I’m not sure why educational games are the unloved, unpopular side of the games industry. Beloved classic PC game Oregon Trail is an edu title, and it’s still very playable today. A recent Facebook version from Blue Fang shows how much love and nostalgia early players still have for it. Educational games might not get…
Samsung has rolled out another teaser video for their next flagship phone, Galaxy S4 ahead of its launch. This teaser video doesn’t reveal any juicy details about the device at all, its just like the last one, but it sure is building up hype. The successor to the Galaxy S3 is set to launch on…
Can a 40-year old be a Social Media Manager? Recently, I heard from a colleague that’s it’s better to hire a young social media manager because they have their finger more solidly on the pulse of the tech world and that older people (people 30 years and older), should not have opportunity in these roles…
Today, there are so many apps available to download to your Smartphone and tablet. Some apps are awesome and can be used on a regular basis. Then there are those that might make you wonder, what were they thinking? Some of these awful apps were influenced by the thing that influences us all: television. Check…
There have been very few rivalries that match that of the iPhone series of smartphones and Samsung’s line up of Galaxy phones. The recent Galaxy S3, released in the summer of 2012, has become one of the most highly-rated and popular Android-based smartphones, and this has left many wondering how the S4 will stack up…
Lately there has been a lot of hullabaloo about Geek Girls. It is such a broad category and the term encompasses a lot of women. Console gamers, bookworms, tech lovers, Star Wars fanatics and so on. I even wrote an article recently about Gamer Girls and how they get a bad reputation because they are…
It isn’t uncommon that you may have not heard of Summit Series before but if so I advise you to get familiar. Summit began as an annual four day event which will grow into a community of upper-level thinkers, but let’s start from the beginning. Founded by Elliot Bisnow, Summit started in 2008 as a…
CanSecWest is an annual conference that is being held in Vancouver, Canada, this year. It focus’ mainly on applied digital security and keeping hackers out. However, at the conference, there are some unique opportunities for hackers to bring their game and win some pretty hefty cash prizes in the process. CaSecWest 2013: Pwn2Own Challenge Right…
We’ve got something really important to tell you today. We have reports that the “Fastest Smartphone Ever” will be coming out on 14th March. I know you’re thinking that it’s going to be the Galaxy S4, well, here’s the twist. It’s not the Galaxy S4. Instead it will be a new phone by XOLO launching…
Welcome back to Geeks Anonymous, the cynical recap of the tech world of recent. First I must apologize for my absence, I relapsed, yes I relapsed. I took on the task of trying to upgrade all of my custom classes on my Xbox Live account; I learned my lesson so save the pep talk. But…
Mobile computing has become something that our world takes for granted in this age. Whether it be a laptop computer, net book, or one of the increasingly popular tablet PC’s, almost everyone relies on some form of mobile computing power. While smaller options like tablets and even smartphones have started to let us leave the…
A rather stunning piece of news hit the headlines on July 27, 2011. On that day, Apple Inc. had more cash in hand than the entire United States federal government. Apple, at $76.15 billion, had about $2 billion more than $73.76 billion with the US Treasury. The Rise Although this was because the US government…
A Text-Based Space Adventure in ‘Star Captain’ Choice of the Star Captain is a new text-based adventure for iOs, Android or web browsers. In this ChoiceScript game, players take on the role of a young pilot, recruited for a special secret mission for StratComm in the space battle of humans versus Blob. Players quickly discover that…
Puzzle boards usually don’t entice everyone. However, there is an exception in form of an Android game that definitely can get people hooked to puzzle boards – the name is Flow Free. Flow Free can entice anyone to play the game at least once. Join the matching color dots without letting the joining pipes cross…
The tech world can hardly breathe with all the hype and expectations surrounding Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S IV, but that doesn’t stop their other flagship from hogging the limelight as well. Fresh rumours have surfaced about the latest edition to their highly successful phablet series – The Galaxy Note 3. Galaxy Note 3 Spec Sheet…