What the Tech?! littleBits

Quick Summary The newly released Internet-connected building blocks are the grown-up’s Legos. littleBits; n,Blocks built of tiny circuit boards that snap together like Legos, but using magnets instead of plastic shapes. Each bit is programmed to perform a specific function (like…

Yapper Monday: Mobil Film Festival

Quick Summary Next month in San Diego, Calif., a film festival screening only flicks created totally on mobile devices returns. In it’s third year, the International Mobil Film Festival, hosted by S. Botello Productions, is going even more mobile with…

What the Tech?! CarPlay

Quick Summary Apple’s update to iOS 7.1 includes a few great tweaks and one big new leap. CarPlay, noun;An in-car integration with your iOS device. CarPlay software primarily uses a voice command system that lets you take hands-free calls, dictate text…

MSNBC: CEO Maria Seidman on Your Business

Quick Summary If you were up early Sunday morning, you might’ve caught Yapp’s CEO and Co-Founder Maria Seidman on MSNBC’s Your Business with JJ Ramberg, discussing the hunt for qualified employees and strengthening brands. If you weren’t, check out the…

What the Tech?! Airplay Mirroring

Quick Summary It’s been around for a while, but how can you use it?   Airplay Mirroring, verb;Broadcasting content from iOS device to iOS device. AirPlay began as audio-only wireless streaming between devices, and progressed with iOS 5 to broadcasting visual…

Yapper Monday: Special Agent Noah

Quick Summary Today we’re featuring one awesome Yapp, created to help raise money for Team Special Agent Noah in this year’s Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada Buddy Walk.  The Southern Nevada Buddy Walk is in its 14th year, with teams…

What the Tech?! Project Tango

Quick Summary Google’s Project Tango experiment made a surprise appearance at the Mobile World Congress this week. It is not a tango-ing robot (but they should make that, just for kicks).Project Tango, noun;An experimental Google smartphone with a number of cameras and…

What the Tech?! 3D Printing

Quick Summary The name is pretty self explanatory, but how does the new tech work? 3-D Printing; verb,The process of creating a three-dimensional, solid object from a digital model. 3-D printed objects can be made from plastic, glass, silver, and a…