Category: Tech Trends

This past Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks which claimed over 2700 lives.  The events of 9/11 and the subsequent days are said to have changed the world.  Yet, the world has also changed for other reasons over the past decade, the least not being due to technological advances. […]

I was never an avid Delicious user.  I rarely even used my internet browser’s built-in bookmarking feature.  When I needed to save something I found online I copied, pasted and emailed myself a link.  It was horribly time consuming and my poor email organization practices meant I lost track of many items I had originally […]

The internet is flooded with real-time streams of information from the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and the many other social media platforms which allow people from around the globe to provide eye witness accounts and information on any topic imaginable.  These streams of information can be valuable to journalists gathering crucial eye witness accounts, but […]

I know I said this blog would be about emerging trends, and having recently celebrated its 5th birthday Twitter is hardly new anymore, but I often get questions about Twitter.  Well, really.  Its one question asked again and again: “You use Twitter?” To the uninitiated, Twitter looks like a shorter version of the Facebook or […]

Welcome to the first Tuesday Tech Trends with Tara post!  Every Tuesday I’ll talk about new and exciting emerging technologies including everything from social media (like this post) and mobile apps to hardware and software.  If you have questions about anything mentioned in this blog or have suggestions for future blog posts please leave them […]