Web work doesn’t necessarily involve earning an income. Through the Internet, we can give back to the global community and do a different kind of online work — volunteering. Here are some way to use a little of your time to help others. Read More »
Archive for May 2009
Apple must feel besieged by an attack of the clones these days, with Mac OS knockoff makers popping up in the U.S. (Psystar and OpenTech), Germany (PearC), Argentina (OpeniMac) the U.K. (FreedomPC). Now a Russian startup calling itself RussianMac is offering a… Read More »
Updated: As we reported last week, GE has been trialling its smart appliances — dishwashers, microwaves and other devices embedded with communications technology — in 15 homes in Louisville, Ky., as part of an effort to launch a smart product line later this year.… Read More »
The growth of location-based services (LBS) makers perfect sense, given how much potential they provide to the end user. Having a phone or computer that can determine where you are and provide thoughtful information based on what’s nearby can be leveraged in ways that are… Read More »
Wow. Just…wow. YouTube announced last night that 20 hours of video are now uploaded to its service every minute. That’s a whole lotta keyboard cat. A YouTube Blog post outlines the milestones that led to this point: In mid-2007, six hours of video were uploaded… Read More »
HTC is easily the most prolific producer of Windows Mobile phones and their Touch line has pushed the limits of those phones. The Touch Diamond was probably the first WM phone that had a nice, big touchscreen, while the HTC TouchFLO interface pushed WM into the… Read More »
It’s been a while since I’ve actively participated in the design game, but recently, when I was doing some work for a friend, I took a look around to see if there were any new tools that would work better and more efficiently than the ones… Read More »
A year ago I was always the only person in the room with an iPhone. I loved it. All the stares, the curious questions, the tentative requests that began, “Would you mind if I tried it out?” Today I can’t buy a loaf of bread without seeing… Read More »
Insufficient bandwidth has the potential to limit the cloud because it can take a long time to send large files over thin pipes. Amazon Web Services now addresses this problem with a new data delivery service called AWS Import/Export, which uses the postal system rather… Read More »
Many technologies for storing energy on the power grid are either expensive (advanced batteries), mired in regulations (pumping water uphill and then letting the water move downhill) or just in a really early stage (the gravel-plus-heat-pump approach). But there is a technology that’s… Read More »
The Obama administration is certain about a couple things in its plan for a new national fuel economy and tailpipe emission standard: It’s meant to start taking effect in 2012, and have automakers achieving a fleet average of 35.5 MPG by 2016, four years earlier than… Read More »
With forever-and-a-day load times, a tiny screen, choppy streams and incessant ads before, between, and after clips, Comedy Central really kills (and not in a good way) its online video viewing experience. Which means it’s a total chafe to watch clips of The Daily Show and… Read More »
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