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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 [...]
SEO Plugin Updated [image]
I’m doing an interesting experiment on a handful of my WordPress blogs; this one is part of the test. I recently removed one of the major, well-known and highly promoted SEO plugins. I’ve, in turn, replaced it with…nothing; I’m using the SEO functionality integrated directly with this theme. I’ve maintained the exact same naming, tagging, [...]
Laura Fitton Talks “Why Twitter?”
Let it be known publicly that I love Laura Fitton ! Her attitude and enthusiasm is infectious. When she stands in front of a crowd and talks about something she is involved in you can see and her the passion in her voice and body language. That being said, I found this presentation Laura did [...]
GarminConnect Team Is Available For Hire
A professional colleague of mine has just announced some news within the Garmin Corporation. As with many businesses, they are consolidating efforts and downsizing their physical office locations. Unfortunately, for those in the San Francisco, California offices, this is not good news, as many of the jobs are consolidatiing to the headquarters in Olathe, Kansas. [...]
In Other Tech News
All Things i (iPhone, iPod, iPad,…)
iPad News of the Week
Custom Suits With Built In iPad Pocket | Geeky Gadgets Luckily my day job here at Geeky Gadgets means I no longer have to wear a suit to work, if you have to wear a suit to work then you may want to check out these. http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:52:06 -0700 Apple [...]
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’;
Apple Making A Move With AppleTV?
AppleTV has been the ignored sibling in Apple’s line up for some time, infamously relegated to “a hobby” by Jobs. Now rumors are swirling that the device might get an overhaul in the near future. The NYT is reporting “people familiar” with the platform say there’s a major update in the pipe, which will completely [...]
iPad Compatible Clothing
You read that right folks – clothing that is compatible with your iPad does in fact exist. Entrepreneur Scott Jordan has started a clothing company, ScottEvest that specializes in technology enabled clothing. Jordan has been doing the tech clothing thing for a number of years, but has probably landed on a geeked-out gold mine with [...]
Cloud Computing
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.
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
Blog Stuff
Don’t Be Afraid Of WordPress 3.0
Code is merging, so get ready. WordPress 3.0 is coming and many of us users/developers/designers are hoping to see it soon. Personally, I’m thinking that right around WordCamp: San Francisco 2010 is when we can expect to see 3.0. Even with all the benefit of what’s expected in 3.0, there is a bit of angst [...]
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 [...]
WordCamp Boston
WordCamp Boston is about to kick off Saturday, January 23rd with what looks to be a whole host of fantastic panels and discussions. As should be expected, the event is already sold out, but according to the registration site, there are 2 remaining tickets that are on auction on eBay (with the proceeds going to [...]
Video Games
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 [...]
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 [...]
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 Trailer from E3 2010
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 was a big hit at E3 2010 — which is now unfortunately over — and Joystiq along with IGN have provided us with an in-depth preview. Here’s one new feature: “As Starkiller defeats enemies, solves puzzles and compl…
Social Media
Foursquare Update Coming Soon
Mashable has reported and seen some screenshots of the forthcoming new release of Foursquare for the iPhone. Version 1.6 is slated to hit the App Store next week with some significant UI updates. Colors, icons, and menu layouts have been completely redone and, from what we can tell from the screenshots, now they actually are [...]
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 [...]
Top 20 Social Media Books
Crowdsourcing is a wonderful phenomenon. You get the input of many as it pertains to a single point/topic. In this case, crowdsourcing was used to determine the book suggestions for Designing For Social Media; which is a course in the Masters program in Professional and Technical Communication at New Jersey’s Science & Technology University. It’s [...]
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