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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 Honors Pac-Man on Anniversary
It’s official – I’m old! How can we be celebrating 30 years of Pac-Man? Seems like only yesterday we were playing the game, chasing ghosts and eating fruit. Well it’s true, and to celebrate the anniversary, Google, in the midst of a week of major announcements from their Google I/O conference, is honoring us lovers [...]
Can Cloud Computing Assist Your Organization
Image via Wikipedia Several technological improvements are brought in each year in the computer business and with the dizzying rate of progress it is useful to examine technologies that are becoming generally popular with the passage of time. One such comparably recent computer related improvement, cloud computing, has been on the up rise for a [...]
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 [...]
In Other Tech News
All Things i (iPhone, iPod, iPad,…)
IOS4 Baseband Unlock Revealed – ALREADY
Well damn ! I just posted about the workings of @geohot and his progress towards getting the next release of Blackra1n for the new iPhone4. But it looks like the ever-diligent team over at The Dev Team (@iphone_dev) have just revealed a new unlock for the IOS4 and 3.1.3 basebands. It’s pretty straight-forward: Jailbreak Launch Cydia [...]
The Flying iPhone
Using a newly acquired iPhone 4, a group of enthusiasts wanted to put the HD recording capability of the integrated camera to a serious field test. So, they attached the iPhone to a few helium balloons and set it afloat above the skies of Los Angeles. If I could sum up the whole thing in [...]
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 [...]
Apple App Store Approval Process [Flowchart]
Courtesy of the Joyoftech here is a pretty accurate and funny process flow showing exactly what happens behind the scenes at Apple as they go through the app approval process. Related articles by Zemanta Apple, you win: we’re pulling out of the App Store. for now (AppsFire.com blog) (techmeme.com) The State of iPad Satisfaction (apple.slashdot.org) [...]
Blog Stuff
WordPress – In Real Time
Count ‘em…10.5 million + blogs running on WordPress.com are now in real time. Thanks to PubSubHubbub, an open protocol for distributed publish/subscribe communication on the net…all WordPress.com content will appear in services like Google Reader, Bloglines, Friendfeed and Netvibes in real time. Those of us that have self-hosted sites can also join in this fun [...]
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 [...]
2010 Dublin Web Summit
Matt Mullenweg was recently in Ireland speaking to a packed house at the 2010 Dublin Web Summit. He goes over the early days of WordPress, Automattic, and why he even started blogging in the first place. dtsv.dtse_post_1385_permalink = ‘http://www.thetechscoop.net/2010/02/18/2010-dublin-web-summit/’; dtsv.dtse_post_1385_title = ’2010 Dublin Web Summit’;
Video Games
Microsoft’s Milo: A Virtual 4-Year-Old Boy
Think of Milo as a real child in a virtual world. In Microsoft’s words, he’s “the world’s first real virtual character who is convincing enough to be considered human.” Video after the break.
The player’s voice commands and physical movements are…
Buying used games? Stay away from EA!
Electronic Arts makes some of the best games in the industry today with all of the sports franchises being EA ranging from football, baseball and even golf. Each of these games has a online mode and in the past if you bought these new or used it would be fine and you could still access [...]
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
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 [...]
Twitter Got Hacked Bad Tonight
Around 1opm PST Twitter went down and it went down HARD !! All Twitter subdomains are down and compromised. I’m in agreement with the folks at TechCrunch, this has the potential to be a significant breach (we’ll find out from the press release after they get the site back up), but you should probably go [...]
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’;
Profile Of A Twitter User
When Guy Kawasaki speaks, alot of people tend to listen. And why not, he’s made quite a name for himself as both an evangelist and trusted partner when it comes to many things within the technology field. One of his recent blessings on the Web 2.0 universe is that there are six types of Twitter [...]
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