Tired of tinny-sounding speakers in notebooks? Some systems offer nice sound but most the netbooks and smaller notebooks I’ve used lately have me plugging in a decent headset. It’s challenging to find room for speakers when you have to cram in various ports, jacks and card … Read More »
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We’re all about good music applications running on our smartphones and today we got another option. Popular service Last.fm has hit the Android platform and can be downloaded for free from the Android Market. Last.fm brings streaming radio stations and music sharing and this Android … Read More »
There has been quite a buzz today over the appearance of ads on Pandora‘s Web radio streams. Pandora has been trying to stay afloat with super-high music licensing fees and felt the need to include a minor number of audio ads between some songs. We … Read More »
Over the years here at Web Worker Daily we’ve given you lots of tips on how to be embrace the Internet for personal and professional productivity. Virtual meetings, video conferencing, screen sharing, collaboration software and techniques all to let you accomplish what you need to … Read More »
I’m a sucker for a good music subscription model, having enjoyed a Zune Pass deal in the past. Pandora has taken the place of my Zune Pass; it’s not a perfect substitute, but it’s free and enjoyable. Slacker’s portable hardware is something I shied away from … Read More »
Plustek is introducing a not-so-mobile scanner that actually does have a mobile aspect. The BookReader V100 actually does read books for you, but it won’t write a book report for you. Sorry, kids! This $699 scanner takes print content and applies OCR, or Optical … Read More »
The screams of anguish you might have heard today are the natural reaction of owners of 30 GB Zunes. They started bricking world-wide last night at midnight and nothing can bring them back. No word from Microsoft or anyone else what caused the 30 GB Zunes … Read More »
Do you bill based on hourly work performed? Or are you working on a project basis? What are you doing about recurring revenues? With 2009 almost here, this is something I’ve been focusing on for my business. In a past post about Freshbooks benchmark data … Read More »
Have you been using Google’s open source Chrome browser? If you’re like me, you use it some of the time, and take notice of how speedy it often is, but favor Firefox for the many useful extensions that it supports. Because of the might of the … Read More »
I have long been a fan of Ultimate Ears headphones. I’ve used mine for years and they never fail to impress me with their rich booming bass in headphones that fit in the ear. It was with reluctance that I replaced them with the Bang & … Read More »
Back in the day, for research or study I used to arm myself with a highlighter and a pack of sticky notes and go to marking up pages in my textbooks that I needed to revisit, or I thought were particularly important. Now … Read More »
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