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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 [...]
All Things i (iPhone, iPod, iPad,…)
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 [...]
Come On Thursday…
I was one of the lucky 600,000 that were able to get my iPhone4 pre-ordered last week and will be picking it up this Thursday. I’ll be in San Francisco for the Structure2010 Conference, but may be slightly late for the conference if that Apple Store line doesn’t move fast enough. The plan is to [...]
Free App A Day Site Now Does iPad Apps Too
The Free App a Day site – which is very popular and has offered up a free iPhone app each day – has now added iPad apps to the free apps mix.
Today is the first day with iPad apps on offer and the very first iPad app to be offered for free is [...]
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 [...]
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Confidence Expected to Drive Economic Growth
The flexibility of cloud computing could help organizations recover from the current global economic downturn, according to 68 percent of IT and businesses decision makers who participated in an annual study commissioned by Savvis, Inc., a provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Vanson Bourne, an international research firm, surveyed more than 600 IT and business decision makers across the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore, revealing an underlying pressure to do more with less budget (the biggest issue facing organizations, cited by 54 percent of respondents) and demand for lower cost, more flexible IT provisioning. read more
When Startups Grow, They Also Grow Out Of The Cloud
More than one and a half years back, I made a tweet asking people When startups grow, do they stay in the cloud or move to their own datacenter? I got multiple responses with some saying that they will continue to stay in the cloud as they don’t have to incur Capex and they can stay lean and others saying that they will move to their own datacenters. I was always curious to know the thinking that goes on among those who matter in such successful startups.
Blog Stuff
WordPress 2.9 Released: Now We’re Talking
There have been a handful of maintenance releases within the past year or so of the ever popular WordPress blogging platform. With this new 2.9 release there are a number of enhancements, improvements, and overall direction shifts, in terms of functionality included directly within the core product, that will make many of us designers/developers/”users” very [...]
Mobile Blogging Tools
So WordPress released an updated version of their iPhone app today. I, being the avid blogger went out and quickly downloaded it hoping that my current set of issues would be addresses. Essentially what’s happeningis that I continue to get error messages anytime I log onto the app and try to read any of my [...]
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 [...]
Video Games
The Mario Game
Nearly all gamers have heard of the Mario game, you know the one that Nintendo released in arcades during 1983. Well, here’s 13 things you may not have known about the famous plumber. Did you know that the original game was intended to only be a …
Are Gamers Ready To Kinect?
The joystick. For many years since the dawn of gaming in arcades the joystick had been the primary mode of input for most if not all gaming. Even devolving into game pads and such during the NES and Sega Genesis days it was still really a mode of inputting things in a analog source. This [...]
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 [...]
Social Media
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’;
King Lebron James Joins Twitter
After being a sponsored trending topic on Twitter all day yesterday, it appears that King James himself has joined the Twittersphere. It’s not a Twitter Verified Account just yet, but Lebron’s buddy and fellow NBA player, Chris Paul says it’s definitely him using the username @KingJames Isn’t this interesting folks? The big news of the [...]
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