Emerging Technology News

The Twitter feed has become an important tool for many bloggers, websites and businesses in general. An item stockist such as Amazon can update their followers in real-time of sales, stock levels and general enquiries. The Twitter feed on a website has become the mouth of many companies speaking directly to their customers. A recent study done by the PEW research institute attempted to see how news sites use their live Twitter feeds; these have become a regular part of the daily news outreach. While I wouldn’t use Twitter as my VPN service provider, I would say as a tool to reaching potentially millions in a single 160 character phase, Twitter feeds on a webpage is pretty much essential.

The green environmental movement is in full swing and counties and their leaders have decided that there are prominent problems to be addressed. Environmental technologies are taking strides but  wasteful energy policies, overuse of resources, lack of water, climate change, deforestation and pollution are just some of the issues that need to be tackled in order to have a sustainable future. Activists and scientist are constantly innovating and coming up with viable new ideas to address the problems the globe is faced with, from solar geysers South Africa to more amazing technologies, we are going to have a look at the top 5 emerging environmental technologies.

Windows virtual server is the most popular and easily accessed kinds of hosting services available on the internet. Virtual server hosting is perfect for hosting websites because of the vast applications a Windows servers can support. Websites also benefit by virtual servers as there is a large amount of traffic. There are many virtual server solutions available to suite any website.

There is one virtual private server that is connected to other subsidiaries and these work totally independently, running its own operating system. Each of these operating systems has its own hardware, software, bandwidth and disc space and can reboot individually at any time. No information is shared as this virtual server is completely private. Virtual server hosting is much like a mix between dedicated server and a shared server.

Looking for that special gift for the geeky hands on dad or the little one who always seems to want to take everything apart and put it back together again? DIY gifts this Christmas have evolved since the olden days where all you’d give was a hammer and a pack of nails. We have gadgets that are able to assist you take down that small tree in the backyard in mere minutes and without swinging the axe, and electrical multi tools with more attachments than a Leatherman system. We’ve taken looks in previous articles at the laser spirit levels and other geeky options, but this year we like to take a more practical, albeit technology based approach, to what’s good for that special man for a DIY gift this Christmas.

Comfort is a huge factor in what we wear on a daily basis. Clothing technology has the ability to change the way we choose our clothing and what types of garments can be created for specialised activities and weather. When weather was hot, we may have our choice of clothing limited to shorts and tank tops, but with advances in technology, we may have clothing that removes perspiration from the skin, powers fans to cool you while you run and even causes you to lose weight. The key to the evolution in the clothing technology chain is the development and implementation of nanotechnology into clothing design and manufacturing, creating a myriad of new options for your daily clothing choices, whether you opt for Dickies workwear or any other brand for your dress sense.

Gowalla is a social media application that allows you to track your location and share it with friends via Twitter and Facebook. The application got really popular winning awards in 2010 and now proving social media business is booming; Facebook has acquired the company for an undisclosed amount. Marketing on social media has seen an increase in returns where advertising everything from shoes to MPLS VPN connectivity has proven lucrative practices. Facebook is still the social media network giant that grows, welcoming smaller specialised applications into their family. Already partnering with Skype and Spotify, Gowalla contributes ‘geosocial networking’ to the juggernaut that is Facebook.

Once again it’s that time of year when people across the country start wondering just what to buy their co-workers for Christmas. Useful office gadgets are a popular choice, but with so many to choose from, Christmas shopping for colleagues can become quite a chore – and when it comes to the office Christmas gift exchange, nobody wants to end up on the “naughty list”! So here’s a list of some of the coolest office gadgets and gizmos that will make welcome stocking-fillers for men and women this festive season:

For me a fixed line at home is an adequate internet solution which is stable, efficient and not reliant on weather clouds or interference. Wireless broadband always seems that little bit too alien, although that’s probably what was said about cellulars when they first hit the scene. Regardless with the advent of smartphones, wi-fi or wireless broadband is becoming a staple diet for consumers and a bread-winning success for internet service providers. Mobile wireless broadband is used for short messaging via Whatsapp, online gaming or downloading applications to your phone. In fact high speed wireless broadband puts the smart in smartphone, without which our high tech toys become brick sized phones. The revolution is growing; cloud systems create online virtual hosted backup services while physical ones continue to show expansion.

Along with everything else in our modern lives, cleaning technology has evolved at a rate we can seldom keep up with. With the rigors of modern life and the need for easy and effective technology to combat old and new hygiene issues we have had a few important breakthroughs that have become popular, and many may even say essential, to the cleaning routine in any household. Whereas future cleaning technology may involve an automated house cleaning system, some of the cleaning rituals and appliances we have in our homes never existed 15 to 20 years ago. So how has the technology of cleaning changed in the last few years, we take a look.

When Google Inc. entered the internet browser industry with a whisper in 2008, everyone suspected it of being born with the silver spoon in its mouth. The vast majority of internet users search with Google so it would be a matter of time before they converted to Chrome; it just made logical sense. Now the history of internet browsers is being written and that prophecy is starting to be fulfilled. According to website analytics company StatCounter, Chrome has overtaken Firefox as the second most used internet browser; both of them a free internet browser. Still sitting pretty in first place, although not the best internet browser for security reasons, is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Experts in the industry of shared hosting providers have offered some insight; Internet Explorer is bundled with Windows and the results of that is apparent, low-level internet browsers are happy to accept IE as the end-all of their needs.