From the archive

February 6, 2012

TPN Round Table #2 2012 WordPress Plugins Recomendations

In this Round Table Jeffrey from Geekazine.com shares his recommendations for wordpress plugins. Todd Cochrane of GeekNewsCentral.com talks about PowerPress 3.0 and the new Meta Marks feature along with an assortment of other new features..

Siano Brings Broadcast TV To iPhones and iPad

Although not present in the USA and Europe, viewing broadcast TV on mobile phones is very popular in Asian countries and parts of South America. Andy and Don talk to Guy from Siano Mobile Silicon about the technology behind this cultural phenomena. Watching broadcast TV on mobile phones has been very popular in China, Japan and Korea, particularly with people who

MakerBot Replicator Prints 3D Objects

If you've never come across a MakerBot before, think of it is an inkjet printer, which instead of printing on paper with ink, prints a three dimensional object with plastic. Andy and Don investigate further with Bre from MakerBot. Announced at CES, the MakerBot Replicator is bigger and better, with an increased volume capacity and the dual extrusion, i.e. able to

Not Just StuffIt! At Smith Micro

Smith Micro is best known for its Mac software and StuffIt! in particular but the company's portfolio is much wider than that. Andy and Don chat to Carla of Smith Micro Software to find out what else the company does. Smith Micro has a portfolio of products in the mobile wireless space, delivering solutions for telcos and cable operators. As Carla

PrivacyStar Blocks Unwanted Smartphone Calls

As on-line marketers transfer their cold-calling attention away from land-lines to cell and mobile phones, their calls are becoming increasingly an annoyance when you are out-and-about. PrivacyStar offers a multilayered solution for Android and Blackberry to cut unwanted calls. Andy finds out more. PrivacyStar is a smartphone app to block unwanted calls and SMS texts. At its simplest, user-specified phone

ContourRoam Bullet Cam for Action Sports

Snowboarders, skiers, mountainbikers, sky divers, hunters - if you want to show off your latest adventures to your friends and enemies, then Contour's new bullet cam is the way to do it. Andy gets the deets from Marie at Contour. The Contour+ was launched back in spring 2011 and quickly gained a following among the extreme sports crowd for the

Nexia Home Intelligence

Some of you may be familiar with Schlage Link, but they are now rebranded as Nexia Home Intelligence to give users more of an idea what they are all about.  They are working to bring total control of a user's home right to the fingertips.  From security, to heating and air conditioning to home automation, you can control it all