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App for freshman helps spare awkwardness
When I received my class schedule for this upcoming semester, I knew that I would have trouble remembering when and where all the different classes were. I needed a way to keep track of my classes and...
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Did you really need that i7?
A brief look into the aftermath of college laptop shopping What laptop should I buy for college? Nearly every incoming freshman asked this just a few months ago. Going laptop shopping can be both a...
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Your RMU Google Account does more than just email
Google, the most widely used search engine in the World, offers more than email and pictures of cute kittens. Some of its services are likely already familiar to you. You might use Google Drive and...
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The iPhone 6 and Apple Watch: Keynote Recap
Apple CEO Tim Cook presented more than just a bigger iPhone at the Flint Center for Performing Arts in Cupertino, CA today. Keynote highlights including the unveiling of 2 new iPhones, a whole new way...
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The Buzzword of the decade: Big Data
It’s everywhere. Every tweet, every swipe of your Freedom card, every Google search query, it’s all being stored on some server somewhere. Whether it’s RMU’s data center on the north shore, one of...
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TV not working in the residence halls? Here’s why
ResNet, the free personal computer help desk for resident students, has been flooded with complaints concerning television in the residence halls. A majority of upperclassmen have likely never...
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Cool stuff on the Internet: IFTTT
The next time you’re aimlessly surfing the web, I’ve got something for you to check out. Launched publicly in September of 2011, IFTTT is a service that allows users to design powerful connections with...
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Ultra High Definition: Is it worth it?
The last time you walked through a Best Buy, you may have noticed quite a few TV’s boasting about “Ultra High Definition,” or “UHD 4K.” It sounds awesome, four times the resolution of full HD, or four...
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Create your own Netflix
In a late July shareholder update, Netflix, the popular media streaming service, announced they have over 50 million subscribers. It’s easy to see why: Eight bucks a month grants access to a ton of...
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Here’s what’s powering over a fifth of the Internet
According to Web Technology Survey’s, 23.1 percent of the top ten million websites are driven by a certain content management system. Big name publications like Time and Vogue are alongside Beyoncé,...
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Phone battery charges in minutes, lasts for weeks
What if you could charge your electric car in the same amount of time it takes to fill a normal car up with gas, and drive for hundreds of miles? What if you could throw your iPhone on charge for 5...
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Got a smartphone? Become an astrophysicist.
There are still quite a few things that science has yet to explain. You and your smartphone can help us cross one off the list. Ultra-high energy cosmic rays are crazy fast space particles that hit...
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Your RMU Google Account does more than just email
Google, the most widely used search engine in the World, offers more than email and pictures of cute kittens. Some of its services are likely already familiar to you. You might use Google Drive and...
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Group message on Android using Verizon
An iPhone group text can be an Android users worst nightmare. If us Android folks are honest for second, iPhones do have it better when it comes to texting. iOS was the first to adopt WiFi texting, and...
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Your RMU Google account: To infinity and beyond
RMU uses something called Google Apps for Education. It allows schools to provide all of their students with an email account, a calendar and all those other apps available in the top right corner of...
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I’m all about that Solid State, no hard disks
So far, SSD’s are still more expensive for their capacity compared to the spinning alternative. But there are some advantages to SSD’s that might make them worth the extra cost, and perhaps the good...
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All Hard Disk Drives are NOT the same
In my last article, the differences between the standard hard disk drive and the solid state drives were discussed. To sum it up, if you have the money, the best bet for your laptop is a solid state...
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Watch Cable TV without the equipment costs
Generally, when someone subscribes to cable television, the equipment costs is tacked on to the bill at the end of every month. Every one of those set top boxes that sit under your televisions at home...
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Google Fiber and the super internet
Trending this week on the interwebs was the announcement that Google will now offer its fiber-optic internet and television service in four new cities and their surrounding areas. The lucky...
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What is ‘Net Neutrality’?
We have all heard the words ‘Net Neutrality’ or the ‘Open Internet’, but what does that mean? In short, it’s a term keyed to title the debate over whether or not Internet Service Providers (ISP) should...
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