Archive for the ‘IT Quotes’ Category

Phones For Preteens (or How We Caved)

Posted on July 21st, 2011 by Bethany McGrath

  Henry is now 11 years old.     Henry has been keeping a chart in his room and counting down the days until his birthday.  He likes birthdays, in general, but he was extremely excited for his 11th birthday because for his main present, he was getting….. a phone.  Yes, my 11 year old [...]

Even while modern technology is generally created for a lot more youthful in the mind, middle aged people haven’t also been totally ignored, as evident by the currently launched Telikin Touchscreen PC. Made for less tech savvy seniors, the Telikin Touchscreen PC is generally the all-in-one touch screen computer packed with a personalized operating-system that [...]

China’s Alibaba to launch mobile operating system

Posted on July 20th, 2011 by Bethany McGrath

China’s leading e-commerce company Alibaba said Friday it will launch a mobile operating system, joining industry giants Google and Apple in providing software for smartphones. The group will also unveil its first smartphone at the launch, to be held next week in Beijing, Alibaba spokeswoman Florence Shih told AFP by telephone from Hong Kong. The [...]

5 requirements for measuring application quality

Posted on July 20th, 2011 by Bethany McGrath

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Software quality, as Churchill might say, is an enigma wrapped in a riddle inside a mystery. Even IT pros get flustered about how to define and measure software quality. Should [...]