March 2009
23 posts
DIRECTV iPhone Application →
The DIRECTV iPhone application allows you to program your home DVR. You can search for television programs up to 2 weeks in advance, browse programs by channel or date. You can record…
Masters Degree in Facebook →
Birmingham City University in the UK is going to offer a Masters degree covering sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.
Those who decide to get this degree will learn how to…
Tesla Unveils Latest Electric Car →
Tesla Motors has unveiled the new Model S. It is a fully electric car and the price tag is $49,000. They’re planning to start production in late 2011. This car is beautiful. Tesla has an…
How Well Does Diversification Work? [feedly] →
Doug of d-short fame looks at the above question, and concludes, not so much:
Diversification is a cornerstone of Modern Portfolio Theory and portfolio risk management. We spread our investments…
Twitter with OnStar →
It seems like you hear about Twitter everywhere these days. This week over at Gearlive. They received an interesting survey from OnStar. The survey asked if they would be interested in…
Skype for the iPhone? →
GigaOm has heard from a “very reliable” source. That Skype will release an app for the iPhone. The app could arrive as early as next week. More to come. [GigaOm]
Woz Approves This Guys Dell Mini 9 Hackintosh →
Matthew Smith was fortunate enough to show Woz his Dell Mini 9 Hackintosh at a press event for Dancing With the Stars.
Smith writes: He said, “Oh my god, that is so COOL!” And: “Is…
Microsoft Windows 7 – May 2009 →
In a Microsoft TechNet article which was obviously published a little early. The article is saying that the next version Windows 7 candidate for users will be released in April/May 2009…
YouTube EDU →
YouTube released a sub-site called YouTube EDU. You can watch thousands of free lectures from hundreds of universities. It has lectures from all the major universities like MIT, Yale, Harvard,…
SlingPlayer for the iPhone →
Those of you that have been waiting for a SlingPlayer app for the iPhone your wait maybe over soon. Sling Media announced today they have submitted their app for the iPhone to the App…
Draw in Google Docs →
Google announced a new feature that will allow you to insert drawings into your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
You will now have the ability to draw lines, free hand…
Facebook: We did listen to you. →
Facebook received over a million complaints about the redesign, the social site said today they plan to make changes based on the response to user requests and concerns.
They did…
Tata Nano – World’s Cheapest Car →
Today Tata Motors launched the Tata Nano for pre-orders in India. The MSRP will be under $2,000. Which makes this car the cheapest in the world.
The base model has no airbags, air conditioning,…
Do You Need an iPhone App Developer? →
If you have an idea for a new iPhone app and don’t know how to program. Well now you are in luck.
Head over to iPhoneAppQuotes.com, put in your idea and you will receive three free…
Apple iPhone OS 3.0 →
Apple showed off its upcoming iPhone OS 3.0. The release date will be sometime this summer. If you are a developer you have access to the beta now.
If you have the iPhone you will get…
Google Voice →
GrandCentral is finally coming back to life. Google which owns GrandCentral is changing the name to Google Voice.
If you haven’t heard of GrandCentral, it is an online phone…
Evan Williams discusses Twitter →
You just can’t plan what a new, innovative platform will be used for. If you create a new platform, the power may be in the unplanned uses. With Twitter, Evan allowed users to shape the system. They…
Kindle iPhone App: Review →
I have been using Amazon’s new app for the iPhone for several days now. Amazon has done a good job with the Kindle app. You certainly can not compare the reading experience on the…
Sony PS3 gets NBC →
Those of you that own the PS3 have something new coming your way. The PS3 will now carry NBC Universal shows like 30 Rock, The Office and Heroes. Also NBC movies. The television shows are free,…
iTunes 8.1 Adds New Features →
The new version is meant to support the new insanely small iPod Shuffle, iTunes 8.1 does add some new features. Here is a list of the changes in iTunes 8.1
* Supports syncing with iPod…
Will this search engine really answer your... →
Later on this year Wolfram Alpha will unveil a computational search engine. This search engine will give you precise answers to anything you ask. Wolfram is best known for his Mathematica, powerful…
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Social Camp Memphis →
If you are interested in social media you may want to attend Social Camp Memphis. The event will be held on Saturday, March 7 at the Memphis College of Art. (Don’t miss the Friday night,…
