As technology cruises along at record speeds, brands are realizing the need to integrate mobile apps into their business plan. Often this means relying on external experts to develop something that is very much reliant on internal processes, details outside techs may not be able to translate properly to consumers. Businesses are missing the mark…
The future of the internet is mobile, but to allow access to an increasing number of people, new technologies must exist. In what they call the Connectivity Lab, Facebook employees are working towards bringing the Internet to people around the world using state of the art lasers, satellites, and drones. Yael Maguire, a former MIT…
The Solar Impulse 2 has already set records at the tail end of the eighth leg of a thirteen leg flight around the world. After the first four days, the pilot, Andre Borschberg, and his plane achieved the longest solo flight and longest solar-powered flight, with much of the trip still left. The Solar Impulse…
It has recently been exposed that Google’s Chrome has been remotely installing a component via the Chromium browser which allows your computer to perform as an “open microphone,” and largely without users’ permission. Though Google claims it is a tool meant to support its new “OK, Google” hotword detection, privacy advocates claim the component is…
Have you ever hit reply all on a message that definitely should have never made it to the eyes of executives in your company? Has your e-mail address line auto-filled the wrong name when typing in your sendee, only to realize it long after you’ve sent a confidential message to the wrong client? Have you…
Uber, a personal taxi app that quickly and easily links customers with a nearby driver, allows users to get a ride to their desired location at half the price or less than you would pay for a standard taxicab. This innovative use of technology seemed, at first, to be a godsend for city-livers on a…
Facial recognition technology has made some huge strides in recent years. Facebook’s DeepFace and Google’s FaceNet algorithms already allow them to identify you and your friends in photos with amazing accuracy. Microsoft hosts billboards that can recognize you when you walk by, and a plethora of other unknown companies and applications are using this technology…
If you haven’t figured it out yet, Google is taking over the world. Just kidding – but, kind of, not really. Their presence has vastly expanded past the digital realm and into reality. Now they are setting up to tackle their biggest real world issue – city living. Sidewalk Labs is Google’s newest startup company,…
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, new technology could make this a possibility in the near future. Two new systems are being developed and funded by the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety program, or DADSS, to stop drunk driving before the vehicle even starts – literally. The first system equips vehicles with touch pad…
It’s always exciting for us folks at Liberty Fox Technologies to hear about a new way apps are being implemented to make lives easier for people across the nation. Industries have definitely been changed for the better by mobile technology, and we are happy to see this continue. The truck driving business has been an…