With Twittermania running rampant, the latest craze is the new social media sharing toolbars that are popping up everywhere. Because Twitter users are limited to only 140 character tweets, url shortening has become essential. Toolbars like HootSuite, Krumlr, and the DiggBar initially sound like a great ideas in that they enable visitors to easily share your content. Read more »
The world is buzzing with Twittermania these days and if you truly understand what Twitter is really about you’re not surprised by all the attention it’s getting. If you don’t understand what Twittering is or you think Twitter is just another stupid time wasting social network, I challenge you to continue reading as I am sure you will not feel the same way about it afterward. I can assure you that Twitter is not a fad or a gimmick and it’s not just the newest breed of social networks. Twitter is a powerful tool that can be used to do many things and it is unlike anything that we have ever seen before. Read more »
In case you haven’t heard, John Mayer was dumped by Jennifer Anniston because he Twitters too much and president Obama has returned to the Twittersphere. These are just a few of the many examples of how the world is becoming so infatuated with the tech juggernaut known as Twitter. Many others including well known politicians, musicians, actors, athletes, bloggers, major news sources, and television personalities are embracing Twitter to effectively connect with their fans. Read more »
Google recently allowed paid apps to enter the Android Market on a pay per download basis. Before that, every Android application was free and developers were embraced by the community of T-Mobile G1 users. Yesterday however, there was quite a bit of negative publicity when the most expensive Android app to-date popped up on the users’ radar. It’s not the cost that caused the fuss but rather what the app does or does not do. Read more »
TechCrunch recently took on the challenge to build CrunchPad; a dead simple internet tablet for browsing the web, emailing, and video chatting. Their goal is to deliver a product to market under $200 to $300 that would be primarily targeted for home use. As I previously mentioned, I believe the CrunchPad will fail to be picked up by mainstream consumers in the U.S. in its current form and here’s the reasoning: Read more »
TechCrunch released a new prototype of their web tablet today called the CrunchPad. It’s much improved from the initial attempt as you can see for yourself from the video embedded below. Michael Arrington suggested in his most recent post that the goal was to produce a tablet for under $200 to $300 that sits on your lap as your watching TV and you use it for web browsing, emailing, and video chatting.
BackBlaze is one of simplest and easiest backup utilities that I’ve come across to date. With just launching their Windows version in February of 2008, it is somewhat of a new player in the online storage and backup solutions industry but it has already been able to successfully set itself apart from the pack. The service has received rave reviews from industry experts and has also won an award for excellence. Read more »
Lately TechCrunch has been following the effects of the economic crisis on the technology sector quite closely. Michael Arrington and his crew have been providing us with updates of the mounting numbers of tech layoffs and failing tech companies for the past month or so. Just the other day Erick Schonfeld wrote that technology related layoffs had surged past 100,000. Read more »
Today is a glorious day for T-Mobile G1 owners, whom as of now can download the Loopt app for free from the Google Android Market and install it on their beloved phone. Loopt, a location based mobile social network, made the announcement today and as of 8 PM CST it had Read more »
It appears someone at Google finally realized that Gmail users might want a task manager integrated into their beloved webmail service. Well, all I can say is that it’s about frickin’ time. I’ve been using the Remember The Milk (RTM) Firefox add-on that fills this need as a sort of workaround for Read more »
