Digital-Lifestyle

Go-Pro’s Hero+ Cheaper Wi-Fi Camera for $199 Produced to Appeal to Wider Range of Customer — Beyond Niche Markets

Tue Sep 29, 2015 01:20 pm Cardinal News

The new GoPro Hero+ has Wi-Fi connectivity and will be able to shoot better-quality video than the company’s least-expensive version of the camera. GoPro now has an inexpensive camera with Wi-Fi connectivity. Hero+, an entry-level […]

The iOS 9 Notes App Might Be the Best Thing About the New iOS 9 Update

Tue Sep 29, 2015 12:51 pm Cardinal News

The notes app in iOS 8 took steroids for a year; this is the result. Users can now add pictures from the camera roll or photo album to the Notes app with a click. The […]

Apple Hack Attack on Apple’s iOS App Store by XCodeGhost

Sat Sep 26, 2015 04:42 pm Cardinal News

Apple left to clean up big mess in app store after being hacked. Apple has removed infected apps in their Chinese App Store, after iOS developers downloaded a malicious version of Xcode from the cloud […]

Facebook Outage: Facebook Down Thursday September 24, 2015 11:31-11:45 AM CT

Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:40 am Cardinal News

Facebook was down with a large outage Thursday morning, September 24, 2015 from about 11:31 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. CDT. Facebook.com showed a message that said “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and […]

Apple iCloud Monthly Storage: Free 5 GB Stingy, 50 GB for 99 Cents a Good Deal

Fri Sep 18, 2015 08:28 pm Cardinal News

Apple has finally set iCloud at a more reasonable level with competing services such as Google Drive and Dropbox, both competing services which offer around 1TB of storage for around $10 a month. Microsoft’s OneDrive […]

Taking a Look at iOS9 on CNBC with USA Today’s Brett Molina

Thu Sep 17, 2015 06:59 pm Cardinal News

Brett Molina describes the new features of Apple’s iOS9; not a huge difference, but tweaks that save battery life and help with searches. The upgrade is a smaller download compared to previous downloads. Molina expects […]

CBS 2 Chicago: Exploding Rechargeable Battery Packs for Cell Phones

Tue Sep 15, 2015 09:18 pm Cardinal News

CBS 2 Chicago Investigator Pam Zekman got a tip about an exploding rechargeable battery pack that she just had to check out. A rechargeable battery pack from Sound Logic XT Powercell ($30) exploded and caused […]

Time Spent on Mobile Apps Surpasses Television Viewing

Mon Sep 14, 2015 05:03 pm Cardinal News

Sep 11 — Today’s “BWest Byte” is 198, for the average amount of minutes Americans spend on mobile applications. Bloomberg’s Emily Chang speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) The average time spent on mobile apps […]

A $30 Android PC Remix Mini with Remix OS Due to Arrive Mid- to Late-October

Mon Sep 14, 2015 04:14 pm Cardinal News

Three former Google engineers have created a $30 PC called the Remix Mini from Jide. The Remix Mini is a small portable Android-based computer that can run multiple screens. Remix Mini is also set to […]

Twitter Down; Parts of Social Media Site Twitter Down 1:40 PM CT Monday September 14, 2015

Mon Sep 14, 2015 01:50 pm Cardinal News

The main page of social media site Twitter.com was down Monday about 1:40 PM local time in Chicago. User pages were also down, such as @arlingtoncards, @chicagofiremap. Some feed widgets seemed to be display normally […]

Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus Announced: Better Cameras, Faster, 3D Touch

Wed Sep 9, 2015 03:25 pm Cardinal News

Sept. 9 — Om Malik, a True Ventures partner, Ben Bajarin, Creative Strategies’ principal analyst, and Nikhil Bhogal, June’s co-founder and a former Apple software engineer, discuss Apple’s updated iPhones with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang on […]

New Apple TV with tvOS with Siri Command for Video on Demand and More

Wed Sep 9, 2015 02:06 pm Cardinal News

Sept. 9 — Eddy Cue, senior vice president of internet software and services at Apple, introduced the new version of Apple TV at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco today. Apple’s CEO Tim […]

Starring 3D 4 Medical; Apple Unveils iPad Pro with 12.9-Inch Display, Starting at $799

Wed Sep 9, 2015 01:10 pm Cardinal News

Sept. 9 — John Jackson, IDC’s vice president of mobile research, Horace Dediu, Asymco’s founder, Om Malik, a True Ventures partner, and Ben Bajarin, Creative Strategies’ principal analyst, discuss Apple’s new iPad Pro with Bloomberg’s […]

Ads May Be Blocked in Apple’s New Safari Browser As Apple Unveils New iPhones and New Apple TV

Wed Sep 2, 2015 07:42 pm Cardinal News

How Apple’s ad-blocking tech will impact ad publishers and its biggest competitor: Google. There are several ways that advertisers can counteract the effects of ad blockers. Ad servers can hide the source of an ad, […]

Facebook Cracks Down on Video Pirates with Recognition Technology

Fri Aug 28, 2015 07:42 pm Cardinal News

Bloomberg’s Matt Miller reports on Facebook’s crackdown on video pirates. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” Freebooting or piracy will be prevented with video fingerprinting similar to a program that is already in place on YouTube. […]

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