As Graduation Nears, I Look Back on My Time at SMU
I don’t know if this is the norm or not, but the first time I set foot on SMU’s campus I knew it was where I was meant to spend the next four years of my life. The campus was beautiful, the city is amazing and SMU was far enough away from home but close enough for comfort.
Can you imagine a day when your credit card might become obsolete? Well, Apple is looking into making that happen. According to a number of sources, the tech giant is trying to turn your iPhone into a virtual wallet, making our lives even simpler.
In the last few days every Internet user has worried about changing their passwords. Which ones to change, which ones to leave the same. There has yet to be a definitive answer. Heartbleed, a major flaw that made vulnerable passwords and other confidential user information this past week, is not the first flaw to impact Internet users and it definitely will not be the last.
One of my least favorite experiences is going to somewhere like Starbucks to sit leisurely and get work done only to fight with every other workaholic in the room for the stingy WiFi. One company is trying to fix this problem.
As you all might know by now, social media bully Facebook has now bought yet another social media newcomer, Oculus VR- the company behind the Oculus Rift. For those unfamiliar with this social media platform, it is a virtual reality headset and a potential game-changers in the three-dimensional virtual reality world.
We’ve all had those days. The days you leave your house and, for whatever reason, you don’t want to see anyone you know. You don’t want to see your best friend, significant other, and especially not someone you kind of, sort of know or met a couple times. Well, now theres an app for that and it’s name is Cloak.
Cloak uses geo-location technology to help you avoid your friends.
The latest IOS-app on the market uses geo-locaiton technology to track Cloak, a new IOS App operates using geo-location technology to track your friends so you can avoid them. Culling information from apps like Instagram and Foursquare, this app will tell you where your friends, enemies and frenemies are so you can avoid them.
The latest in the burgeoning anti-social media trend, Cloak allows those who would like to keep their life more private the chance to remain relatively anonymous. In an age where everyone publicizes their meals, drinks, social calendar and whereabouts, Cloak is a nice change of pace.
As good as the cloak app is in helping you avoid your friends, it is equally as good at helping you find them. Cue the stalkers. When we instagram, or check in on Foursquare we are virtually opening ourselves up to visitors and attention (wanted or otherwise). With Cloak, our friends, ex’s and even acquaintances have access to our exact location. Scary? Maybe a little bit. Although it is now the norm to post pictures and statuses with geo-tags, Cloak takes it one step further.
So, avoiding friends and becoming a stalker now comes in a tiny green package. Can it be used for good? of course. Will some people take it to a new level of creepy? most definitely.
For more information on the app visit: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/cloak-app-helps-avoid-friends-article-1.1728048
Moda Operandi, the online designer trunk show site founded by Icelandic fashion investor Aslaug Magnusdottir, revolutionized the way luxury clothes are sold. The site allows customers to buy designer looks straight from the runway following their debuts at various fashion weeks before it is even been produced. Now, Ms. Magnusdottier has another venture up her couture- clad sleeve. Continue reading
Who doesn’t love Pinterest? This quick-to-rise virtual pin board has become a social media giant in a matter of three years. In today’s visually driven society, Pinterest offers users a completely visual experience with themes ranging from food and home décor to sports and world travel.
Earlier this week Facebook bought the mobile messaging service WhatsApp for$19 billion in cash and stock. This is Facebook’s largest acquisition to date. This deal is the latest and greatest from the world’s biggest social networking company. Facebook paid partly in cash and partly in stock for WhatsApp.
Snapchat may not be such a cool cat
According to Spanish researchers, a new flaw in the way Snapchat handles user-verification tokens makes the image-messaging service vulnerable to a denial of service attack that can crash iPhones.
In typical techy fashion, Apple junkies and tech mavens are already speculating thedesign, release date and updates on the iPhone 6. Corning, the company behind Gorilla Glass has announced that it has perfected a curved version of the coveted iPhone screen. Continue reading
Nearly two years ago Amber Venz, fashion blogger, decided there was something missing in the blogging world: a way for bloggers to make money from the content of their blogs. Thus she and her boyfriend created RewardStyle, an online monetization mechanism for bloggers. With RewardStyle bloggers must ask to join and if accepted they become a part of the online money- making blog world.