That time is once again among us. The time when parents rejoice and children cringe: Back to School!
I’ve compiled a list of Web 2.0 websites sure to help you with any school related matters! So whether you’re going to college for your first year or returning yet again, this list is sure to help you [...]
In case you hadn’t seen it, George Hotz, the teenager from New Jersey who has spent the last two months (yes, 500 hours of time) hacking the iPhone so that it’s compatible with carriers other than AT&T, has traded his newly created device. The deal? Hotz traded his “invention” to CertiCell, a Kentcucky-based cell phone [...]
Google has formally announced that it will begin trying ads on select YouTube videos. The way this will work, according to the announcement, is by having a short ad rise up from the bottom 20% of the video. The ad will have an X for you to close it out if you wish, and if [...]
In case you missed it, Google officially ended its DTO/DTR (download to own, download to rent) video service last week. Google let folks who had previously purchased a video know (like me!) that:
…we will no longer offer the ability to buy or rent videos for download from Google Video, ending the DTO/DTR (download-to-own/rent) program. This [...]
I love Digg and other social bookmarking websites. They are the news sites for the Internet- by Internet users, for Internet users. But as great as they are, they are also known as “Site Killers”. If a blog with very little bandwidth in it’s hosting package gets picked up by Digg or any of the [...]
But not just Gmail! Picasa Web Albums and all of Google’s services are getting get a lot better!
Why? Well today Google announced on its blog that it will begin offering fee-based “additional storage plans” for all of its services- first starting with Gmail and Picasa Web Albums and later adding the plans to other [...]
It was announced Monday that the National Music Publishers Association has joined folks such as Viacom (MTV & Comedy Central), Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon in their suit against Google’s YouTube for copyright violations. The problem, as many know, is quite simple – these companies believe that YouTube is seeing success, audience and profit (well, at [...]
Take-Two Interactive’s announcement regarding its plan to delay the release of the highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto IV” has been a shock to many. The franchise’s newest addition is being postponed from its original release date of Oct. 16th to as late as next fall. Which means it will miss the highly profitable holiday [...]
Just a cool site worth taking a look at – http://iphoneapps.cnet.com.
The folks at CNET show some cool apps that have been developed specifically for iPhones. Including….Da da da Daaaaa – the tip calculator. Is it possible to have any electronic device that doesn’t calculate tip? I don’t think so.
Enjoy…
Thought this article was a good one from MicroPersuasion. It talks about an increasingly relevant issue (rising, of course, with iPhones all over the place now) – mobile sites and their compatibility and display on different mobile devices. As the article points out, most sites (at least the ones who think that there might actually [...]
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