The changing face of communication online.

by WyldKard on April 11, 2012

When we attended a talk about social networks a few months back, we knew younger users were more prominent on networks like Facebook, but just how much they relied on these networks didn’t occur to us. For example, when it came to internet communication, Generation X built their social contacts around e-mail, while today’s internet [...]

Facebook and Instagram.

by WyldKard on April 10, 2012

The Twitterverse was full of disgust yesterday over the announcement that popular image-sharing service Instagram was purchased by Facebook for a cool $1 billion. Despite both companies offering assurances that Instagram will continue to be developed independently, there’s still potential cause for concern. Let’s look at where Instagram stood before the buy-out: a popular service [...]

Using Pinterest can be illegal?

by WyldKard on March 22, 2012

Pinterest has been around for awhile, but in the past couple months it’s gotten considerable online press as the up-and-coming social network. Unsurprisingly, it was just a matter of time before someone found something wrong with the service. If it’s trendy to bash Facebook, why not the new guy on the block? Alyson Shontell at [...]

Choosing AT&T for the new iPad.

by WyldKard on March 13, 2012

When we pre-ordered the new iPad last week, we opted to stick with AT&T for data coverage, despite our recent complaint about AT&T’s misguided crack-down on unlimited data plan subscribers. Several other people we follow on the internets have switched preorders from the AT&T offering to Verizon, but there are several reasons we decided to [...]

AT&T data throttling is wrong.

by WyldKard on March 9, 2012

When the original iPad was released, the 3G version was exclusive to AT&T. Among the data plans offered was an “unlimited” plan that ran for $29.99/month. This plan has since been deprecated; if you bought an iPad after the plan was discontinued, you have to opt for a limited bandwidth tier, while those who had [...]