Archive for September, 2010

Batman Utility Belt Stows Your iPhone Like A Pro

Sep 30 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Can’t decide what to wear for Halloween this year? Yeah, me neither, and if you’re anything like me, it’s probably because you need something that will also accommodate your phone. Hey, I’m not letting my phone any nearer to my sweaty bod than it needs to be. But, luckily for you, if you plan on being more »

Chrome OS on the iPad - Real or Not?

Sep 30 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

A couple days ago, a photo began circulating ’round and about the sphere of Google’s Chrome OS running on an iPad. A picture is worth a thousand words, not the least of which are ones like ‘untruth’, ‘falsehood’, and ‘Photoshoppery’. That last one may be fictional, but google is a verb now, so whatever. In any more »

7 Reasons People Fear E-Commerce

Sep 30 by JD Rucker | add comment

The transition over the last decade from brick-and-mortar store purchases to e-commerce purchases has been dramatic. The 2nd quarter of 2010 showed nearly $40 billion in e-commerce sales, a 14% increase from 2nd quarter, 2009. Despite the mass-adoption, there are still many who avoid online more »

How Many Hits is a Bajillion?

Sep 30 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Do you know how many hits a bajillion is? A whole crap ton of hits, that’s how many. Social media strat guru-ninja-genius and bajillionaire techspert Alex Blagg wants to sit down with you for a strat chat, and step your game up – and by ‘sit down’, I mean ‘take it to the limit’, and by ‘game’ I mean ‘social more »

Google Street View: At Least Penguins Can't Sue

Sep 30 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

As you’re well aware, most bodies of authority aren’t terribly thrilled with Google’s Street View these days, looking down upon the service as an invasion of privacy, etc, etc, you know how it goes. I, for one, forgive Google of its trespasses – quite frankly, Street View is an incredible tool, more »

Bookies Place Odds on Who AOL Will Buy Next

Sep 29 by Techi Team | add comment

Following AOL’s acquisition today of technology news site TechCrunch and video service 5min Media, industry insiders are left to wonder what’s next for the online powerhouse.  As such, oddmakers at YouWager.com, a leading sportsbook with top management and line-makers collecting over 150 years more »

How Popular IS the iPhone? About This Popular.

Sep 29 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

On any other day, I’d tell you I hate infographics. I’m really, really sick of seeing everything turned into a ‘clever’ set of pie charts. Remember that trend a couple years back where everything was an AfterEffects video where a guy would be talking really fast, and the words would be appearing more »

Why I Still Want a Desktop Computer

Sep 29 by Navneet Alang | 36 comments

Almost everyone in the tech world agrees that the future is mobile. In fact, I do too. Being able to work wherever, whenever, untethered by cables is great. To write a blog post in a park or share photos from the beach is one of the most convenient and enjoyable things technology has allowed us to do. more »

3DS Dropping In Japan on February 26th, US in March

Sep 29 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Rejoice! The 3DS finally has a release date, and as you’re probably only here due to having read the above headline, I won’t insult your intelligence nor waste your time by repeating it. So I guess that holiday release everyone was predicting is out the window. But you can wait for a host of N64-era more »

Wearable Device Judges Your Hugs and Tweets The Results

Sep 29 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

“People love hugging”, states designer Celina Alvarado. I dunno, Celina, that’s pretty broad. I mean, I like hugging – hugs are pretty fly. But to say I love hugging implies a level of commitment I’m unsure I’m ready for. …and with apprehension of that magnitude, it’s no wonder I’m not even close more »

Titanium+Geo Lets Businesses Track If Local Promotions Are Working

Sep 29 by Angela West | add comment

Appcelerator®, a platform for mobile, desktop, and iPad applications using web technologies, and FortiusOne, a location analysis software provider, have joined forces to launch the first location-based analytics platform for mobile applications. The new Titanium+Geo platform, which is being demonstrated today more »

Techcrunch Sold To AOL

Sep 28 by JD Rucker | add comment

The rumors started flying yesterday. Today it became official. Techcrunch announced that they agreed to be purchased by AOL during their Disrupt conference. Financial details have not been disclosed. “This wasn’t supposed to happen today — this was supposed to happen later,” TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington more »

Apple TV Jailbroken

Sep 28 by Toby Leftly | 2 comments

It was only a matter of time, but one of the teams responsible for iPhone jailbreaking has hinted on Twitter that the new Apple TV is jailbreakable. Apparently there has been some discussion about the Apple TV, with many wondering it runs iOS, and if the version is similar or identical to that of the more »

UK ISPs Profit From Invading Customer Privacy

Sep 28 by Toby Leftly | add comment

ISPs in the United Kingdom are making money from the process of anti-piracy groups taking legal action against copyright infringing customers. When a copyright holder wishes to pursue those infringing their copyright, they must request customer information from their ISP. ISPs are giving more »