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A few days ago we received the sad news that HP was discontinuing webOS devices. The only good news out of that was for gadget lovers - HP has slashed prices on the recently released TouchPad (it's already out-of-stock at Walmart online). The bad news for HP, beyond the bad press and bad stock prices, was that Microsoft leaped on
I recently ended up purchasing a TomTom GO 2535M Live portable 5” widescreen GPS unit at a Best Buy store. With tax, the total price ended up being just under $300 dollars. For the past 6 years or so, I’ve had a Garmin C550 with a 3.5” touch screen that is hard drive based. Since I drive a truck over-the-road,
Meetup in Albuquerque is on for next week if you want to attend please email me ASAP. We are also collecting prizes for show #700 if you would like to donate a product or service drop me a line. This show gets very serious almost out of the gate we all need to make sure we protect our freedoms. Are
Today HP announced they are discontinuing operation for webOS devices including the Touchpad and webOS phones. WebOS was originally developed by Palm and first released as the Palm Pre in 2009. In 2010 HP purchased Palm. The Touchpad and HP Veer and HP Pre 3 were all announce in February 2011. Unfortunately they couldn’t penetrate the market and sales were
It's finally the end of the line for Palm and WebOS. HP killed off the Palm name a few months ago and it now looks like it's fatal for WebOS too. In a press release today, HP reported "that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue
I have a Kindle and I grown to love it, however it’s one weakness for me is the lack of a backlight. This means at night even with lights on you need a book light to avoid shadows on the pages. Unfortunately, most book lights that are available are badly made, they are flimsy and don’t stayed hooked to the
The impact of typography is in front of us every day as we read books, newspapers, posters and computer screens. It's all around us and through word processors many of us work with type on a regular basis, yet a knowledge of even basic typography is rare. Smashing Magazine has published an article called, "Mind Your En And Em Dashes:
In the last six months we have cheered the use of Twitter and Facebook during the Egyptian revolution. How they were both used to get and spread information about what was happening and where, allowing the opposition to organize. When the Egyptian government tried to shut them down, the western press and government accused it of denying the Egyptians their
All we are planning the server upgrade for Thursday, all of my other sites have been moved to the new box and we will be doing some test with a second new server as well to see how well it stands up to some data delivery test we will be doing. Major investment in new hardware to support the show
Depending on your point of view about.me either strips the final layers of privacy from a narcisstic world or else provides a handy one-stop signposting to your Web 2.0 presence. As their tag line says, "It's all about you." Like many people, your online life isn't restricted to just one social media site. You have your friends on Facebook, your
Google purchases Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Along with it, 24000 patents. How will this change the eco-sphere of mobility?
I have been on travel the past couple of weeks so my apologies for not producing the show while gone. Bit of a weird show today, because the power supply for my Chromebook crapped out of me and a replacement is inbound so I am doing the show via just the chrome browser. The Chrome Show can be found at
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