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Technology: More than One Billion+ Devices Run an Android Version 2+ Years out of Date

By Dick Weisinger

Android is the biggest competitor to Apple’s IPhones and operating system, but it has a big problem: few Android phone owners keep current with new releases of the Android operating system. While Google boasts more than 2 billion devices running…

Developer Dilemma: Software Quality Suffers as Businesses Hurriedly Attempt to Innovate

By Dick Weisinger

As businesses adopt new technologies like IoT and analytics, they also find that they are developing new software to take advantage of those new capabilities. Many feel a pressure to innovate, with pressure coming from both within their companies and…

Top 10 Strategic Technologies: Intelligence / Digital / Mesh Lead Top Technologies for 2018

By Dick Weisinger

It’s that time of year when analysts begin to reflect and summarize the technologies that will have the biggest impact over the next 12 months. Gartner recently released their list of the top ten strategic technologies for 2018. The technologies…

Smart Dust: Miniature Non-Intrusive Sensors and Monitoring Devices

By Dick Weisinger

The continual miniaturization of electronics, devices and components is driving a new science-fiction-like technology called ‘smart dust’.  Smart Dust is a system of miniature microelectromechanical devices that function as sensors or robots that can detect and report information about light,…

Technology + Archaeology: Imaging into the Past with LiDAR, Drones and GIS

By Dick Weisinger

New technology is providing archaeologists with tools to discover information about the past.  New imaging and drone technologies are making it possible to quickly map and uncover details of often hard to reach or study terrains. The aerial imaging market…