If you are a Mac user you have probably heard of MacHeist. MacHeist is a package program that is release occasionally. It contains several programs, which if you brought alone would cost several hundred dollars. When you buy the MacHeist package you get all the programs for less then $20.00. The programs that are offer with MacHeist vary with each release and the date of release is unknown. This latest MacHeist which is now over, had the following programs in it: MacJournal, RipIt, Clips, Flow, CoverScout, Tales of Monkey Island, RapidWeaver and Tweetie. The MacHeist Web site says that they sold over 175,000 copies of the software and raised over $1,250,000 for charity. I admit I am one of those who purchased the MacHeist package this time around. I was already going to buy Ripit and was interested in Clips, so it made sense.
So, this morning, I get up and wake up my laptop. I have a big meeting later this morning and I need to finish up some notes and gather some other information together. I check the clock, and note that it has already adjusted for daylight savings time. That's good, I can move on. Then I realize that my Microsoft
I hear lots of people complain about the reception their iPhones get. Lots of complaints about dropped calls seem to make their way to me from many iPhone users. They readily blame ATT for the issues. I have had ATT wireless service for about 8 years now. I have had multiple phones during those years, as have my family members
The other day I heard a song on the radio that I wanted to buy. Yes, I know not too many people listen to the radio, but my new used car has a crappy stereo in it that won't take an auxiliary jack for my iPod, and I don't have an FM transmitter yet. The new stereo is in the
I will have some more details on my next podcast, but here is a lineup of some sites launching at SXSW www.funtweet.it www.flavors.me pro.wholinkstome.com www.awarenessnetworks.com upstack.com www.pearanalytics.com www.edoorways.com www.phonebooth.com Pubstop by www.imagespacemedia.com
Yesterday in the last session of the day at SXSW Mark Cuban and Avner Ronen had what I consider to be one of the better debates of the show so far. While it was a bit over the top and some ego's in play, both made great points about the future of how we are going to be consuming media
The first true sessions are about to kick off, but I want to relay to you my experience over the past 4 hours have been just hanging out and talking to people. One thing is for sure we live in a very small world. I have run into no less than 30 people I know personally in the new media
Hey folks, did not get any sleep on the red-eye out of Honolulu last night. Hit the wall here about an hour ago when I got to about 30 hours of no sleep. Will work on a mashup podcast for you of events here at SXSW tomorrow. Todd..
The first difference that I noticed was Gowalla allows you to post and view pictures of a location, that other users have posted. With Foursquare there are no pictures, but people do leave tips. These are great if you are going somewhere new and want to learn more about it before you go. You can also check nearby tweets and see what is happening around you with Foursquare. Foursquare allows you to get pings from your friends if they are nearby. I didn't see any way to ping someone if they are nearby on Gowalla I also noticed that on Foursquare you can text, call, email, send a tweet or facebook connect to a friend as long as they included that information in their profile when they signed up. On Gowalla you can only post a comment or tweet someone. Foursquare also allows you to mark a place as closed or incorrectly placed. I like this option, I hate looking forward to going somewhere only to get there and find its no longer in business. I didn't see anything in Gowalla that allowed you to do that. Both apps give out badges or stamps for meeting certain goals. I do like the Trip activity on Gowalla, the idea is they suggest places to go in an area or city and then you mark them off as you go, sort of like a scavenger hunt. Unfortunately, their idea of nearby seems to be anything within a 1,000 miles. Gowalla also offers challenges, like check into X number of tech startups or check in at ten or more coffee shops are just some examples. Foursquare doesn't have anything like this.
If the electronics industry has anything to do with it 2010 will be the year that the e-book finally gets off the ground. They've been kicking around for years - I remember reading stuff from Peanut Press on my Palm III back in the '90s. Anyway, this isn't going to be about e-books and their rise, but rather about a study
If you by chanced checked out "This Week in Tech", you watched as Leo Laporte talked with Kevin Rose, John Dvorak and Clayton Morris talk about events in tech. I had the show on live as I was working on other projects as they did something that was not only interesting, but also shows how someone can turn from a
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