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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 [...]
Apple and AT&T Renew Their Vows
That’s right folks – Apple and AT&T Wireless are exclusive to each other until 2012. FYI, this is not a new deal, but the original deal that was inked back in 2007. Thus, ending the speculation of whether that was a 5 year exclusive contract. The term of Apple and AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity deal has [...]
Follow The Queen On Flickr
First there was a Twitter account then there was a YouTube channel, now the Queen and the British Monarchy have launched a Flickr stream. Ah bless ‘em ! The Flickr profile has a section for each member of the royal family and there are a few general sets such as “Latest News” and “Royal Events.” [...]
The New Home of eBay
It’s a datacenter unlike any you have ever seen or imagined! Online officially as of May 4, 2010 – code named Project Topaz and with a price tag of $287 million this place is awesome. Sitting just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah this datacenter is as picturesque as it is powerful. Online today is [...]
In Other Tech News
All Things i (iPhone, iPod, iPad,…)
Consumer Reports Says NO To iPhone 4
After minimizing the iPhone 4′s antenna issues on its Electronics Blog 10 days ago, Consumers Reports made news Monday by announcing that it could not recommend Apple’s (AAPL) newest smartphone phone after all. It had reexamined the signal attenuation problem and determined that it was real. Then it did something unusual: It offered a funky, [...]
WWDC Stevenote Recap
It is finally real; no more leaked photos, no more prototypes being left in the a silicon valley bar. Say hello to iPhone 4G Everyone and their mother is writing about today’s Stevenote – we here at THE Tech Scoop will take the relevant data and aggregate and consolidate it for you – essentially we’re [...]
iPhone 4 Up Close
All you that do unboxing and disassembly videos should take note – the folks at TechRestore have seriously upped the ante. The following video is simply brilliant (and cool too). The took close to 1800 hi-res photos and made a stop-motion exposure of a disassembly of a new iPhone 4. Great job guys. You can [...]
Apple Drops Restocking Fee on iPhone 4 Returns
Apple today confirmed that they have dropped the restocking fee normally associated with returning an iPhone. Although unconfirmed, this likely only applies to the iPhone 4 and not the iPhone 3GS. Earlier today, Apple issued a press release outlining a forthcoming software release that will correct the signal display indicator. Customers who are not fully [...]
Cloud Computing
The Data Center at the South Pole
What’s it like to operate a data center at the South Pole? The Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory maintains a small data center in Antarctica, where it harvests neutrinos for scientific research.
OSCON Week: Cloud Summit
The highlight of this year’s OSCON is a stronger focus on issues related to cloud computing. This was evident from a full day event in the form of Cloud Summit on this topic. This event was organized by Simon Wardley, formerly of Canonical and now a researcher at Leading Edge Forum (CSC), and John Willis from Opscode. The idea behind Cloud Summit is to explore the topic around cloud computing and debate on some of the contentious topics around standards and open source. From this perspective, this event was a huge success.
Blog Stuff
11 Ways to Speed Up WordPress
Cyrus Patten is the editor of Pingable.org , a blog about everything WordPress. He specializes in the role of technology in community organizing. WordPress is inherently fast, and thats why so many professional bloggers call it
70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
Blogetery , a Wordpress platform, has seen its entire community shut down by its host, BurstNET . Subsequent statements by BurstNET indicated that the service was suspended at the request of an unidentified law enforcement agency
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 [...]
Video Games
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 [...]
PS3 Dipped In Gold
For those out there with more money than they know what to do with, here’s an organization that will take your electronics (cellphone, game system or mp3 player) and bling it out with gold and diamonds. The latest craftwork coming from Stuart Hughes is a PlayStation3 reformed with 1,600 grams of solid 22ct gold. Both [...]
Social Media
Jack Dorsey Talks Twitter’s Success
The three core takeaways from the mind of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (@jack) Draw: Get your idea out of your head and share it Luck: Assess when the time (and the market) is right to execute your idea Iterate: Take in the feedback, be a rigorous editor, and refine your idea Sound, common-sense business principles [...]
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 [...]
HootSuite Raises The Tweeting and Blogging Bar
HootSuite has just released an updated version of their social media “management system” (that’s my description, not necessarily theirs). But if you think about it, that is what HootSuite is attempting to do – allow users to manage many aspects of their social media distribution from one centralized interface. With todays’ release there is now [...]
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