Spencer Schneier News Editor One of the more recent trends in technology is the rise of mobile payments, a technology that allows users to pay with their mobile phones. Google recently released their Android Pay platform, which allows users to tap their NFC-enabled phones at participating retailers to pay, without having to use a debit or credit card. Apple Pay recently expanded to … Continue reading Mobile payments come to Android, expand for iOS
Spencer Schneier News Editor Last Wednesday, Apple announced its new iPhone 6s and 6s+, which means that smartphone users are now in the middle of new phone season. When shopping for a new phone, it can be intimidating to have to consider all of the options, particularly when so many brands work hard on creating a persona for themselves, as opposed to a … Continue reading Smart Phone Previews
Spencer Schneier News Editor UNC-Greensboro Information Technology Services (ITS) announced in August that it would be switching the campus over from the current UNCG-Faculty-Staff-Student network to eduroam, which is an international network for the education and research communities. Eduroam, which is short for Education Roaming, has been available on campus since Jan. 1, 2015, but it will become the primary provider this fall. … Continue reading Eduroam to become UNCG’s Wireless Network
Spencer Schneier News Editor Last week, multiple outlets reported that Google would be bringing its Android Wear smartwatch operating system to the iOS ecosystem. Apple has prevented device makers in the past from making third-party devices compatible with Apple’s products, but it seems as though Google was able to allow for this compatibility by building an app that follows the rules of the … Continue reading Android Wear compatibility with iPhone makes wearables accessible
Spencer Schneier News Editor When introducing iTunes to consumers for the first time in 2003, Steve Jobs proclaimed that “we [Apple] think subscriptions are the wrong path.” Jobs also claimed that customers didn’t want to “rent their music,” making a point that someone will listen to their favorite song thousands of times in their life, as opposed to a movie where someone might watch … Continue reading Streaming services for your first week of classes
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