Indonesia vs Google & Apple

Indonesia banned Apple's iPhones (iPhone 16) from being sold within the country, then the country went to bad the sale of Google phones (Google Pixels) just about a week later.

Space X Caught a Rocket in the Sky!

If you've been living under a rock - which is likely since the US just got through with a major political season (seriously, make sure you disconnect from media often.) - Space X had an amazing achievement! A video, that you can watch now[1], shows the structure

Arc Browser for Android Beta is Here!

Browsers are like cults - the userbase can grow and develop rabbid fan followings that then make other browsers go "OH! Let's copy that so we can also have that kind of rabbid fan following!" and then it repeats until everyone is developing a Chrome-based browser,

Sony State of Play 2024 | Gems, but Meh Overall

On September 24th, 2024, Sony hosted their "Sony State of Play" event! In the past, I would enjoy these in the past, but... I have to admit... this year's State of Play was very average.

Apple Did Something Un-Apple-ish

Apple held an event to reveal the next incremental upgrade to some of their hardware and some of their new software for their suite of hardware products. What Was Announced? Well, you could already guess We got some pretty cool reveals - such as using AirPods as Hearing Aids, approved

Let's Talk about GitHub and Microsoft

If you’re into the tech and software world, you may have heard about a really pseudo-random-out-of-the-blue announcement from GitHub. And depending on you personal take on big companies and a stance on open-source…ness, you may either be for it, against it, or neutral. More than likely one of

The 'Notch' Trend is Stupid

First and foremost, I’m not referring to Markus Perrson – better known as “Minecraft’s Notch’, I’m referring to the recent trend of phone makers putting a blemish on their screen and often time removing a lower bezel which causes the entire screen to be shifted off center when

Let's Talk about Google's Pixels

Just like with the iPhone X, I find myself seeing outlets and individuals being rather hostile against with the new Pixel 2 XL, and just like with the iPhone X, there are legitimate complaints to be had but a lot is being focused on things that aren’t the problem.

Let's Talk About Apple's Recent Moves

Look, I’m not the biggest Apple fan – in most regards I very much dislike their practice and their ecosystem. Despite that, I acknowledge the great strides they’ve made, and the affect on technology they’ve been involved in for ages… People are hitting at them way too hard.

KingYou Bluetooth Headphones ($23.99 Amazon 07/07/2017)

Performance (4/5): Audio quality is good for it being transferred via Bluetooth; both music and podcasts can be enjoyed without needing to go much more than half volume on a smartphone. The magnets located on the ends of the earbuds are a little weak and tend to separate when

Who Do We Think Had the Best Show at E3?

E3 came, it showed out, and it’s actually currently still going on! However, the major events have finished up, that being Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, and Bethesda. Now every year various communities aim to declare a “winner” of E3, typically filtered down to who won between Microsoft, Sony,

Lenovo and Google Dives Further into Virtual Reality

You may remember that back in 2016 Google tossed their hats into the “Virtual Reality” world by dropping their “Day Dream” project to the public. Now that Google has showcased their latest I/O event, we’ve been told that Google is teaming up with Lenovo for their next VR

Zen's Top 5 Tech Predictions for 2017

So now that 2016 is behind us, a new year is here and with it a slew of new potential directions for tech. Now I made a video prior showcasing my predictions for 2016’s tech direction and I think I was fairly accurate, feel free to check that video

Is Microsoft's Scalebound getting Delayed or Canceled? Maybe? [UPDATE]

Update: According to IGN, the game is in fact canceled. Wishful thinking for a delay was too hopeful it seems. Here’s hoping the studios can bounce back and recover If you haven’t heard, or don’t remember, Scalebound was the game where you play some sort of angsty

Zen's Top 5 Movies of 2016

With the year closing out I’d like to give my top 5 movies of 2016. Now at the time of writing this there are still movies on my list from 2016 that I still need to see – Hidden Figures, Fences, and Moonlight, just to name a few notable mentions

Microsoft's October Event Shows a lot of Promise

It seems that every company today has been increasing their stride to stand out. Where Apple has their ecosystem, they’re trying to increase their hardware performance. Where Google has had their reach and fingers dipped in various pools, they’re now unifying themselves with “Google” first. And where Microsoft

The Nintendo Switch May Just Pull Me Back to Nintendo!

Imagine my surprise when friends shoot me messages about the Nintendo NX being showcased! I’m already sleep deprived, exhausted, overworked, and trying to ignore class assignments that I should be working on. So I open the link (in hopes to procrastinate even further) and wow… Nintendo is calling the

Can We Talk about the Pixel Phone's Design?

“The Pixel and Pixel XL looks like an iPhone clone.”      “Did Google take cues from Apple’s iPhone?”           “Did Google just out Apple, Apple!?”                “Google just made an iPhone…” Are just a few of possible statements and questions you may have seen circulating around the web about the Goog’s

J.K. Simmons's Commissioner Gordon First Look

I was pleasantly scrolling through twitter today when I noticed that Zack Snyder (director behind Man of Steel, Batman V Superman, and the highly anticipated Justice League) released this amazing image via his twitter for Batman Day! It goes to no surprise that it’s creating quite the spark online

Drop Box Was Hacked - Change your Passwords

First and foremost, please change your DropBox passwords! And check all other services that uses the same e-mail and password! You may have received an email recently from dropbox… At first glance it doesn’t seem too out of place, suggesting that you update your password if you haven’t

It's not Pink and it's not Purple... It's Fuchsia!

As you have probably heard, Google is working on a new operating system. What is it for you ask?… Well we don’t actually know exactly. A lot of rumors suggest that the Goog is attempting to replace one or more of their operating systems such as android and chrome,

Rumors on the Nintendo NX

Nintendo is in the news yet again, this time for news dropped about their next major console, the Nintendo NX (major console as in comparison to the minor one, the Nintendo Mini-Nes). Most of you already know my thoughts and personal feelings towards Nintendo, but I am actually looking forward

Nintendo Launch New-Age NES powered by Nostalgia!

Nintendo has been having a lot of ups and downs lately, with a recent massive spike upward thanks to Niantic’s Pokemon version of Ingress, Pokemon Go. One of the things Nintendo is backing on with staying in the green is the power of nostalgia. For good or for bad,

Spotify Possibly Hacked - Change your password!

A few days ago some information was spotted online claiming to be account information for some Spotify users. It was accompanied by claims that it was released by hackers that had gotten into Spotify’s servers. The information on supposed users accounts, their country, e-mails, captured keys, and when their