Tech & Co.

Last week, Fox News and Neil deGrasse Tyson helped to revive one of the best Science programs of all time. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage  aired for the first time almost thirty years ago with Carl Sagan showing audiences the universe and more. Carl Sagan's way of breaking down the most complex concepts of the cosmos into ideas that everyone can understand made this science program fun to people that were not nerds. It gave many people a new love for science, and gave a new generation a passion for science. Since then we have found out so much more about space, have taken a planet out of the accepted Solar System, put a man made object outside our solar system, and have multiple rovers on Mars. One of them even sends us tweets. Today, not too many "youngsters" have that kind of passion for science. They want the most "hip and happening" jobs, and do not care about what science their country is working on. People do not want to be the same space explorers that we w

When Google bought Motorola back in 2012, it shocked everyone. We all were expecting Google and Motorola to make great new smartphones, since they were both so good at software and hardware respectively. And what was Google's response? Google said they would work on a few devices, but they bought Motorola mostly for their patents. We will take a guess and say it did not work out too well, since they sold Motorola for $300 million less than a connected thermostat company. Shocking, isn't it? Let's take a moment to look deeper into why Google might have sold off one of the world's biggest telecommunications companies in the world. Late 2012: Just a short while after Google buys Motorola, Motorola releases their new line of Razr handsets. The Razr HD and Maxx HD are slightly improved with 720p displays and faster processors, and the compact 4.3 inch Razr M puts high-end specs in a small chassis. These phones continue Motorola and Verizon's Droid love affair, just