Technology

All 30,000 Los Angeles city workers will continue the switch to Google's suite of cloud-powered applications. According to Google, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to complete the city's switch on Wednesday.

The transition was supposed to have been completed by the end of June, but security concerns by the police department have caused delays.

Around 10,000 workers are already using Google Apps for common office functions like email.

Google is pocketing a reported

I like to write about other things other than real estate at times because face it, there are other things going on in the world other than real estate.

That being said, today I wanted to write about technology. I absolutely love technology and thus when a new gadget comes out, I just have to get it. So, it shouldn't surprise anyone who knows me that when Barnes & Noble announced their new addition, Nook which is an e-reader, I wanted it.

Demand was much higher than I guess Barnes & Noble had expected and the release date which was originally scheduled for the end of November was pushed off to January 2010. Naturally, I was hugely dis....

Back in the Dream Time, elders were honored because of their accumulated knowledge. If Pops knew a better way to saddle horses, that knowledge helped Junior since he saddled horses. Today if Pops knows how to tune-up cars, what good is that when cars don’t need to be tuned-up anymore?

Now the old are relegated to extolling their own relevance while exclaiming, “I’ve never seen that before.” Doddering ancients who use their cell phones merely to talk wonder why their grandchildren never answer their emails as Gen Z tweet each other: “Don’t trust anyone over 15.” The world is moving so fast not only is today tomorrow’....

If you are traveling in Maine this summer but need to jump back on the grid for a few minutes, you can now catch a wireless signal at over 200 public libraries across the state.

Anyone with a laptop equipped with a wireless card and an Internet browser can jump online for free.

For the full list of wi-fi libraries in Maine, plus their hours and locations, visit the state's library services page.

Photo credit of the New Gloucester Public Library: Maine State Library.....