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The Web Perception Trap

We seem to be moving into the age of the apps. Are apps just a passing fad, or is something more substantial afoot? We have come to think of the Internet itself as being synonymous with the World Wide Web. However, that’s a wrong perception that may have many of us caught in a perception trap making it difficult for

HP Veer 4G Lands At AT&T

HP and AT&T today announced that the brand new Veer 4G smartphone would be available from 15th May for $99 on a 2 year contract. The Veer is the first of three new devices coming from HP Palm, the others being the TouchPad and the Pre 3. Running WebOS 2.1, the Veer is a tiny smartphone "the size of a

Make Your Smartphone Even Smarter

I know you’ve seen it – someone using the “Push To Talk” feature on their company phone that essentially turns it in to a sort of high-tech walkie-talkie. Would you like to be able to do something similar with your Android or iOS device? Enter a free iOS/Android app called “Heytell.” Heytell is sort of a cross between “Push To

TechNet Live Tour: Cloud for IT Pros

Microsoft's TechNet Live Tour is giving a half day seminar on the cloud and what it means for the IT professional. I've been invited along so, for a change, I'm going to try a bit of a "live blog" approach, just typing as I go. It's going to cover Windows Intune, Small Business Server 2011, Office 365, Dynamics CRM 2011,

Pocket Computers As Learning Devices

Normally I have very little interest in games. However, a friend got me to install an app on my iPod called “Words With Friends,” an iOS/Android cross-platform app that allows games between people and utilizes push notification to let you know when it’s your turn to play. This allows for asynchronous play in spare moments. That caused me to start

NHK World TV iPod App

Like millions of others, I’ve been glued to news sources to get as much current information as I can about the ongoing disasters in Japan following the massive earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear plant disasters. This has to be the biggest natural disaster that has occurred in my lifetime. In pre-Internet days, we had to rely on newspapers and television