by Andy | Jul 14, 2007 | Mobile Tech, Social Tech, Word Wide Tech
An article published in the Telegraph questions whether our gadgets (cell phones, PDAs, BlackBerrys, etc) are making us more forgetful. The facts are based on a British study. To me, the whole thing point out blatantly obvious facts that have been true for the human...
by Andy | Jul 13, 2007 | Social Tech, Word Wide Tech
Before web services go ‘public’ they hang around in ‘beta’ mode for a while. Often while in beta they are by invitation only. A site (such as gMail was and Pownce currently is) often helps to build hype – people go hunting for...
by Andy | Jul 12, 2007 | Social Tech, Word Wide Tech
BOOMj.com announced today that they’re getting into the Movie Ticket sales market. BOOMj.com, Inc., is a Web-based lifestyle portal for a niche market serving Baby Boomers and Generation Jones. BOOMj.com provides an integrated and highly focused community which...
by Andy | Jul 11, 2007 | Social Tech, Word Wide Tech
Toronto announced today that they will be using LED lighting in the metropolitan area. Of course CF (the twisty ones) use significantly less power than ‘normal’ light bulbs but LED type lighting uses about a tenth as much power as a CF! If only other...
by Andy | Jul 11, 2007 | Apple Tech, Google Tech, Social Tech, Word Wide Tech
The Remarketer posted an article about what they consider the 7 wonders of the tech world to be. Here’s the list but check out the full article. And please, tell us what you think of the list. The GooglePlex Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) The International...
by Andy | Jul 10, 2007 | Apple Tech, Media Tech, Mobile Tech, Social Tech
Are you a Digg user? (if not, why not?) do you have an iPhone? (lucky you) well, now you can quite happily peruse Digg wherever you go on your iPhone. Here are some features in the iPhone app: Native iPhone-like story scrolling Mini permalink pages with top 5 comments...