• Google Maps Now Shares Your Battery Status When You Share Your Location

    Google Maps Now Shares Your Battery Status When You Share Your Location

    It’s no secret how much I love when technology can be used in a way that makes my life better.  That is a huge passion of mine.  But the more we allow technology into our lives, we also have to consider the consequences.  Meaning, there’s the possibility that by allowing technology to do something for…

  • Congratulations to Apple on Becoming the First Trillion Dollar U.S. Company!

    Congratulations to Apple on Becoming the First Trillion Dollar U.S. Company!

    It’s been a long time coming, it seems, but today Apple announced that they became the first publicly listed US company valued at $1 trillion.  That’s a lot of zeros and it’s certainly hard to wrap your head around that kind of money.  Or maybe it’s just me.  That said, Apple saw its stock surge…

  • Has WhatsApp Finally Found a Way to Make Some Money?

    Has WhatsApp Finally Found a Way to Make Some Money?

    Before Facebook acquired WhatsApp, it used to display a banner in the app asking users to pay a fee in order to use its messaging service after the first year.  I don’t know anyone who has actually paid that fee, but now you might not have to.  After 9 years, WhatsApp has finally figured out…