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For some time now I’ve been using an iOS/Android app called “Heytell” to communicate with a number of friends and relatives. Heytell’s appeal is that it offers reliable asynchronous voice messages that are quick and easy to send to people when you don’t want to invest the time in a phone conversation. Heytell’s success as an app is that it
Many thanks to the Ohana that stepped up to the plate this weekend and donated towards our fundraising for our support folks at CES 2012. Trying out a new recording computer here in Austin looking for feedback on the Audio quality. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Show File Follow me on
It's going to be a really good holiday for some folks. Call it Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Cyber Week or a big pain in the... Well, whatever you call it, retailers are calling it a success as the last week netted $6 billion in sales - 3 individual days hit over $1 billion individually. comscore released their report of holiday
A new interface for XBox 360 game console users allows you to use your voice to navigate through the games, TV shows, movies and music. Steve Ballmer showed off this technology back in September, but starting this Tuesday, this becomes reality. It adds not only remote gesture control, but also remote voice commands. Therefore, if you don't have a Kinect
On test here is the 2 TB version of Buffalo's CloudStation Duo, a RAID-capable NAS with built-in Pogoplug, giving the user their own personal cloud. The CloudStation Duo is squarely aimed at the prosumer market, both in terms of the hardware and the software on-board. For the hardware, it is equipped with two 1 TB drives and the unit can
An interesting infographic pertaining to Google was posted over at Business MBA titled Google Behind the Numbers. It's a look at the revenue that Google collects and sources from which it comes. The numbers are mind-boggling. In 2010 Google's revenue was $29.3 billion, more than the 28 poorest countries COMBINED! Did you know that 97% of Google's revenue comes from
Supermarket Tesco and on-line movie site Blinkbox have introduced a new innovation to the UK where the purchase of a physical DVD or Bluray at Tesco also buys an online copy at Blinkbox. At today's launch there are only about 25 movies included in the offer but more will be added to the service over time. The big blockbusters available now are Harry Potter and the Deathly
If you can't get enough of Rovio's Angry Birds (or Angly Birds as my daughter says), then you can satisfy your avian needs over at the Angry Birds on-line store. I've seen Angry Birds toys gradually appearing in shops, but I'd no idea there was such a wide range of things, from the expected soft toys to children's costumes. Anyway, as
Between the phone ringing, computers rebooting and me sticking my foot in my mouth 2-3 times I have a great show for you.. Back for one show here in Honolulu and off to Austin next week. Then home for Christmas and to prepare for CES 2012! Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the
Yahoo today announced the 10th anniversary edition of their Year in Review. The top 10 searched terms are a general barometer of the year, giving insight into the biggest products, news stories, and celebrities. Yahoo boasts about 700 million unique monthly users, so these results do provide a pretty good overview of the hot topics of the year. Yahoo has
It's time to get your CES 2012 Interview applications in, we have started booking companies for our Live Broadcast and our Floor Interviews. Live Broadcast Application Floor Interview Application Sponsorship Opportunities Last year we had over 700 companies apply for 300+ Interview slots. Please be sure to fill the forms out completely.
Spotify, the music service announced today that they are going to be adding apps to their service. I downloaded the beta version to try it out and to see if this is something that is big news today, but will be forgotten by next week or is it a game changer. I say it depends on whether they can get
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