Archive for January, 2010

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Is Mobile Radar The Future Of Wireless?

In: Miscellaneous

29 Jan 2010

This is a really cool concept that Nokia is working on.  Not only can you measure the speed of moving objects, but the phone can also respond to certain body movements you make.
This could potentially be really cool.  Just think if the technology was used, for example, to detect when the phone is being dropped?  [...]

A Modern Take On Adam & Eve

In: Humor

28 Jan 2010

A funny modern take on “The Fall of Eve.”  This is cartoon is by H. Caldwell Tanner.

Facebook vs. Twitter vs. MySpace

In: Social Media

28 Jan 2010

The Chicago Tribune put together this is cool three year look at the number of monthly unique visitors to Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.  Twitter has a lot of catching up to do!

The Apple Tablet Timeline

In: Miscellaneous

27 Jan 2010

So with all the talk/rumors/hub-bub about the upcoming Apple Tablet, I felt like I’d be out of the loop if I didn’t post something!  Fast Company put together this cool timeline showing all the rumors and events of the past decade involving the Apple Tablet.

Subscribe To Sites Without An RSS Feed

In: Internet

26 Jan 2010

If you’re an RSS “junkie” like I am, you’ve probably encountered this at least once (click here to learn about RSS).  You find a website you would like to follow, but the site doesn’t have an RSS feed to subscribe to!  If you use Google Reader, that is no longer an issue.
Google Reader is basically [...]

Hacking Is Easier Than You Think

In: Security

22 Jan 2010

Sadly, hacking in to your account maybe easier than you think.  A recent study shows that 30% of online passwords are less than six characters long, and at least 50% have common used slang terms or sequences of numbers.
The study is from a list of 32 million passwords that were “leaked” for a popular website [...]

Google’s Educational SEO Quiz

In: Search Engine Optimization

21 Jan 2010

I thought this was really cool.  Google has taken all the most frequently asked questions from their Google Webmaster Forums, and created a quiz.  The quiz is available to be taken until January 27 at 8:00 pm EST.  After that time, they will post the correct answers.
Personally, I wish you could get the answers right [...]

Reserve Your Desired Twitter Name

In: Social Media

20 Jan 2010

Well technically, this doesn’t “reserve” the name, but read on if the Twitter name you really want isn’t available.  According to Twitter’s Terms of Service:
“An account is considered inactive if it hasn’t been logged into or updated in over 6 months. Inactive accounts may be automatically removed from Twitter. To keep your account active, be [...]

One Third Of 11-Year Olds Have Cellphones

In: Miscellaneous

20 Jan 2010

Technology is slowly taking over our lives!  There’s not much to say here…the numbers pretty much speak for themselves.  I’m not usually “uptight” about these kinds of things, but what does a 5th grader need a cell phone for?

Bing’s URL Shortener = Fail

In: Humor| Internet

19 Jan 2010

Lately, it seems like you’re not cool unless your website has its own URL shortener.  Google, Facebook, YouTube, etc. all have their own shorteners, and now it appears Bing is set to release their own.
Currently being used internally by employees of the Microsoft search engine, some of them have started tweeting links with shortened links [...]


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