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A new interactive infographic posted today gives a quick overview of the features of four different devices - a laptop, netbook, smartphone, and tablet. If you are shopping for one of these devices this holiday season, and wondering which you should get, then the infographic linked below will give you a good starting point. To get a general overview of
Google Maps announced the other day they will be extending their mapping service indoors. No, the Google street view cars are not going to be driving into your house, but they will be bringing their services into Malls and Airports, so you can get door-to-true end mapping. According to the Google Blog, the new leg of this mapping service will
Looking for that perfect holiday tree? The lots seem to pop up within 24 hours of Thanksgiving. But which one do you go to? A new application has hit the Android market. My Tree Lot Finder ™ can help you find the best tree lots; those "Mom and Pop" lots that use quality trees for best selection. That way, you don't
London company BERG announced a new product available in 2012. It's called the Little Printer. This is a cube shaped device that sits on your table, and prints out lists, Facebook comments, stock quotes and a lot more. It would make a great receipt printer or bookmark maker for people that still have books, but is this little thermal printer
This is an update to the article I wrote on the 26th of November Malls Maybe Tracking Your Cellphone. A brief background, two malls in the United States, the Promenade Temecula in Southern California and the Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va, where planning to test Footpath by Path Intelligence, a technology which allows malls to track the path
PANTONE The 20th Century in Color looks to me like a great Christmas gift for anyone interested in colour and history: graphic designers, interior decorators, costume designers, website builders, Renaissance geeks. Authored by Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker and published last month, it's a view of the last century with a focus on colour. Of course, it inserts the relevant Pantone
Ok folks back from Okinawa more on that in the show. One show only from Salt Lake City. Utah and then back to the Studio in Honolulu. Obviously my body has no idea what time zone it is in. So we have a short show today. Not a lot of tech content due to the long weekend, but things will
If you grew up in the era of Atari then you probably still get nostalgic for it once in a while. Thankfully, there are still ways to get your Atari fix. I occasionally fire up an emulator on my computer from time to time and play a game of Centipede or Asteroids. But, if you don't want to sit in
Sadly another Podcast hosting company that was attempting to do Podcast Hosting on the cheap, has figured out that losing money is not a winning solution. Like another podcast company that continue to announce massive losses each quarter, the model of giving away hosting or charging a paltry fee is not a way to run a business. MyPodcast.com is giving
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The last few weeks when I've happened upon Wikipedia, there's been a huge picture and beg for dollars at the top of the page. Sort of like a PBS pledge drive but without the extra special performance by the Moody Blues. I am not a fan of Wikipedia, and never have been. The years of working in a library, and
With teenagers in the house, and everyone having their own computer, it's hard to keep track of what they are doing and where they are going online, and more importantly, what poor choices they may be making, especially on social networking sites. I have my kids' usernames and passwords, so I can check once in a while, and they are
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