Apple will be live streaming this year's WorldWide Developers Conference keynote speech. You can catch it 10am PDT on June 2nd on Apple.com. The announcements provided in the keynote could come fast and furious as the rumors anticipate OS X 10.10 and iOS 8 as well as hardware announcements for wearable technology and an Apple TV. Of course, these are rumors and there's no … [Read more...]
Microsoft introduces Satya Nadella as the new CEO
Microsoft announced their new CEO to replace Steve Ballmer is Satya Nadella. He has worked for Microsoft since 1992 and was executive vice president of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group. In addition to the new CEO, Bill Gates is stepping down from being chairman of the board of directors. He is taking a new role as technology advisor. The CEO announcement has its own … [Read more...]
CompTIA Cloud+ certification now available
If you have ever wanted a certification in buzzwords, here is your opportunity. A lot of people are critical of CompTIA certifications with opinions that they are too easy or too general. I think they are good stepping stones for people interested in IT, particularly A+ and Network+. If you are interested in outsourcing some of your server load, you can turn to "the cloud". … [Read more...]
Massachusetts becomes fourth state to charge Computer Services tax
Massachusetts legislators were in a mood to tax at the end of July. Even the governor's veto of the transportation funding bill was overridden by the state House and Senate. With in that bill were a few different means of increasing taxes to fund transportation costs. The gasoline tax was raid from 21 cents per gallon to 24 cents per gallon and calls for the tax to be tied to … [Read more...]
Google Reader is dead July 1st, 2013; Seven RSS feed reader alternatives
In another round of Spring Cleaning, Google announced today that Google Reader will be retired on July 1st, 2013 and a number of other services will also be shuttered. Apps Script's GUI Builder, and five UiApp widgets, CalDAV API, Google Building Maker, Google Cloud Connect, Google Voice App for Blackberry, Search API for Shopping, and Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh and Windows … [Read more...]