The Camera in Your Pocket

When your go-to camera is your phone, you are always prepared for action.

Cameras in cellphones have changed how we experience the world. From documenting good times with friends to capturing the sights and sounds of a thunderstorm, our reliance on our cellphones means that there is always a camera on hand. Power at Your Fingertips Each new generation of cell phones improves the quality of the cameras on-board and the size of the images and videos. A few years ago, cameras were seen as unnecessary add-ons to a functional device. Now, our phones are expected to be able to be used for videoconferencing with front and rear-facing cameras. There are accessories available for our iPhones that take your photography to pro-level with lenses, tripods and flashes.   Websites and newscasts carry photos and video footage …

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Is Google+ for You?

New Year, New Social Network

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and now Google+. Let’s be honest. Initially it is fun to find people you’ve lost contact with during the crush of daily life. One of you sends a request. The other accepts. You share “since we last spoke” and they reciprocate. Good memories. Good times. Then what? There is something powerful about social networks and the connectedness they provide. Google+ launched June 28, 2011 and six months later had an estimated user base of 62 million, according to Google+ Users Estimated at 62 Million. Google has assembled the pieces needed to be the major force in content marketing in 2012. It is poised to be a significant competitor to Facebook. Real life happens wherever you are. Google+ is available as a website and …

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Susan Larson

8:25 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

I believe I know this Bob, and you've made me laugh again! Thanks for commenting.   more ›

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A Well-Stocked Backpack

Technology devices for students in high school and college.

No matter how old you are, there’s something about August that brings thoughts of a new school year to mind. Ah, how exciting are the smell of a pristine notebook and the sight of freshly sharpened #2 pencils. New clothes, new shoes, and a new backpack are on the shopping list. This is the first of four articles on what tech devices to put into that new backpack if you’re a student or into that briefcase if you’re in the work world or on that side table if you’re beyond the years of the daily grind of the work world or into that diaper bag if you’re among the youngest ones. What’s in your backpack? Let’s concentrate on students in college and high school. School, with its focus on reading, writing and arithmetic, defines the tech devices …

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Jennifer Souther

4:13 pm on Friday, August 5, 2011

I have a smartphone and a laptop. but have a netbook instead of a tablet. I had to save up for a while to get all of these, but I'm happy that I basically have the ideal tech trio! :)   more ›