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iPhone 4 International Launch Day
Congratulations to the 17 countries who, today, can purchase their very own Apple iPhone 4. The countries added to the fold today are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The handset will be available for purchase through Apple’s retail and online [...]
HP says prefab data center cuts costs in half
Hewlett-Packard thinks it can build data centers faster and more cheaply by using standard, pre-built components that are assembled on site in a “Lego-like” fashion.
Using Social Media To Get A Job
The IT-centric website Toolbox.com recently completed their 2010 Employment Survey and there was some interesting data that was uncovered about how job seekers are using social media to find employment. The survey primarily focuses on salaries, locations where the “best paying jobs are”, and how long a typical job search lasts. But check out the [...]
Blogging For Your Business
Jim Turner, Beth Hayden, and Bethany Siegler discuss common questions related to business blogging. Is blogging really a necessity for my company? How do I get the most out of blogging? How can WordPress help to market our products or services? How can we make sure it actually reaches our target clients? What should we [...]
Now Hiring: New Jersey Nets
You don’t have to have killer skills on the basketball court for this job (actually these jobs). The Nets basketball organization currently has two openings; one for a Creative Manager and another for an Interactive Marketing Coordinator. Here are the specifics: Job Title: Creative Manager Reports To: Creative Director Summary: Support all marketing efforts through [...]
Finally Seesmic Replaces TweetDeck For Me
I’m not a big fan of downloadable, desktop apps to manage my online, social life. I’m more in alignment with web-based tools like Google Docs, Threadsy, Tungle, and now Seesmic Web. True, Seesmic Web has been out for a while now with some great functionality; Twitter streams, Twitter Lists, and even Foursquare location-based integration. But [...]
Wal-Mart Moonwalk – Latest Viral Video
It’s about a year old, but it’s gained in popularity as of recent. YouTube popdog04 posted this gentlemen on a stroll through the aisles of Wal-Mart. dtsv.dtse_post_14411_permalink = ‘http://www.thetechscoop.net/2010/07/27/wal-mart-moonwalk-latest-viral-video/’; dtsv.dtse_post_14411_title = ‘Wal-Mart Moonwalk – Latest Viral Video’;
iPhone 4 Diamond Edition
For the tech enthusiast with cash to burn (a lot of cash…), luxury goods designer Stuart Hughes has unveiled the world’s first diamond iPhone 4G. This most expensive phone from the Stuart Hughes collection features a surrounding frame encrusted with 6.5cts of top quality VVS, colour ‘F’ diamonds. The rear section houses beautiful solid platinum [...]
iPhone Jailbreak To Be Legal?
WASHINGTON – Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday. The decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of [...]
Google Browser Size: Content Above The Fold
Web developers – rejoice ! Google has released a utility that quite clearly helps us ensure that the majority of our key site content is visible “above the fold”. As Jason Kincaid from TechCrunch clearly put it, “…you don’t want users to have to scroll down to see the hottest story or a call to [...]
Twitter to Partner With C7 in Utah
Twitter will partner with C7 Data Centers on its new data center in Salt Lake City, according to local media. C7 is a regional data provider specializing in the Utah market, where it operates four facilities.
Set Up Twitter Anywhere In 5 Minutes
Fresh out of the Chirp Conference is functionality that site owners can immediately put to use. Nick O’Neill of The Webpreneur has put together a quick video showing how to quickly implement Twitter Anywhere Hovercards on your site. dtsv.dtse_post_4975_permalink = ‘http://www.thetechscoop.net/2010/04/15/set-up-twitter-anywhere-in-5-minutes/’; dtsv.dtse_post_4975_title = ‘Set Up Twitter Anywhere In 5 Minutes’;
In Other Tech News
All Things i (iPhone, iPod, iPad,…)
DODOcase: The Coolest iPad Case
So yesterday I was pretty happy that I finally was able to pick up the leather iPad case from inCase. I honestly can’t stand the “default” case that Apple has; it looks cheap and feels cheap. The inCase one, however, is a much improved step up since it’s leather and really looks professional. Well, stop [...]
The iPad Song
Another aspiring young vocalist has taken the Owl City song Fireflies and made a tribute to an Apple product; this time it’s the iPad. Check out YouTube user Pashyn’s melody to the iPad. If you like it send her a shout out on Twitter here. dtsv.dtse_post_5248_permalink = ‘http://www.thetechscoop.net/2010/05/06/the-ipad-song/’; dtsv.dtse_post_5248_title = ‘The iPad Song’;
Tapulous Now Part of Disney
If you play games on your iPhone, then you know who Tapulous is. There rule the top grossing and top sales charts in the Apple App Store with their Tap Tap Revenge suite of games, the recently released Riddim Ribbon music racing game, and the visually pleasing Twitter client, Twinkle. Riddim Ribbon demo With all [...]
Fring Brings Video Calling Over 3G
The VoIP app Fring has updated to take advantage of the front facing camera on the iPhone 4, offering face-to-face video calling over both 3G and Wi-Fi. If you’re willing to part with your hard-earned AT&T megabytes, then Fring is the way to go, it seems. Previous versions allowed video calling, but since it had [...]
Cloud Computing
OSCON Week: Cloud Summit
The highlight of this year’s OSCON is a stronger focus on issues related to cloud computing. This was evident from a full day event in the form of Cloud Summit on this topic. This event was organized by Simon Wardley, formerly of Canonical and now a researcher at Leading Edge Forum (CSC), and John Willis from Opscode. The idea behind Cloud Summit is to explore the topic around cloud computing and debate on some of the contentious topics around standards and open source. From this perspective, this event was a huge success.
The Data Center at the South Pole
What’s it like to operate a data center at the South Pole? The Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory maintains a small data center in Antarctica, where it harvests neutrinos for scientific research.
Blog Stuff
A Perfect Website Design: How to attract visitors?
Unfortunately, your website is not going to be visited because it is a beautiful work of art, but rather because it is accurately returned in searches by one or more search engines. Attracting visitors to your site relies not only on design, but also search engine optimization(SEO services). Design and SEO go hand in hand [...]
WordPress 3.0 Beta Available
Holy smokes Batman, it’s here !! The much anticipated WordPress 3.0 has finally reached public beta state. WordPress fans, it’s here: the first beta of WordPress 3.0 has been released. In a late-night announcement Jane Wells, the UX lead at Automattic laid out some of the many new features that are featured in version 3.0 [...]
Search Engine Optimization And Article Marketing
Article marketing has become very popular as an SEO (search engine optimization) marketing method under the recent Web 2.0 phase of e-commerce on the Internet. The rising popularity of article marketing however has brought about some negative effects on online content however, as the rapid distribution of online articles via social networks and viral campaigns [...]
Video Games
Get The Xbox Live iPhone App For Free
After initially being released for $1.99 and then getting a stern “talking to” by Microsoft for noncompliance with their policy, creator Xavier Larrea has released a free version of his Xbox 360 Live iPhone app and it is available now in the iTunes App Store. [via] Go get the app here. Per the description, Xavier’s [...]
Joystiq Launches iPhone App
Joystiq, a very in-depth (and cool) site about video gaming, has launched an iPhone/iPod Touch app. The new app gives you quick and easy access to catch up on the latest news while on the go, and the category view gives you the ability to focus on reviews, interviews, contests, or updates for your favorite [...]
PS3 Dipped In Gold
For those out there with more money than they know what to do with, here’s an organization that will take your electronics (cellphone, game system or mp3 player) and bling it out with gold and diamonds. The latest craftwork coming from Stuart Hughes is a PlayStation3 reformed with 1,600 grams of solid 22ct gold. Both [...]
Social Media
Another Way To Get A Verified Twitter Account
Being identified, authenticated and verified on Twitter is going to become an important thing. Many people are looking to ensure that their online identity is preserved and if a piece of content hits the web waves everyone wants to ensure that it’s not forged or falsely claiming to represent them. With that being said, those [...]
Threadsy Keeps Getting Better
I’ve been a huge fan of Threadsy for a long time now – been using them since their early beta days. The idea behind Threadsy, pull all your social interactions together in one, easy to use and enjoyable experience. I know you all have many different tools for managing either your email, your Facebook, Twitter, [...]
It’s Foursquare Day
Let’s do a massive amount of Foursquare check-ins tomorrow since 4/16 is the official social media holiday known as Foursquare Day. History Foursquare Day started as whimsical thought by Nate Bonilla-Warford. An optometrist by training, he has been a dabbler in social media for years. Immediately after Foursquare became available in the Tampa Bay area, [...]
MailChimp Likes Facebook
MailChimp (@MailChimp) is an awesome service. If you’re looking to distribute professional looking newsletters and email updates to your blog followers – it’s definitely on the short list of tools we recommend. As a matter of fact we use MailChimp here on THE Tech Scoop to keep our subscribers up-to-date with our daily, informative newsfeed. [...]
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