Leaving Blogger for Wordpress

Thanks to everyone who has been following my blog here. However, Blogger just doesn't offer a rich enough feature set for what I'm trying to do. You can follow my new blog at http://austinsimpulse.wordpress.com/

Sony QX100 Review

The Next Level of Mobile Photography?

We live in a time of convergence. I remember my excitement ten years ago when I got my first point-and-shoot Canon camera. I soon moved up to a DSLR: the Nikon D10. In addition, I had a cell phone, a Gameboy, our family’s old iMac, an iPod, and an Xbox. Now, my smartphone has taken the place of my camera, casual gaming system, iPod, and phone. Some of us have tablets and computers, but Windows 8 devices provide a hybrid tablet and laptop device. There is a problem though: my smartphone doesn’t have the best camera.

Colgate University App

Colgate Bringing App to its Students

Colgate has had a rocky relationship with new technologies over the past few years. My freshman year, wifi cut in and out in my third floor Curits room and speeds fluctuated throughout campus. Things just didn't feel consistent, steady, or complete. I mean, the only things ITS is doing to educate people about automatically backing their files to the cloud is a poster that hangs in the room behind the help desk, out of view from students. However, things have been on the upswing now, with the school offering services like Lynda, web print, and the new media lab on the fifth floor of Case library. Our university is finally getting into the mobile space as well, with two new apps: Colgate Alumni app and the Colgate app. While the Colgate Alumni app is available in both the iOS and Android app stores, the Colgate app is currently in beta testing, with a handful of people testing it out in order to get the kinks smoothed out. 

Samsung Chromebook Review

The Better Netbook, But Still A Netbook

Android powers about 80% of the world's smartphones and 50% of US smartphones. Google Search, Google Play, YouTube, Google Maps and Gmail are the second through sixth top smartphone apps. Google Chrome is the top web browser worldwide, accounting for about 40% of web traffic. Google doesn’t just want Chrome to be your web browser of choice; it wants to be your hub for productivity, entertainment, reading, browsing. To further this end, Google created Chrome OS in 2009. Centered on the belief most people spend 90% or so of their time surfing the Internet, Chrome OS devices run only run Chrome. While this may sound pointless, the combination of Chrome’s extensive list of web apps from Web Store and other online services, Chrome OS devices have the ability to do pretty much everything your computer can do. However, this device marketed as a companion to your regular computer, just lighter and more portable. The crazy part: the Samsung Chromebook is only $249 (with the cheapest Chromebook coming in at $199).