Archive for February 2009
Nine out of ten iPhone owners would probably agree that this article, containing the freshest picks from the App Store, is a nutritious and delicious source of information.
Before we kick things off with this week’s picks, let’s take a quick look at happenings in the … Read More »
Microsoft and Yahoo are starting to once again shoot coy glances at each other, with suggestions that Yahoo may either outsource or sell outright its search business to Microsoft. But no matter how much either company may hint that such a deal would make sense, the … Read More »
Later on this year, when my lease expires, I’m going to move to a bigger place with a bigger home office. I’ll be building an office that suits me perfectly. Ideally, I am looking to build an office that has plenty of desk space for me … Read More »
If you’re an avid YouTube viewer, you’ve probably noticed the growing number of videos on the site that contain clickable links within the display screen. That’s the result of Video Annotations, a feature introduced last June that allows other clips to be embedded into videos. … Read More »
The official word comes today that Samsung is going to produce a 12.1-inch notebook, the NC20. The NC20 is a larger cousin to the NC10 netbook from Samsung and this larger version will ship with a Via Nano processor.
VIA, who is likely quite happy with the … Read More »
We’d like to thank this month’s NewTeeVee sponsors:
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Here’s another weekly round-up of tasty tidbits on the Palm Pre. Information is coming in dribs and drabs, so I use this time as a brief news summary of the phone I’m leaning towards purchasing this summer.
New Palm Pre video – This one popped … Read More »
More Must Reads
Though comScore hasn’t officially released its numbers yet, Hulu was kind enough to share its copy of the VideoMetrix data for January (hence Hulu being highlighted in the chart below). But the big story from the numbers is Google/YouTube, which lept to 6.3 billion … Read More »
Stacey’s words from a year ago are still true, “Mobile video has taken off in a few places such as South Korea and Japan, but for the most part, press releases outnumber the viewers.” Especially in the U.S., where mobile numbers continue to be … Read More »
By Jose Fermoso
Feb. 27, 2009, 3:21pm PT
Earlier today, the LG Spyder 830 cell phone was recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which said it presented a hazard to the public because it doesn’t hold a connection and has poor voice quality during 911 emergency calls. The recall stems from … Read More »
We’d like to say thanks to this month’s sponsor of TheAppleBlog:
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By Josie Garthwaite
Feb. 27, 2009, 3:00pm PT
Wave energy seems a natural fit for coastal, cleantech-loving San Francisco. But while the technology has a big fan in Mayor Gavin Newsom — who blogs today on CleanTechnica about the city’s latest scheme to tap ocean energy eight miles off the city’s west … Read More »
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Matt has his Kindle 2. Here’s the good and … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Feb. 27, 2009, 2:33pm PT
We got an email from an upset former Comcast customer today who discovered a whole bunch of his emails were deleted as a result of the ISP changing its webmail application to Zimbra. According to the reader, now that Comcast is using Zimbra, email left in … Read More »
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Oh the sheer horror of it! I’m feeling uneasy at the very thought of my iPhone getting half inched. At the moment, my strongest defense against thieves seems to be keeping my iPhone within a 1-foot radius at all times.
Beyond simply keeping a keen … Read More »
By Simon Mackie
Feb. 27, 2009, 2:00pm PT
Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week:
More Efficient RSS Reading
In this post, Dawn shares some great tips on how to get more out of your RSS feeds, while spending less time reading them.
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Over the last decade, the private lives of 18-to-19-year-olds have been a popular subject for documentary crews — mainly because, thanks to The Real World, it’s easy to get kids that age to admit nearly anything on camera. And it’s a perfect template … Read More »
About a week ago, I received a videophone review unit from Vidtel. It’s drop-dead easy to setup: Simply plug in the AC adapter and connect the phone to your home broadband router. The $199 device grabs an IP address and has a local phone … Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
Feb. 27, 2009, 1:00pm PT
Waiting…Still Waiting: The DOE has yet to disburse $25 billion under a four-year-old loan program for green cars. One complication: It can only award money to “financially viable” companies and projects, and two applicants (GM and Chrysler) must wait another month for feds to decide whether … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Feb. 27, 2009, 12:15pm PT
Earlier this week I visited Centaur Technology, the guys who design the processor for VIA Technologies’ chipsets. Centaur CEO and Founder Glenn Henry chatted with me about low-power processors and the future of mobile computers. But he also graciously showed me around a room known as … Read More »
If someone told you he’d pay for your FiOS Internet connection in exchange for you putting a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server full of Russian movies in your living room, would you do it? And if someone told you that a network of residential NAS … Read More »
By David Ehrlich
Feb. 27, 2009, 12:00pm PT
Larger-than-life online video personality Gary Vaynerchuk has gone from wine red to hot pink for a new original production, Obsessed. A long-form interview show focused on women’s lifestyle topics, Obsessed is hosted by home how-to writer Samantha Ettus, with guests like “the greatest floral designer of … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 27, 2009, 10:47am PT
By Darrell Etherington
Feb. 27, 2009, 10:38am PT
Looking for an alternative CRM and email solution? It can get kind of tricky trying to keep track of all that information using Outlook or Gmail, in combination with other third party customer relationship management software. Try as you might, you’ll probably lose track of some … Read More »
CD Networks Buys Panther Express; one-time competitor to the likes of Akamai bought, rumor is that Panther was low on cash and rescued by CD Networks. (alarm:clock) Just in time, too because Media and Entertainment M&A Predicted to Get Worse in 2009. A new report … Read More »
Psion has responded to us with regards to the ongoing “netbook” trademark fight that Intel and Dell most recently kicked up a notch. In case you have been living under a rock, Psion sold a laptop-like device in the early 2000s called the Netbook Pro. … Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
Feb. 27, 2009, 9:55am PT
When it comes to battery packs for plug-in hybrids, smaller is better, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University. Led by engineering professor Jeremy Michalek, the study authors found that plug-ins with battery packs large enough for only about seven miles of all-electric range can … Read More »
By Scott Blitstein
Feb. 27, 2009, 9:10am PT
As web workers, we like to feel that we can sit down just about anywhere and be connected and productive. Armed with our laptops and Wi-Fi, or mobile broadband, that is usually the case.
But just because we can work anywhere, doesn’t mean that we should. Our … Read More »
By Jennifer Kho
Feb. 27, 2009, 8:55am PT
Mossadiq Umedaly, chairman of Canadian utility BC Hydro, will join the Vancouver, Canada-based venture firm Ventures West to help the company raise and invest its first clean energy fund, we’ve learned. Ventures West Clean Energy Fund, as it’s currently being called, is expected … Read More »
Administering databases is not generally an exciting task, it’s right up there with TPS reports and their cover sheets. So why then, are you using the command-line MySQL client to administer your MySQL databases when you have a nice shiny user interface provided by OS X … Read More »
Television content on my phone is something I’ve long enjoyed, mostly through my SlingBox. Unfortunately, since moving to an iPhone, I’ve had to rely on YouTube for most videos, although I did give my Orb setup a stint as well. The CBS network here in … Read More »
Once upon a time, anyone who wanted to could post a review of any app available in Apple’s App Store. You could just drop in on the top paid apps list, prepare a number of scathing single-star reviews based on the outrageous prices of each app, … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Feb. 27, 2009, 7:42am PT
The financial results are in, so in order to give you guys an idea of how the major U.S. carriers are doing, we’ve gathered together the relevant data from their fourth-quarter wireless results and laid them out below. It’s looking like cheap is chic … Read More »
I spent a lot of time with software and phones this week as well as thinking much about what I do here. I found a new way to get my music and video content from my notebook to multiple phones on different platforms. I also thought … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 27, 2009, 5:53am PT
