‘Technology’ Archives
The Purging Of Scott Forstall From Apple
View this image › Beck Diefenbach / Reuters There’s a new, basically completely redesigned version of Apple’s iPhone operating system coming out later this year that the company unveiled today. And with the redesign, Apple has essentially purged the last remnants of [...]
Text Messaging Is Finally In Decline As Online Services Take Over
1. New research predicts that 2014 will be the first year since their invention that the number of SMS text messages will decline in the UK. View this embed › Deloitte says that instant messaging (IM) services such as WhatsApp, WeChat and Apple’s iMessage, will account for 50 billion messages sent globally [...]
Discovery’s Final Launch Expected Today
The final launch of the space shuttle Discovery is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EST today. As a sort of grand finale, NASA is showing the whole thing -- from soup to nuts -- online today. Go to their web site, NASA TV, and you can get a look-see at what it takes to get a space shuttle off the ground. There will be launch commentary all afternoon. [...]
