Type of Article: MacTech Blog

The Northern Spy: going the new server route

Under another hat, the Spy runs WebNameHost, which is a small hosting company in business for a decade now, and offering professional hosting in a safe environment for Christian, authors, small businesses, and personal sites. This is less than a living business, but much more than a hobby, as his teaching demands that he be able to discourse with students on all manner of computing technology without seeming too much a fool or irrelevant. It also needs to break even.

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Greg’s Bite: Google’s ball drops — Nexus Q ball that is

Google had already launched its Nexus Q media hub device and promised delivery in three days, until they suddenly decided to hold the product back and make improvements that they don’t care to divulge. It could be a software glitch or a defect in manufacturing. At any rate, they are giving the US$300 round, black box device away to customers who had pre-ordered.

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42% of parents plan to buy electronic gadgets for school year

This should be good news for Apple: as another school year approaches, the demand for electronics in the classroom is high.

A new survey from CouponCabin.com reports that 42%of parents plan to buy new electronic gadgets — such as laptops, tablets, cellphones and e-readers — for their children for the upcoming school year. In addition, nearly half (49%) of parents said their children’s school requires them to purchase certain electronic gadgets for learning purposes.

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