Foul Tech Sours

For those that missed out on today's event at Apple HQ, out of boredom (and kindness) I have decided to provide a brief summary of the news announced at the apple event this afternoon. iPhone 5C The iPhone 5C, as mentioned in my previous blog entry , has the same functionality of the iPhone 5. The major difference between the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5 is how it looks physically.  Ideally, the phone is made of plastic, but technically, it is not a run of the mill, cheaply made, fragile, plastic phone.  Available in blue, green, yellow, red, and white, the solid plastic of the iPhone 5C is built around a steel reinforced frame. This phone will be released running iOS 7, which appears to have been designed to match the colors of this particular iPhone. Physically, the iPhone 5C is bold, clean, and sturdy. Although there was not a lot of discussion about battery life for the 5C model, the A6 chip is supposed to be energy efficient. According to Apple's website, the phone is...

The concept of a web search engine is nothing new to the society in which we live. The first Internet search engines go back as far as the early 1990's, and have evolved into what they are today: software code that is designed to find user input string on the world wide web. While we think of common search engines, like Google  and Bing , as useful and friendly resources there are less common search engines that can be used to cause harm and exploit poor security. Specifically, the search engine Shodan  searches the "back channels" of the world wide web.  The search provides data about devices linked to the Internet, such as traffic cameras, printers, web cameras and routers. A simple search can pick up on nearly any device connected to the Internet.  Several demonstrations of the search have been performed, and it has been around for approximately three years. Searches using Shodan have presented results that include command and control systems fo...

In one of my previous blog posts, Android: The New Home for Facebook , we learned that the company Facebook planned to host a media/press event on April 4th. Distributing invitations that only said "Come see our new home on Android", this stirred up several resources and Facebook fanatics.  People (again) got amped up about the possibility of a Facebook phone. That time has come and gone, and Facebook unveiled it's "new home" on the Android OS. While is it not a cell phone, it is a major leap in Facebook's mobile capability. If you own an iPhone, an older Android phone, or Blackberry, I am sure you know the feeling of frustration that is stemmed from the limited capability of the Facebook mobile app. The new launcher (called Facebook Home) is a home screen application that will sit on top of, not replace, the Android OS. It is designed to work with apps already installed on your device, and also features a family of associated applications. The goal of the...

Here we go again. More speculation about Facebook getting their hands dirty in hardware.  This is a subject that people should not get their hopes up for.  Last year, consumers hoped for a Facebook phone and forced Mark Zuckerburg to shut that idea down during an interview. He clearly stated that "he couldn't emphasize enough that there will be no Facebook phone".  Then consumers got excited again January of this year when Facebook held a press conference. The mysterious invite simply said "Come and see what we're building". After all the excitement and speculation about a Facebook phone, consumers and tech geeks got a search tool.  The search tool (referred to as Graph search) allows the nearly 1 billion Facebook users to search data and metadata about photos, people and other things of interest. This is impressive, but it is still not a Facebook phone. Today Facebook has done it again. Facebook sent out ...