Yelp.com is a popular website that I have advocated for on this site and countless times to my friends, family, and other online contacts. The idea of Yelp.com is simple: it’s an online site where anyone can leave a review on any business or address. For example, are you looking for a Chinese restaurant in…
I’m in a Starbucks in Salem, Oregon with the latest Boingo/Starbucks broadband speedtest. Not bad…I’m definitely the only one in this SB using the Wi-Fi, so these speeds aren’t indicative of a network being over used.
To celebrate Oregon’s 150th anniversary of Statehood, Oregon State University (my fine alma matter!) has joined the a Flickr project dubbed “The Commons”. In doing so, OSU is the first university to take part in the project. The contributed OSU images show the Civilian Conservation Corps show what life was like in Oregon’s earliest history…
I want to start a new weekly feature here on Techcraver.com. I’m constantly being asked questions about mobile phones, cell phone networks, and the state of the cell phone industry. So, in reply, I’m going to start a weekly question and answer feature that will probably take place on Wednesdays. Please send me questions…to get…
I’ve long held the belief that location based services on the mobile platform will be very slow in terms of adoption. However, yesterday, Apple announced the new capabilities of iLife ’09. In this update, iPhoto ’09 specifically will include: facial recognition that will allow you to find and categorize your pictures based on the faces…
Ignite is coming to Central Oregon! Ignite Portland has been a huge success and I’ve been very happy to watch the Ignite community really watch their program turn in to a success. This is why I was so happy to see that Bend, Oregon is going to start their own. That’s right: Announcing Ignite Bend!…
According to the Pew Internet and Americal life product and their recently released study, mobile phones will be the primary way people will get online by the year 2020. According ot the technologists and thought leaders they asked, survey respondents thought the mobile phone would have a major stake in the way we live in…
Andy Abramson writes that Hutchison/3, one of the leading mobile network operators in the UK and elsewhere, might be looking to partner with the a USA carrier to bring the SkypePhone to the United States. This potential development correlates with my interview with Frank Meehan, where I asked Meehan if the SkypePhone might cross the…
Ever use your debit card to buy gas? If so, you’re putting yourself at risk, as many swiping victims are finding out. According to police agencies around the country, an increasing number of credit cards and debit cards are being skimmed by criminals and identity thieves. Why are debit card holders foolish to use their…
On a recent trip to Central Oregon and specifically Bend, Oregon, I was perplexed as to why my Nokia E71 would not come out of ‘Offline’ mode. Thinking it was an issue with the phone or my account, I looked into when I returned home. After looking at the coverage map for the Bend area…