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Facebook IPO Raises The Question: Will Facebook Adapt to Mobile, or will Mobile Adapt to Facebook?

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:11:31 +0000

Yesterday Facebook’s IPO valued the company at over $100 billion, the third largest IPO is US history. Now that Facebook is a publicly traded company, there has been a lot of analysis about Facebook’s business prospects. With an increasing percentage of people accessing Facebook over mobile, and with advertising being the majority of Facebook’s revenues, [...]

Social TV World Summit

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:55:39 +0000

22 to 23 May, 2012 London, UK The Social TV World Summit will be a key opportunity for broadcasters, new media, operators, vendors, analysts, developers and OTT players to network and discuss the emerging role of social TV for future revenue strategies.

Augmented Reality Transforms WalmartInto Super Hero Playground

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:09:18 +0000

As part of the US launch of the Marvel’s The Avengers in cinemas, the promoters have teamed up with Walmart in order to offer Walmart shoppers access to a super hero Augmented Reality game.

Fort Lee New Jersey Bans Texting While Walking

Ray Basile — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:59:42 +0000

After more than 20 pedestrians have been hit by cars so far this year in Bergen County — the city of Fort Lee, New Jersey has begun cracking down on texting while walking by issuing $85 tickets to offenders they're...

Images of Ashton Kutcher In Character As Steve Jobs

Ray Basile — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:08:55 +0000

Ashton Kutcher was spotted on the way to the Jobs biopic movie set in Los Angeles on Friday dressed in classic Steve Jobs wardrobe — wearing a black turtleneck, jeans and sneakers. The first iKutcher photos posted by TMZ reveal...

Are iPhone Business Cards The Next Big Thing?

Ray Basile — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:35:08 +0000

These iPhone Business cards imagined by web designer Frederic Tourrou are causing quite a mixed reaction around the interwebs since they first surfaced on Thursday. The popular consensus from many vocal critics insist that the addition of rounded corners is...

The Socialmatic Was Designed For Instagram Hipsters

Ray Basile — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:02:55 +0000

What if the iconic Instagram logo was made into a real camera? That curiosity is the driving inspiration behind the Socialmatic — a concept camera designed by ADR Studio to print Instagram photos on-the-go. I would expect the Socialmatic to...

GWT notice of detected unnatural links to http://www.seobook.com/

Aaron Wall — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:28:01 +0000

I am already getting fake webmaster tool notification messages using the above subject line & the following message: Hello dear managers of http://www.seobook.com/! My name is Olivia, and the issue I’m gonna to discuss is for sure not new, but ...

See How Google ‘Zerg Rush’ Easter Egg Invades Your Search Results

Praveen — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:25:59 +0000

“Zerg Rush” is Google’s latest Easter Egg, and it’s first StarCraft-inspired one. Just enter Zerg Rush in google search box and hit enter.Hordes of red and yellow Google O’s will descend on your search results. You have to click them to knock down their HP before they defeat your search results. After every search result [...]

Survey Results Re Individual Memberships

tonyw — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:54:51 +0000

As part of the OSI’s governance reform, we are planning to establish a mechanism for individuals to join the OSI. We recently conducted a survey to ask people about their interest in joining, and to learn some preferences about how best to proceed. ...

Top 10 iPhone 4 Cases for Serious Lego Geeks

Ray Basile — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:27:24 +0000

After returning from a grueling road trip around the entire world wide web — our crack team of cool hunters have put together a Top 10 collection of original Lego-inspired Minifig iPhone cases created to cause instant iEnvy. While all...

Less Than A Third Of Online Retailers Have Tablet Optimized Sites

admin — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:12:37 +0000

A recent report entitled, Mobile & Tablet e-Commerce: Is anyone really ready?, has found that less than a third of online retailers has a Tablet optimized shopping experience available for their customers. The report by Zmags, a rich media mobile and social merchandising provider, found that of the top 100 internet shopping sites, most were [...]

The Google Penguin Update: Over-Optimization, Webspam, & High Quality Empty Content Pages

Aaron Wall — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:21:06 +0000

Huge Update Google recently launched their webspam Penguin update. While they claim it only impacted about 3.1% of search queries, the 3.1% it impacted were largely in the "commercial transactional keywords worth a lot of money" category. Based on th...

I Must Have This 8-Bit iPhone Bumper Case!

Ray Basile — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:43:47 +0000

It just doesn't get any more pixelated than this clever 8-Bit Bumper Case capable of transporting your iPhone back to the days when Atari ruled the video arcade. The designers at Big Big Pixel have made it easy to slide...

Apple Announces 2012 WWDC Dates June 11-15

Ray Basile — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:11:46 +0000

Apple has announced the official dates for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) which will take place June 11th through June 15th at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Each 2012 WWDC ticket costs $1599 (USD) with purchases limited to one (1)...

Buzz City Teams Up With Academics To Prevent Click Fraud

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:09:29 +0000

Mobile advertising company BuzzCity has announced it is teaming up with academics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in an attempt to further safeguard ad quality online. The campaign tackles use of the dominant advertising model Cost Per Click (CPC), ensuring users can’t generate fraudulent clicks - either manually, or through the use of specially [...]

YouGov InfoGraph Shows That Mobile Users Welcome SMS Offers

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:22:06 +0000

The majority of mobile phone users welcome offers sent to their device via SMS, a study by YouGov has found. 65% of people like receiving offers on their mobiles, while a surprising 75% of smartphone users said they prefered to receive adverts by text message.

Quirky Girl Zooey Deschanel Does iPhone Siri Ad

Ray Basile — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:16:09 +0000

In Apple's latest iPhone 4S advert "Rainy Day" — Siri helps quirky girl Zooey Deschanel transform a wet afternoon into the perfect day. The lovely star of "New Girl" airing on FOX — appears in the second celebrity powered iPhone...

Your New iPhone Case Is A Magic Drawing Pad

Ray Basile — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:02:18 +0000

Magna Doodle became one of the most popular drawing toys for kids in the mid-seventies — a dustless chalkboard that Time Magazine included in its list of "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys". That magic drawing board has been re-imagined as a...

How Did You Choose Your Primary Search Engine?

Aaron Wall — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:24:58 +0000

When you search, how did you pick your primary search engine? Most people use the search engine which they believe has the best relevancy, whatever their computer came with, or what a friend recommended. Vote All (1190) it has superior relevancy ...

iPhone-Friendly Smartwatch Tops $2 Million In Kickstarter Funding In 48 Hours

Ray Basile — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:38:15 +0000

When Allerta's e-paper watch first landed on Kickstarter April 11th, there was no way to imagine the firestorm of backers this little smartwatch was going attract. Within just 48 hours — the Pebble hauled in over $2 million dollars and...

Citation Labs Review – Here’s Why I Use it

Eric Covino — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:30:41 +0000

So what are we calling it today? Link building, link prospecting, content marketing, linkbait, socialbait, PR ? Whatever it is and whatever sub-definitions exist for the process of finding quality, related websites to link back to yours is difficult an...

A Bird In The Hand Is Your New iPhone Speaker

Ray Basile — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:53:16 +0000

Gavio has released a clever palm-size portable speaker they call "The Wrenz". This bird-inspired speaker has all of the connection ports neatly hidden away behind the tail cover underneath. A USB charging cable is provided along with a rechargeable Li-ion...

Watch Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom In Best Buy’s Innovator TV Spot

Ray Basile — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:29:11 +0000

With just a two-year-old startup, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom is expected to net approximately $400 million from the $1 billion sale of his little photo-sharing juggernaut to Facebook — according to an exclusive report by Wired. The report cites that...

Google+ Integration

Aaron Wall — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:11:06 +0000

As publishers we tend to be quite concerned with the over-promotion of Google+ because it carves up the search landscape, is potentially another hoop that we have to jump through, and in some cases, the Google+ hosted version of a page will outrank th...

Editorial Objectivity

Aaron Wall — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:17:54 +0000

Should search engines be able to preferentially promote their own services in their search results? Nearly 3 in 4 people think that search engines should not be able to preferentially promote their own services. vote All (1226) no, results should be...

Charges Brought After Chinese Teen Sells Kidney for iPhone and iPad

Ray Basile — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:25:43 +0000

Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury surrounding the case of a 17-year-old Chinese boy who sold a kidney so he could purchase an iPhone and iPad last April. The teen, identified in reports by his...

‘Draw Something’ Blows Past 50 Million Downloads

Ray Basile — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:26:04 +0000

It took only 50 days for mobile juggernaut "Draw Something" to crank past 50 million downloads and take over the number one spot again in the iTunes App Store by passing Angry Birds "Space". That milestone was "no easy egg...

Jim Boykin Interview

Aaron Wall — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:46:26 +0000

Internet Marketing Ninja Jim Boykin has promoted link building since before I even knew what SEO was. Nearly a decade later so many things have changed in SEO (including renaming We Build Pages to Internet Marketing Ninjas), but he still sees links as ...

1-Bit Camera App Adds More Fun With Less Pixels

Ray Basile — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:29:30 +0000

While megapixels only continue to increase, designer David Lindecrantz has deliberately chosen to hit the rewind button by delivering less pixels in an iPhone app that brings back the dithering imagery of a classic Macintosh. 1-Bit Camera ($.99) for iPhone...

Ashton Kutcher To Play Steve Jobs In Indie Film

Ray Basile — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:22:15 +0000

“Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher is expected to play the young Steve Jobs in a new indie feature chronicling the early “wayward hippie” days of Jobs as Apple's co-founder. The film simply titled 'Jobs' — will be...

15 Most Interesting Linux Facts

Praveen — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:55:33 +0000

Linux is one of the world’s most powerful and popular operating system. Linux operating system was developed by Linus Benedict Torvalds at the age of 21. At present there are more than 300 flavors of Linux available and one can choose between any of them depending on the kind of applications they want. If you are [...]

TextWrangler – A Powerful Text Editor For Mac

Praveen — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:41:39 +0000

TextWrangler is a freeware text editor for Mac users. Textwangler comes with great text editing tool for Programmers and normal Mac users. .A programmer’s text editor, featuring syntax coloring and function navigation for HTML/XHTML, XML, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Java, ANSI C, C++, Objective-C, and more, Find Differences to compare two versions of [...]

OSI Welcomes Debian and CENATIC

webmink — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:44:35 +0000

OSI is very pleased to welcome two important new members to the Affiliate scheme for community groups.read more

Plumber Crack Gets A Real Full-Figured Update

Ray Basile — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:44:09 +0000

After hovering for a short time at the number 3 spot on the iTunes Free iPhone and iPad App charts, Fluik Entertainment has delivered a significant update to Plumber Crack and she's a beauty. Say hello to Betty the plumber...

Knucklecase Gives iPhone A Tough Guy Grip

Ray Basile — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:05:45 +0000

Surrounding your iPhone with solid machine crafted aluminum is a bit extreme — but adding a polished set of "knuckledusters" into the design transforms it into art. The creators of Knucklecase have armed iPhone users for urban combat with a...

Bitdefender Sphere For Your AllRound Internet Security

Jenny Simpson — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:11:42 +0000

Bitdefender being the top rank in virus protection launched new software to protect you from and block internet threats. This anti software launched is Sphere Security Suite. It can be used in computers, smartphones, Macs, tablets. This integrated security system includes several parts like: Bitdefender Antivirus for Macs: It is especially to protect you for [...]

TEDxSilkRoad Istanbul

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:31:07 +0000

11 April 2012 Istanbul, Turkey TEDXSILKROAD is a one day inspirational conference event that will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, a magnificent and bustling city and a unique bridge between the East and the West.

This Quirky iPhone Film Was Created Entirely Using Silent Film Director App

Ray Basile — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:39:11 +0000

A few weeks ago I spent some time test driving Macphun's Silent Film Director ($1.99) app with plans to eventually crank out my own original Sci-Fi movie masterpiece. I had no idea that something quite as good as this short...

Review of Jim Boykin’s Free Broken Link Tool

Eric Covino — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:39:42 +0000

Jim Boykin recently released a free, but powerful tool, that can help you check on broken links, redirects, in addition to helping you generate a Google Sitemap. Being a free, web-based tool you might think it's a bit lightweight but you'd be wrong :)...

This iPhone Mug Case Is A Tall Drink Of Ridiculous

Ray Basile — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:58:07 +0000

I've fallen for many a strange iPhone case in my time, but I cannot seem to conjure up any sort of affection for this little ugly mug that celebrates a familiar looking comfort grip. I can't imagine dragging around this...

Leica Rangefinder Gets Reborn As iPhone Case

Ray Basile — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:00:40 +0000

Gizmon's retro design conjures up the sexy feel of a classic Leica Rangefinder camera in this iCA Military Edition iPhone case. The replica design is amazingly detailed with several essential accessories created to transport your iPhone back to the days...

Jonah Stein Interview

Aaron Wall — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:50:58 +0000

I was recently chatting with Jonah Stein about Panda & we decided it probably made sense to do a full on interview. You mentioned that you had a couple customers that were hit by Panda. What sort of impact did that have on those websites? Both of t...

Facebook Announces New Ad Placements

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:29:15 +0000

Facebook has announced the introduction of a series of new ad products, including for the previously advert-free mobile platform. The announcement came as little surprise, following the company’s IPO filing a few weeks ago in which they conceded that didn’t “generate meaningful revenue” from mobile users.

Tony Soprano Is Selling His Rare Apple Logo Art

Ray Basile — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:16:22 +0000

In 1983, Steve Jobs commissioned artist Myra Burg to hand-craft 25 Apple rainbow logo wall-hangings for the company's gift catalog. In a recent interview with Ms. Burg — I discovered that she actually produced 27 of those limited edition works...

Watch Siri Sing "Stairway To Heaven" Like A Pro

Ray Basile — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:05:00 +0000

The news team over at Scoopertino have launched a delicious spoof about Apple cutting out the music companies by re-recording every song on iTunes with Miss Siri on vocals. "Tim Cook and his executive team had been toying with creative...

Watch Conan Rip On iPad’s New Retina Display

Ray Basile — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:58:33 +0000

Apple's new iPad is going to have one of the most stunning displays you could ever imaging seeing on any mobile iThingy. That's why Conan O'Brien took the liberty to highlight exactly what kind of "Resolutionary" visual images when can...

These iPhone Case Designs Were Made With Sound

Ray Basile — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:28:00 +0000

If you can make sound, any kind of sounds — Shapeways will convert your audio recording into an novelty iPhone case design they call "The Vibe". How cool is that? Shapeways has partnered with SoundCloud in order to take any...

Tether Unveils HTML5 iPhone Tethering Solution

Ray Basile — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:09:23 +0000

Shortly after Tether.com successfully launched their iOS app into the iTunes App Store near the end of November last year, it was quickly yanked down by Apple. That version, originally sold for $14.99 has now been re-released as an HTML5-based...

Video: A Gentleman’s Rant About The New iPad

Ray Basile — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:52:15 +0000

Now that most of us are over the unrelenting hype surrounding Apple's new iPad — it's time to enjoy a little reality check on the subject. The Gentleman's Rant on iPad reminds me that there's still hope for humanity as...

I Know You Want This Stormwalking iPhone Case

Ray Basile — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:29:20 +0000

I have not witnessed such a perfect merging of pop music and epic Star Wars art anywhere else in the entire galaxy. Illustrator Gareth Payne has delivered a fantastical vision of "Stormwalking" that's now seared into my brain. His hard...

Say Hello To Instaprint —The Location Based Photo Booth for Instagram

Ray Basile — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:08:47 +0000

In the Spring of 2011, a small group of designers from Brooklyn imagined a location based photo booth that could print any Instagram image — instantly. Over the past year, Instaprint prototype devices have been spotted churning out prints at...

Linux or Windows Hosting? Which Server Software Do I Choose?

Derrick Cruise — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:42:27 +0000

What do you drive? Airline pilots know the question to be a reference to the type of aircraft they fly. For Web developers it might refer to the hosting platform they operate—Linux or Windows Server? Each of these hosting platforms has its own pros and cons. In some cases, the type of hosting platform you [...]

Apple Pimps Top All-Time Paid iPhone Apps With 25 Billion Download Mark

Ray Basile — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:39:30 +0000

Late on Friday Apple announced surpassing its 25 billionth iOS download in the iTunes App Store. That epic milestone is quite impressive after realizing that there was no App Store when the iPhone debuted on June 29, 2007. The App...

How to Install VLC 2.0 on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Praveen — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:13:14 +0000

In this article I will show you how to install VLC (VideoLAN) 2.0 media player in Ubuntu 11.10. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. I am using VLC player in all the operating [...]

This Siri-Inspired iPhone Case Gives Good Face

Ray Basile — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:48:35 +0000

Shapeways asked their community of followers to submit their ideas about what Siri would look like. Entries poured in the form of sketches, gifs, pictures 3D models and illustrations. The winner in the 3D Design category entitled "Omniscient Siri" was...

The Clever Hints Found In Apple’s iPad Invite

Ray Basile — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:16:43 +0000

We now have an official date for Apple's next major event — and we also have a media invitation laden with clever little clues. The tag line totally gives the surprise away “We have something you really have to see....

Angelina Jolie’s Leg Has 24,600 Twitter Followers

Ray Basile — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:58:51 +0000

Since Angelina Jolie first exposed her right on the red carpet at the 84th Annual Academy Awards Sunday night, her appendage is rapidly becoming more famous than star herself. Her right leg is going to need a publicist of its...

Steve Jobs Remembered In Oscars 2012 Memoriam

Ray Basile — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:36:08 +0000

As the song “What A Wonderful World” was performed live at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, the “In Memoriam” presentation played on screen honoring great actors, directors and artists we lost last year. Towards the end of the presentation an...

Bob Ross "Happy Trees" Is The Best Case Ever

Ray Basile — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:12:19 +0000

Is there anything better than a Bob Ross iPhone case? The Joy of Painting master now has an illustrated iPhone design that puts the serious cheese back into cheesy. This novelty case has a high gloss, glass-like coating that makes...

It’s Our First Pandaversary!

Aaron Wall — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:48:55 +0000

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Setting Up Actionable SEO Dashboards in the New Google Analytics

taylorpratt — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:57:10 +0000

There have been many mixed reviews about the latest Google Analytics UI. Putting the frustration of having to learn a new UI aside (here's a great guide to navigating the new Google Analytics interface), the new Google Analytics actually brings to the ...

The iRetrofone Dock Gets Pushed To The Wall

Ray Basile — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:59:59 +0000

Designer Scott Freeland has re-imagined his original desktop iRetrofone as an ultra-modern wall mount iPhone dock that utilizes a Bluetooth handset. How's that for innovation? Scott remains true to his design style by creating his new Wall-e in sturdy hand-cast...

Norman Seeff Releases 1984 Steve Jobs Image As Collectible Lithograph

Ray Basile — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:59:08 +0000

I first met photographer Norman Seeff in Laurel Canyon when I was a teenager living in Southern California sometime around 1972. I had no idea then who Norman really was, all I knew is that he had a wicked cool...

Apple Settles iPhone 4 Antennagate Lawsuit

Ray Basile — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:32:53 +0000

A settlement has been reached in a 2010 class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of 25 million iPhone 4 buyers claiming that a "substantial degradation in signal quality and dropped calls when the phone is used in a normal and foreseeable...

Open Source CADNANO is unbelievably cool

Michael Tiemann — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:53:35 +0000

I just read this in Nature: The researchers designed the structure of the nanorobots using open-source software, called Cadnano, developed by one of the authors — Shawn Douglas, a biophysicist at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired En...

Apple iWear Launches Brand With A Familiar Bite

Ray Basile — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:51:41 +0000

There's a new brand of apparel that just launched worldwide — say hello to Apple iWear. No Kidding! It's not just a satirical spoof featuring the wardrobe of Steve Jobs, this one is much bigger than that. The expansive line...

Download Comice OS 4: The Mac-Looking Linux

Praveen — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:46:23 +0000

Comice is the french word for Pear. I don’t believe that this is a new distro, just Pear renamed into Comice. Pear OS is a Mac OS X looking Ubuntu-based operating system introduced last year. Currently Comice OS 4 is distributed only as a 64-bit ISO image burnable on a DVD media or USB flash drive. Comice OS is [...]

Vendere online: Gumroad è la soluzione?

Tom — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:45:02 +0000

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iPhone Dock Hits $1 Million Kickstarter Milestone

Ray Basile — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:55:12 +0000

If you haven't heard of a The Elevation Dock just yet or a little Portland-based operation called Elevation Labs, you should know that the company is the first ever to collect $1 million from Kickstarter and go on to become...

Retro Apple Case Maker Overwhelmed By Orders

Ray Basile — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:48:07 +0000

It only took 48 hours for Schreer Delights to halt sales of their Apple inspired iPhone cases. When the $45 cases which included a click wheel iPod, retro Macintosh, original iMacs and Graphite G4 tower, were posted across several blogs...

Keyboard Shortcut to Quickly Hide Dock in Mac OS X

Praveen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:54:53 +0000

Mac OS X is one of the best operating system in with world with lots of cool features In this post I would like to share a simple shortcut key to hide Mac OS X dock. How to Change Dock Position? First lets see how to change the dock position. Click on the Apple Icon, [...]

Watch New Siri Ads "Rock God" and "Road Trip"

Ray Basile — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:27:56 +0000

There's no doubt that miss Siri rocks hard, but in Apple's new ad entitled "Rock God", the company takes steady aim at emerging young rockers and even includes a garage band scene that offers a gentle nod to their software...

Zynga Friends Hasbro To Create Real-Life Toys From Social Games

Ray Basile — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:31:09 +0000

Zynga is expanding its domination of social gaming into the real world by teaming up with Hasbro in a global partnership aimed at distributing "wide ranging product lines based on Zynga's game brands". It won't be long before FarmVille, CityVille...

40% of Hacker Attacks Are From US and China

Praveen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:43 +0000

Recently the NCC Group, a security firm reveals the origins of most hacking operations and the estimated damages they cause to the global economy each year. From their study it clearly shows that cyber crimes are done by Developed and Developing nations. The US and China are positioned 1st and 2nd, respectively. Together these two [...]

If You Try To Get Rid of Siri — She Will Kill You!

Ray Basile — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:25:33 +0000

By now I'm sure you're familiar with Siri, and of course there is also Siri Pro, but now witness the worst iPhone nightmare ever — "Psycho Siri" as imagined in this epic special effects thriller. This creepy, full-throttle sci-fi video...

Steve Jobs Inspires Best Buy’s 2012 Super Bowl Ad

Ray Basile — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:56:44 +0000

When Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th, Best Buy’s U.S. marketing chief, Drew Panayiotou decided to turn the spotlight on Silicon Valley phone innovators who he considers to be the stars of today. Instead of featuring metal head Ozzy...

Richard Stallman’s Visit to Chennai on February 6th 2012

Praveen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:03:21 +0000

Richard Matthew Stallman is the founder of the Free Software movement, the GNU project, the Free Software Foundation, and the League for Programming Freedom. He also invented the concept of copyleft to protect the ideals of this movement, and enshrined this concept in the widely-used GPL (General Public License) for software. The Free Software Foundation, [...]

[FUN] How To Fix Any Computer?

Praveen — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:22:24 +0000

Today I came across a funny picture while surfing net . The funny picture is on how to fix any OS (Windows, Apple and Linux) based on the troubleshooting problems experienced by users across the globe. How to Fix Windows? Read more articles on Windows Xp, Vista and Windows 7 Tips & Tricks How to Fix [...]

Kill The Bugs!

Aaron Wall — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:47:54 +0000

You can learn a lot more about what Google really thinks by reading what their new hires say. They are not yet skilled in the arts of public relations & make major gaffs like this one: Instead of being able to SEO the entire Internet, businesses ca...

Apple’s iNett Gets Employees Back To Work Fast

Ray Basile — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:08 +0000

Conan O'Brien has taken Apple's public relations nightmare centered around factory working conditions at Foxconn in China and turned the subject into a satirical comedy skit. The focus of his humor is aimed at a cluster of worker suicides that...

AHREFS Review: An In-Depth Look at a New Link Research Tool

Eric Covino — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:28:48 +0000

Ahrefs is the newest entry into the link research tool space. They use their own bot and their own index (which they state is based on information from a trillion website connections). They claim their index is updated every 30 minutes and the fresh d...

Goldilocks SEO

Aaron Wall — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:17 +0000

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Judge aims anger at Apple store employees during Lululemon murder sentencing

Ray Basile — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:52:37 +0000

A Maryland judge sentenced 29-year-old Brittany Norwood to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for the brutal stabbing murder of co-worker Jayna Murray at a Bethesda Lululemon store last March. According to investigators, a confrontation between...

Toolwiz Time Freeze: Run Your Computer In A Virtual Environment

Praveen — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:10:51 +0000

With Toolwiz Time Freeze you can easily create a Virtual environment to stay protected from unwanted malicious activity in low disk level. Toolwiz Time Freeze is an instant system protection tool to keep your system safe and always like new. Toolwiz Time Freeze should allow you to effortlessly turn your system into a virtual sandbox [...]

"At Twitter, The Future Is You" — Recruiting Video

Ray Basile — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:03:05 +0000

As part of an internal 2012 Hack Week project “the best worst recruiting video ever”, Twitter has unleashed a horribly awesome winner with “At Twitter, The Future is You!”. While I would expect this one to be tossed into the...

“Multi-screen Advertising” Proven Effective

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:51:01 +0000

There has been a lot of discussion in recent months about the idea of multi-screen advertising - in other words showing the same or similar ad on different devices, with the intent to reinforce the advertising message to the consumer. Now Google has partnered with Nielsen and CBS’s Television City media lab to investigate this advertising [...]

iBaby Is A Home Ultrasound Device of The Future

Ray Basile — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:19:19 +0000

This unusual iPhone concept gadget is quite amazing when you understand how designer Jung Jun Hwang has imagined using his iBaby home ultrasound unit. When you connect your iPhone inside the lid, the removable transducer is used to scan the...

OSI Reform At FOSDEM

webmink — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:55:55 +0000

In preparation for my keynote at FOSDEM, I was interviewed by the team who have just posted the interview. In particular, I noted this background to the governance reform, which readers here might find useful: Why exactly did OSI decide to reorganize ...

The Amish Honor Steve Jobs With Buggy Tribute

Ray Basile — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:59:07 +0000

Not to be outdone by Virgin Airlines, who named one of its fleet after Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs, the Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania have jumped into the tribute game by naming one of their horse drawn buggies after Jobs....

Philosophy Professor Dances His Way Towards $20K To Fund iPhone Case

Ray Basile — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:18:37 +0000

In January of 2010, David Barnett glued a couple of large buttons onto the back his iPhone case so he could neatly wrap his headset around them, at that very moment the idea for PopSockets was born. By day, David...

Video: Outsourcing The iPhone Economy

Ray Basile — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:18:56 +0000

The NY Times has published a captivating piece on "How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work". If you own an iPhone or not, you should read the in-depth article in its entirety. The piece is based on more than three...

Apple’s QuickTake Digital Cameras Land On eBay

Ray Basile — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:52:56 +0000

In 1994, Apple released the QuickTake 100 Digital Camera as part of a collaboration with Kodak at the introductory price of $749 US. The QuickTake was capable of storing eight images at a resolution of 640x480 pixels using 1MB of...

FLOSS Body of Knowledge

tonyw — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:14:59 +0000

As courses, certificates, and curricula are created, it's valuable to bring together people who are working to develop and deliver this material into a community where we can jointly define a central body of knowledge related to free, libre, and open s...

Kodak Nose Dives Into Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Ray Basile — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:05:24 +0000

Despite the recent parade of lawsuits against Apple, Samsang and HTC over digital imaging patent infringements, the Eastman Kodak Company has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in New York today. The move, which has been expected for some time, underscores...

Is Google Selling Investors Private Search Data?

Aaron Wall — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:29:50 +0000

This is an interesting play: BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank by assets, is teaming up with Google to use its search engine results to provide advanced forecasts of hotel and tourism demand in the country, part of a plan to market real-time economic...

Steve Jobs Action Figure Pulled From Production

Ray Basile — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:38:16 +0000

The company that created a remarkably lifelike 12-inch Steve Jobs action figure has immediately stopped all sales of the doll, according to a statement issued on their website Monday. In Icons, a Chinese company who created the collectible figurine, cited...

This iPhone App Let’s You Give Friends The Finger

Ray Basile — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:25:03 +0000

Creating amazing finger art has been a wildly popular internet meme that's finally made its way onto iPhone with Cool Finger Faces (Free). This app could instantly add a wicked new twist to the fun of "sexting". I killed the...

iPhone Ringtone Halts New York Philharmonic

Ray Basile — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:03:48 +0000

Just minutes before the New York Philharmonic came to the final movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 last Tuesday night, iPhone's unmistakable "Marimba" ringtone rang out at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Conductor Alan Gilbert quickly halted the performance when...

Terra Noctis Is One Retro-Platformer That Should Not Be Missed

Jordan Schmidt — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:49:05 +0000

Terra Noctis ($.99) is reminiscent of classic 2D platformers that require the player to navigate from one side of the map to the other while collecting items used to unlock levels and additional worlds along the way. Staying alive as...