Skype, the darling of software based VoIP products, maybe down right now; but I love what they ARE doing. They’re communicating to their users. On their blog they have updated their status multiple times. After being a victim of Sunrocket’s demise, it’s refreshing to see a company doing it right. Bravo Skype! Thank you for…
Flickr has added 7 new languages to their site including French, German, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and traditional Chinese, with other languages to follow. On another note – Zooomr just launched Mark III, their new user interface loaded with 250 new features. It’s no secret that Zooomr has a very excited and fanatic user community.Â…
In the spirit of Scott’s recent blog post, here are the tech items that have changed the way my day-to-day life goes. Tivo (DVR) – I know this may be a little redundant but it’s impact has been pretty powerful. It’s so nice to be able to free yourself from the TV schedule and being…
I was riding my bike around yesterday and I came across this sign. You know how many real estate agencies have automated call-in where you can enter in a code and get information on a specific property? Well this Realtor is smart enough to allow us to txt for more information! Brilliant! This is kind…
My buddy Josh told me about a great new program called PictureSync for the Mac. It’s an application that assist you in uploading your photos to a bevy of online services including Flickr, WebShots, Kodak, etc. And yes, it is Universal. From their website: “PictureSync is a convenient utility that simplifies annotating andbatch uploading your…
Wow this is a great video. There have been a few times where I’m looking for a great way to explain what RSS is to a non-tech savvy person. From now on, I’m going to just point them to this video. thanks leefeever! Click To Play There are two types of Internet users, those that…
Most people are probably still used to dialing 411 on their cell phone or landline to get a business or residential phone number while on the go. For a few years, I have used Google SMS. Basically you sms their short code, which is 46645 (GOOGL), with your search string and they answer back with…
Apple Fanboys and everyone else will love to learn this. A Cingular customer service manager has announced that the iPhone will be available for purchase on June 11, 2007! Very Cool! for more info, click here Technorati Tags: apple, puppy
In reading this article on TechCrunch about Jaxtr (whew that’s a lot of links), I saw something that caught my interest. I’ve been very interested in a company that is similar to Jaxtr called GrandCentral. One of the complaints and major barriers to major adoption of GrandCentral is it’s inability to process text messages (SMS)….
I was reading this guy’s blog and found the following excerpt: “I exist at Blogger, del.icio.us, Flickr,Facebook,Twitter,Reader,and Dodgeball (update frequency/abandonment rate varies).” “Update frequency and abandonment rate varies”! That’s classic! How many times have you made an account to check out a website or web service and abandoned it? for me it’s probably hundreds. hopefully…