TECHi Two Takes

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“Techi Two Takes” combines the best of both worlds: sourced content from trusted sites and our unique perspective. It’s where

curated information meets insightful commentary, giving readers a complete, balanced view of the topic at hand.

From none to many: the smartwatch boom

This time last year, most had no idea what a smartwatch was or that they were on the horizon. Today, everyone seems to be building one. Wearable devices are in....

Samsung is basically printing money

With net profits of $7.6 billion last quarter, Samsung is moving forward and still looking strong before the lucrative Christmas quarter. Samsung Electronics has reported a 26% jump in profit...

New York City is going all LED by 2017

With a quarter of a million street lights, New York City is always lit up. In less than four years, they'll be lit up the right way. New York City...

California joins initiative to put 3.3 electric vehicles on the road

If you can't convince people that going green is the right way to go, you can either give them an incentive to do so or a penalty for not doing...

I, for one, embrace our future robot overlords

The thought of artificial intelligence being the catalyst for the eventual demise of the human race makes for some pretty cool science fiction, but as we get closer to having...

Microsoft has temporary fix to keep Twitter from draining Windows Phone data

With most plans, you get a limited amount of data. That's not a good thing if you have a Windows Phone with a Twitter app. It drains the data like...

Samsung to tackle Google Glass

While it's true that patents are never a clear indication that a new technology is on the horizon, this particular patent from Samsung is something we will likely see in...

NSA monitored at least 35 world leaders

The latest report is 35. The reality could end up being a lot more world leaders whose cell phones were tapped by the NSA when the dust finally settles. The...

Microsoft crushed it last quarter

The biggest surprise so far on Wall Street this week: Microsoft. Despite their failures, they were able to be much more profitable than just about anyone expected. Microsoft's revenue and...

Tumblr finally has search that doesn’t suck

Hashtags were made for grouping common thoughts together and to aid with search, not to be the sole method of searching a website. Tumblr didn't know that before, but their...

Amazon has 109K employees, more than Microsoft

Everybody knows that Amazon is huge, but it may come as a surprise to find out just how huge they are. With 109,800 employees, they're bigger than Microsoft. Amazon today...

Here are the details on Twitter’s IPO

They are coming in at around half of where Facebook started last year and their cash ambitions are smaller, but it's not exactly chump change in the tech IPO world....