Analysts estimate that Google Play app downloads will most likely exceed Apple’s App Store downloads some time this year. The release of Google’s Android operating system started a rivalry in the smart phone industry. Since the first Android-powered smart phone was released in 2008, both Apple and Google have worked to develop their app stores…
http://youtu.be/CFf7dlewJus Google announced a new change to its popular email provider, Gmail. Users can now assign certain types of emails to customizable tabs located at the top of the inbox. Settings allow Gmail users to control which type of messages they read at once or which ones they ignore entirely. Gmail released the news in…
A group of students on campus gets paid to climb trees and use laser-guided machinery. Contrary to popular belief, the BYU Grounds crew does more than mow the lawns and weed the flower beds. They rely on cutting-edge technology to complete its daily functions and responsibilities. Roy Peterman has more than 40 years of experience…
Microsoft announced Xbox One, the “all-in-one entertainment system,” on Tuesday, May 21. Don Mattrick, president, of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft announced the upcoming entertainment console. “This system is made to amaze on day one and to improve over generations ahead,” Mattrick said. Among the extensive list of new features is voice-automation, allowing users to simply…
With Google Fiber’s imminent arrival, perhaps the difficult days of Provo’s fiber-optic network are in the past. It is a past fraught with controversy and financial challenge. Ultimately, however, the technology has fundamentally changed Provo’s operations – and will continue to change the lives of Provo residents. The City of Provo sponsored the construction of…
Female BYU students are taking their scrapbooks and personal journals online, following an increasingly popular trend: lifestyle blogging. While online blogging may seem to be a solitary hobby, many female students find blogging to be a social activity and a way to feel more social support. Elisabeth Earnshaw, a senior from Bedford, N.H., along with…
It’s been in a downward spiral for years in the newspaper industry, but now TVs are on their way out as well. Consumer-studying company Nielsen recently branded a new group of people called the “zero-TV” crowd, and you’re sure to know one or two of them. These folks are the ones who’ve stopped paying for…
With the popularity of e-books for recreational reading still growing, the popularity of “e-textbooks” has also grown. And at Texas A&M University in San Antonio, some professors now have the technology to track what students have or have not read thanks to a Silicon Valley start-up, CourseSmart. According to the New York Times, CourseSmart allows professors…
A simple request from Mike Davis’ 83-year-old grandmother inspired him to create StoryPress, a free iPad application that records personal memories. Davis said after his grandmother acquired a new iPad, she asked him to find a recording app she could use. While there is no shortage of tape recording applications, Davis said he was dismayed to…
The phone application Tinder, with its orange flame logo, has truly “caught fire” in Provo, adding a new technological component to Provo’s robust dating scene. The app, currently available only for iPhones, is used by more than 200,000 people daily, according to an estimate by AppData. Tinder lets people anonymously suggest interest in members of the opposite gender in…