Timeline interface for the regular profile pages. First, I know I said [...]

Continue reading »
NO, Facebook Will NEVER Charge YOU!

Wow, I’m almost getting sick of talking about Facebook! I still have a video recording today about the new Timeline profile, which I think is pretty awesome. I just wanted to address something I’ve seen wandering around people’s status updates again though. I attended a seminar with none other than Mark Zuckerberg himself at BYU. The question came up about whether or not Facebook would ever charge to use it’s service. The answer directly from Mark Zuckerberg’s mouth was that [...]

Continue reading »
The One Where HP Goes CA-RAZY

Among the several shocking announcements in the tech world last week, was probably the most shocking of the year! I’m, of course, talking about the news HP released last week. First, they announced that they will discontinue manufacturing the mobile devices they JUST BARELY RELEASED. Then they announced that they had been approved to either break off or sell off it’s Consumer PC division! What exactly does that mean in regular every day terms? It means that HP has pretty [...]

Continue reading »
Netflix Angers Thousands of Customers With Price Hike

Netflix sure sent a majority of the internet into a frenzy with their latest announcement yesterday. I haven’t gotten my email with the annoucment yet, but my co-worker did. On their Facebook page they confirmed the email my friend showed me with the following announcement… “We are separating our unlimited streaming plan from our DVD plan offerings. The streaming-only plan will remain at $7.99, while we now offer DVD-only plans starting at $7.99. Additional details regarding changes to our plans can [...]

Continue reading »
Facebook Annouces Video Calling

News from the folks over in Palo Alto had the interwebs in a buzz yesterday! Facebook held a live press conference over the web yesterday at 10 AM PST. Mark Zuckerberg started the announcement with a background on trends they are seeing, and what they predict will happen over the next few years. Zuckerberg spoke about how at first it was more about the numbers, and increasing the amount of users on Facebook. He mentioned that they hit 750 million [...]

Continue reading »
Redbox Now Has Games

Everyone’s favorite video rental kiosks just got a little more favoriter. Starting June 17th Redbox started offering games at it’s extremely popular DVD rental kiosks. The games are available for $2 a day, as opposed to their DVD’s for $1 or Blu-Ray for $1.50. The game selection is pretty good, but then again, I’m not much of a gamer. I’d have to ask my husband what he thinks about the offerings. When Redbox first came out, it was a bit [...]

Continue reading »