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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 [...]
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 [...]
Blackra1n Coming For iPhone4 ?
The man who brought us the fantastically handy blackra1n exploit to the Apple iPhone has mentioned that he’s got a headstart on creating an exploit for the forthcoming iPhone4. George Hotz (a.k.a. geohot) confirmed during the “nuit du hack” meeting in Paris that he’s already working on the exploit. Check out this video from the [...]
iPhone 4.0 Jailbreak Available
Disclaimer: proceed with EXTREME caution – this is really only geared towards developers (read on for explanation) iPhone OS 4, set to ship later this summer, has already been jailbroken. The iPhoneDevTeam has released a preliminary beta of the redsn0w jailbreaking tool. redsn0w 0.9.5 is a beta release with limited functionality. Right now, it only [...]
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All Things i (iPhone, iPod, iPad,…)
Blackra1n Coming For iPhone4 ?
The man who brought us the fantastically handy blackra1n exploit to the Apple iPhone has mentioned that he’s got a headstart on creating an exploit for the forthcoming iPhone4. George Hotz (a.k.a. geohot) confirmed during the “nuit du hack” meeting in Paris that he’s already working on the exploit. Check out this video from the [...]
Apple On Track To Finish Data Center By EOY
At a supposed 500,000 square feet and roughly five times the size of the company’s existing data center in Newark, California, the new facility Apple is building in North Carolina is on schedule to be complete before the end of this calendar year. The questions revolving around the blogosphere since 2009 have been – what [...]
Steve Jobs at D8 Conference
If you haven’t gotten your fill of seeing the guy in the black turtleneck, then here’s 90 more minutes of Steve Jobs talking tech. This is the full interview he did last week with Walt and Kara at the D8 Conference. The discussion ranged from Foxconn, Adobe Flash and all the great work Apple is [...]
iPhone 4 – Blended
Blendtec (@blendtec) has stepped up the production value for their gadget destruction videos. This latest episode, showing Tom Dickson doing the unthinkable to a brand new iPhone 4. Check it out and comment below. dtsv.dtse_post_6988_permalink = ‘http://www.thetechscoop.net/2010/06/25/iphone-4-blended/’; dtsv.dtse_post_6988_title = ‘iPhone 4 – Blended’;
Cloud Computing
PaaS Elasticity Is Harder to Achieve Than You Think
As the ideas and concepts behind PaaS platforms continue to evolve, it is becoming quite clear that they those platforms will consist of many facets. These systems will consist of application runtime services (both shared and dedicated), application modeling capabilities, and runtime monitoring to name but a very few. While all of these will be necessary to deliver a truly effective PaaS platform, if you ask the casual cloud follower what they identify as the key characteristic for PaaS, and I would be willing to wager that 9 out of 10 say runtime elasticity. read more
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.
Blog Stuff
Generating Blog Content [slides]
One of my favorite webpreneurs, Erin Blaskie, recently held a very insightful seminar on key strategies for generating quality blog content. As we, in this world of interweb content delivery and creation try to provide our audiences with information that is worth reading it is always helpful to receive points and direction from those that [...]
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 [...]
How To Blog For Bucks
Millions of people have already succumbed to the irresistible lure of an online web log (aka, a blog). Chances are, you are one of them, those people commonly referred to as “bloggers.” But would it surprise you to learn that in addition to posting online entries on virtually any subject you can imagine, you can [...]
Video Games
New Xbox 360 Unboxing, Hands-On
You’ve seen the new Xbox 360 slim specifications, now check out the official unboxing and a quick hands-on video, courtesy of Sean Hollister (Engadget). You can sign-up here with Amazon, to be notified when it’s available for pre-order ($300). Vi…
Do Wii Lovers Have Something To Look Forward To In 2010
A revolutionary games console design, Nintendo Wii console, their successor to the Game Cube was originally conceived in 2001 and was unveiled in 2005. The Wii, originally dubbed the Revolution has gone from strength to strength, becoming more popular than any of its competitors and still tops worldwide sales charts in 2010. Conceived as a [...]
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 [...]
Social Media
iPhone App Review: TwitCasting Live
Our visual review of the TwitCasting Live app for the iPhone. In my opinion, more than a mere Twitter “client” this app really allows multi-tasking when you’re trying to get live video published to the web. For it only being a 1.1 version, the refinement is pretty much in place. I put it through the [...]
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’;
Zuckerberg in the Hot Seat at D8
Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd), CEO of Facebook, was sweating something fierce in the hot seat at D8 yesterday. Kara and Uncle Walt seriously put it to the young Harvard grad talking about privacy controls and the stance of the Facebook leadership when it comes to sharing personal information to a limited, chosen group versus “…the entire [...]
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