Category Technology

Business & Finance, Opinion, Technology

eBay’s outrageous 10% final value fees pricing themselves out of business

I have been a member of eBay since 1999 and back then the final value fees were around 2% if not even lower. In other words if you sold something for $300 then…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 5, 2015
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Opinion, Technology

Improved relations with Iran through Clash of Clans

I have been a gamer since my first Atari console I owned as a child which certainly dates me. I wouldn’t call myself an avid gamer, but through the decades I always…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 7, 2015

Macon, Opinion, Technology

Drone Company Olaeris Appears to be Vaporware

Recently I wrote an article expressing my concerns that Olaeris appeared to be a vaporware company. In the computer and tech industry, vaporware is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 26, 2015

Opinion, Technology

Apple Support Rocks! My Experience with AppleCare

Yesterday I noticed a problem on my Mac Pro while trying to use Messages app. For those of you unfamiliar with OS X and Messages, it is an app that allows you…

Dr. Alan Wood
May 21, 2015

Technology

WordPress Tip: Site Shows Blank Page On Home Networks

A hosting control panel, where the fix for this WordPress blank page was hiding

the diagnosis was rebuilt as a step-by-step checklist, with the checks that come before the fix (prove it is only you, cache, DNS, hosts file), the modern equivalents of the 2015 GoDaddy…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 17, 2015

Technology

Modern Family Shows one Multitasking Mama and Made Entirely on a Mac

One of my favorite T.V. shows is Modern family on ABC. The writing is very clever and the continuous yet humorous misunderstandings never seem to get old. Although Modern family has flirted…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 25, 2015

Georgia, Technology

New Facebook Group For News Junkies in Georgia and Beyond

Click Here to Join Headline News Group When it comes to Facebook I have never really understood the attraction. Some people are addicted and practically live their lives more online than offline.…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 15, 2015

News, Politics & Elections, Technology

Republicans On Warpath Against Netflix and Net Neutrality

The reason I chose Netflix in the title of this article is because it’s the biggest potential victim of Republican efforts and the one most Americans would immediately notice with higher rates…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 13, 2015

Georgia, Macon, Technology

Google Fiber Expansion to Metro Atlanta: How About Macon?

Having lived in Japan and used fiber internet I can tell you it is very nice to have. It is not unlike the switch I made from using old dial up modems…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 27, 2015

Technology

Google vs. Oracle over Android Dispute Not Over Yet

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Obama administration to weigh in on the huge copyright battle between Google and Oracle. On Monday SCOTUS asked the U.S. solicitor general to submit…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 16, 2015
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Technology

Another Way Apple Inc. Trounces Competitors: Sustainable Smartphone Profits (AAPL)

The iPhone might be light in your hand, but not on your wallet. And that’s great for Apple. Source: Apple. Some investors have argued that Apple‘s (NASDAQ: AAPL ) high-end pricing strategy is…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 27, 2014

News, Opinion, Technology

Would Sony Have Been hacked if They Used Macs?

Details of the hack North Korea used to break into Sony are now coming out. Late Monday the FBI issued a confidential five-page warning to U.S. businesses concerning malicious software, or malware, used…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 24, 2014

Technology

Why I switched from W3 Total Cache to WP Super Cache And So Should You (Probably)

If you use WordPress chances are you probably are running a cache plugin to speed up your site which is a great idea. There are a number of choices out there and…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 6, 2014

Opinion, Politics & Elections, Technology

One Sure way the GOP Can Lose in 2016 is to Screw with the Internet and Netflix

Today Ted Cruz might have definitely made a lot of his own potential supporters very angry with a tweet. He compared Net Neutrality to Obamacare. Net Neutrality is the idea that there should…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 10, 2014

News, Opinion, Technology

Why Net Neutrality is Essential and Ted Cruz is an Idiot

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 10, 2014
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Technology

Solution to Netflix Stall Error at 25% on Playstation 3 then Reboots

Ever since Netflix updated their application on the PS3 from 2.1.7 to 2.1.8 I have experienced an error where Netflix stalls at 25% and will not load any further. When you try…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 7, 2014
8 Comments

Lifestyle, News, Technology

Tim Cook Says Alabama Needs to Move faster on Gay Rights

Earlier today, Apple CEO Tim Cook was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor today, and during his acceptance speech he took some time to address several issues. The first issue was that…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 27, 2014