Blackberry Offers Free Apps in Apology. Will You Forgive RIM?
Will $100 of free applications be ample compensation for a 3 day outage? Will you be switching phones?
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October 2011
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Choices and Decisions
One of the things that we face everyday in the real world and online are choices. However, studies show that if people are given a default choice, along with others most people will choose the default choice. This is true in the both in the real world and online. Advertisers, companies like Google, Facebook and even politicians have known this
Magazines are iPads That Don’t Work
Watch the video below and let me know how you feel after watching it, but for the purposes of discussion, remember two things first. One, to avoid any pro- or anti-Apple bias, ignore the fact that it's an Apple iPad and assume that it's just a generic tablet. Two, take what the video shows at face value as one could easily make
Transit Case/Keypad for iPad
A couple of weeks ago I finally bought an iPad. At the time of purchase, I also bought a inexpensive Griffin iPad case. For about $90, I could have bought a case that came with an integrated Bluetooth keyboard, but I thought that was a bit much for something I really didn't need considering I've got laptop computers coming out
YouTube Hackers Invade Sesame Street, Replace with Porn
All is not well on sesame street as the YouTube channel got hacked on Sunday and replaced with pornographic videos.
Check File Copies with Linux Scripts
For several years, I've had an original Buffalo LinkStation NAS as my main fileserver. Being on 24x7, it's gone through several fans and at least one hard disk, but it's now time to retire it in favour of a LinkStation Duo which will give me more space, RAID capabilities and faster transfer speeds. Naturally, as my main fileserver, it's backed
Reminders in iOS 5
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Google Buzz is Dead, Long Live Google Plus
Today Google announced that they are discontinuing several products including Google Buzz, Jaiku, Code Search, iGoogle Social and the University Research Program for Google Search. I have to admit I am not familiar with either Code Search or the University Program for Google Search. I did however use and participate in both Jaiku and Buzz. Jaiku was a competitor to Twitter
GNC-2011-10-13 #713 Yahoo Scam!
Yahoo gets caught up in a you scratch my back and I will scratch yours deal with TechCrunch, when will they ever learn. Lots of content to share tonight as always and some important announcements at the beginning. If show notes are a mess blame Langley and Tom as I was chatting with them in the chat room while doing
Hulu Not For Sale
The owners of Hulu announced today that they are no longer for sale, after shopping themselves around since June. Maybe with Netflix's sudden unsettled condition, it occurred to them that maybe they could make a few more dollars on their venture. I am not a huge user of Hulu, but my teenage daughter is. She watches all her favorite cable
Photo Stream, Rough Waters Ahead?
One of the features that was released with iOs 5 was Photo Stream. Photo Stream takes the pictures you shoot with your iOS device and automatically uploads them to your iPhoto Library, Apple TV, and any other iOS device you have. For this to work you have to set up each device. On the iPhone, you go into Settings, then
US Senate takes on 4G Providers
Three US Senators have introduced a new bill aimed at getting the FUD out of today's 4G coverage mess. The "Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act" will attempt to do something that providers have done their best to avoid - state plain facts about their coverage and it's speeds in their advertisements. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and
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