Many users of Google’s Nexus One phone are having problems with sporadic 3G connectivity. Kevin Tofel found a very small adjustment that makes a world of difference. Read More »
Archive for January 2010
Even if he doesn’t have the support of NBC, Conan O’Brien has the support of the Internet, leading the charge as the most-talked-about television personality for the past week, according to Trendrr. Conan collected 215,145 tweets for the week, with a peak of 51,843… Read More »
Microsoft Visio still reigns as the standard tool in diagramming for business, project management and technical communications. While you don’t have to be an artist to use Visio productively, in my experience a lot of users still very intimidated by this application. Like most of the… Read More »
There’s a war going on if you haven’t noticed. The U.S. carriers are starting to lob salvos of new cellular plans and it’s not just here in the tech trenches. I was out for dinner last night and a couple at the table next to… Read More »
We’ve already covered iPhone apps that will help you keep a New Year’s Resolution to get in better shape. Today we’re going to cover something a bit more personal, finding romance. Dating has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, back then putting a personal ad… Read More »
V-Vehicle, the auto startup backed by the venture capitalists at Kleiner Perkins and energy baron T. Boone Pickens, has begun testing prototypes of the vehicle it aims to build in Louisiana’s Ouachita Parish. V-Vehicle’s director of Louisiana assembly operations, David Hitchcock, tells the local… Read More »
In the fourth quarter, the giants and the social supersites hooked up — Twitter’s real-time firehose went to Google and Microsoft, Facebook Connect scored Yahoo — while startups set the stage for what’s next — for instance OneRiot providing real-time ads to Digsby. Read More »
Google has postponed the launch of two Android smartphones in China as its high-profile stand-off with Beijing escalates. With the door closed to the world’s largest mobile market, is it too early to wonder when Google will pull the plug on the Nexus One? Read More »
If you’re looking for a new job, I’ve rounded up some useful iPhone apps that can help you with your search and preparation for interviews. Here are 24 free apps to get your job hunt moving in the right direction. asapLocal displays many different… Read More »
Microsoft , with a nod toward privacy, has announced that it will limit the amount of time that it stores IP addresses of web searchers using the Bing search engine to six months, down from 18. The move follows similar policy shifts at Google and Yahoo. Read More »
The Sony VAIO Z is one of the most portable notebooks around with a svelte form weighing in at just over 3 pounds. Sony put a lot of power in that aluminum and carbon fiber frame to round out the offering. The Z is being refreshed… Read More »
Official word yesterday that there is indeed an Apple event on the 27th didn’t generate the frenetic response typically associated with such news, probably because the blogosphere, twitterverse and mainstream media have all been going gaga over it for weeks. The Wall Street Journal correctly pegged… Read More »
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