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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 [...]
iPad Tip: Organize Screens Using iTunes
If you’re getting frustrated having to manually rearrange apps on your iPad, you can use iTunes instead. This excerpt from Biersdorfer & Pogue’s iPad: The Missing Manual will walk you through the process. If you want an easier way to fine-tune your iPad’s Home screens, iTunes lets you arrange all your app icons from your [...]
Elegant Themes Releases ‘Polish’ Theme
Nick is on fire this past month – he is pumping out some serious work lately with icon packs and a few awesome themes. Today, Elegant Themes has launched their ‘Polish’ theme which is very clean and slick. As is custom at Elegant Themes, there are multiple color options incorporated within ‘Polish’, you get automatic [...]
Hovercards Coming To Twitter
Hovercards will be a new way to access profile information for people without having to actually visit their Twitter profile. Twitter spokesperson Jenna Sampson described how the new feature will work: “Hovercards are cards which appear when you hover over a username or avatar. The cards display additional information about the person and allow you [...]
In Other Tech News
All Things i (iPhone, iPod, iPad,…)
Truphone Goes Multitasking, Where’s Skype?
With VoIP a fiercely combatted section of the market, Skype seems lagging behind, having not offered VoIP 3G or a multitasking, iOS 4 compatible version yet. Their competition, on the other hand, is doing just fine. TruPhone just updated their VoIP app, which now runs in the background, can call over a 3G network, and [...]
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 [...]
NBA Game Time Courtside iPad App Review
NBA fans that are watching the NBA Finals between the Lakers/Suns and the Magic/Celtics are undoubtedly glued to their TV sets every moment that can – either watching the games, or checking in on the sports networks for up-to-the-minute analysis on their favorite player. Even if your favorite team isn’t playing anymore it’s all about [...]
ClamCase Adds Keyboard & Case To iPad
ClamCase is offering a solution allowing iPad owners to do the two items of primary concern right now; easily attach a keyboard and provide quality, visually pleasing protection. Yes, visually pleasing is key, face it folks, all Apple products are beautiful and one of the reasons people buy Apple products is for the aesthetics and [...]
Blog Stuff
Basic Blogging
Blogging (blog comes from the term Web log which is similar to an online diary) is a marketing tool many businesses foolishly do not use. When a blog is done well it creates a conversation between you and your client community, driving traffic to your site as the result of search engine results. You can [...]
A Little Insight To WordPress 3.0
The fine folks over at wpbeginner have put together an excellent post speaking to some of the forthcoming functionality expected in the next major release of WordPress. Many of us on version 2.9.2 are excited about the merging of the code branches for WordPress and WordPress MU as we’re looking for a seamless way to [...]
Activating Multisite in WordPress 3.0
The merge of MU and the standard WordPress code has brought with it, among other things, the ability to build your very own blog network and have a multisite environment. Check out this video from Devin Price (@devinsays) of WPTheming.com as he details the procedure necessary to switch a standard WordPress installation over to the [...]
Video Games
Confronting the Pesky Wii Remote Problems
The Wii gaming system is an incredible device. The most revolutionary electronic component in the Wii system, however, is the Wii remote. It is also the device in which problems seem to occur most frequently. It can also be the most annoying when it is not working correctly. Should yours begin to operate erratically or [...]
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 [...]
Ten PC Games that are free to play online
With the rising cost of games during a recession like this most people have been cutting back on entertainment because it is very expensive. But people fail to realize if you have a good computer and a fast internet connection there are games that are out there that cost nothing to play! So what’s the [...]
Social Media
So Did You Quit Facebook Yesterday?
With all the noise on the interweb lately about privacy, security and dissatisfaction with Facebook it appears that yesterday’s planned “Quit Facebook Day” was a flop ! According to a report in InformationWeek, only 34,388 account holders made a pledge to quit the social network that has more than 540 million users worldwide (that’s about [...]
Lifestreaming Done Right
Lifestreaming: The now and future of personal blogging. It’s the practice of sharing your life events with those within your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, whatever). Those of us online tend to belong to many social mediums with varying “friends” and would really like to consolidate and display that lifestream of information in a visually [...]
iPhone App Review: Twizzle
The list of iPhone apps for Twitter continues to grow each day. I, personally, have been trying to standardize on TweetDeck and HootSuite (while I wait for the Seesmic app to come out). I’ve tried many (if not all) of the early apps and continue to come back to the ones I’m using today. That [...]
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