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When Apple began building its flagship retail store in Madrid, Spain, the company probably wasn't expecting to find the remains of an old hospital on the building site. It's rather amazing what can sometimes be found when construction work is done in old cities! The new Apple store in Madrid is located at number 1 Puerta Del Sol, where the
Those of you who have parents or grandparents who are currently using MSN TV 2 may have some family requested free tech support in your future. Microsoft has announced that MSN TV 2 will close, forever, as of September, 30, 2013. People who are using the MSN TV set-top box will not have to return it to Microsoft. In fact,
Remember AltaVista? I was quite surprised to learn that it was still in existence. Many of us have moved on to other search engines since AltaVista was created. If you are feeling a sense of nostalgia about AltaVista, you should probably go use it soon. Its days are numbered. Yahoo! acquired AltaVista in 2003. Yahoo! has announced several of the
The clock is ticking! Google Reader will die on July 1, 2013. If you are still using it, you have very little time left to find an alternative RSS reader. You can find a lot of suggestions, all across the internet, about which of the remaining RSS readers you might consider switching to. Those of you that were planning on
Barnes & Noble has announced that it is not going to continue to produce new Nook tablet devices. Instead, it is going to transition to what it is calling a “partnership model”. The announcement from Barnes & Noble did not say what company it will be partnering with. I believe a lot of us saw something like this coming. Barnes
There are so many apps out there that are intended to attract children. It is easy to see why parents are hesitant to let their children go ahead and buy whatever apps they like – especially if those apps allow for in-game purchases (using real money). What if your child does it without your permission? A class-action lawsuit was filed
Sony recently released an update to the PlayStation 3 that didn't work as intended. The software update was version 4.45. Some gamers quickly discovered that it bricked their console. They reported the problem on the PlayStation Community Forums. Several people said that after they updated to 4.45, their PlayStation 3 wouldn't go to the screen that would let them play.