Gadgets for the Guru: Holiday Splurges edition

Treat yourself this holiday season! Throw away your holiday gift budget and splurge on these awesome tech gadgets.     EcoReco E-Scooter The EcoReco E-Scooter is a great gift for an adventure-seeking individual or for someone that needs a transportation alternative. Hop on the sustainable scooter and feel the brisk breeze as you zoom down … Read more

Chat with a doctor in one click – interview with CEO HealthiestYou Jim Prendergast

Video editing contribution Xavier Smith It’s 10:00 p.m. you have a 102 degree temperature, used 10 boxes of Kleenex and have a nose that rivals Rudolph. Instead of dragging yourself off the couch and going to a germ-infested urgent care, you grab your smartphone and push a button to talk to a doctor. Jim Prendergast, … Read more

Gadgets for the Guru: Fall Traveler edition

Temperatures have dropped, Thanksgiving preparation has begun and more and more people are heading out-of-town. From portable power to smart luggage, here are some tech gadgets that can make any plane ride or road trip as comfortable as possible for the fall traveler.   G-RO Luggage Whether you travel around the block or around the … Read more

Tucson tech dominates Arizona Technology Council’s 2015 GCOI awards

Bear Down everyone, technology from Tucson was in the spotlight tonight at the Arizona Technology Council 2015 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards. In conjunction with the Arizona Commerce Authority, the AZ Tech Council (AZTC) presented innovator awards to technology companies with scientific breakthroughs and algorithms that will make your head spin. In a previous announcement, the … Read more

Amazon Prime Now one-hour delivery launches in the Valley

Whether you’re a procrastinator or just want something now, getting items on-demand is becoming the new norm. Today, Amazon announced its Prime Now one-hour delivery service available in Phoenix and surrounding areas such as Tempe, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Mesa, Glendale and Chandler.   This service is offered exclusively as a benefit to Prime members and the company can … Read more

More body cameras coming to Arizona police departments

A chilling video shows the moments leading up to the murder of a Flagstaff police officer, and all of it was captured on his body camera. The public, community activists, politicians, now justice departments, are calling for police officers to wear body cameras to not only bring more transparency and trust back to the streets, … Read more

Dispose your e-waste on Technology Recycling Day – Oct. 24th

With cellphone carriers shifting their plans to allow for upgrades each year, e-waste will most certainly increase from its current 50 million tons of waste disposed worldwide each year, according to dosomething.org. To help keep electronics and toxins out of the trash, Arizona Technology Council makes it easy for all Arizona residents to throw away … Read more

Coffee, collaboration and co-working – AZ Co-working Guide

Co-written with Carlene Reyes A 9-5 workday just isn’t what it used to be—especially for entrepreneurs and small businesses when it comes to getting work done. The day-to-day needs and lifestyle for this demographic are a little different from the average office worker, so why should they expect to work in the same ho-hum environment? … Read more

GoDaddy prevails in Hollywood lawsuit

GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, won a cybersquatting feud that started in 2010 brought on by the Academy of Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as first reported by Jonathan Stempel of Reuters The Academy accused GoDaddy of bad faith by allowing customers who purchased domains with AMPAS trademarked names such … Read more

Dropbox cloud storms into Sun Devil territory

Arizona State University is upgrading from slow servers and thumb drives to cloud-based storage. ASU is joining the list of universities that are now using Dropbox for Education’s collaboration platform. They launched the platform university-wide for over 10,000 faculty and staff members. The platform will help with storing and managing staff files and research documents … Read more