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Graphic design startup Walls360 has teamed with Zazzle to let consumers create and sell their own custom wall graphics via Zazzle’s self-service customization platform. With more than 10,000 designs already uploaded, the partnership reinforces the power of an on-demand, long-tail business model online. Read more »

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We lift the lid on stealth startup Ezeep, which wants to reinvent printing for the mobile generation by using a cloud portal that gives businesses a simple and secure way to let guests carry out one of life’s mundane but necessary tasks Read more »

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New iPad ads show users effortlessly printing with the tap of a finger. Unfortunately, the reality doesn’t match the ads: AirPrint, introduced in iOS 4.2, only works with 16 printers, all from HP. Luckily, there are third-party solutions to this limitation. Read more »

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In conjunction with the iOS 4.2 beta, Apple has issued a press release touting “AirPrint.” The trendily named wireless printing feature for iOS will be included with iOS 4.2. AirPrint will initially work with HP ePrint printers or shared printers on a PC or Mac. Read more »

Recently, tech news has understandably saturated by the launch of the iPhone 4. Strangely, Hewlett-Packard chose this period to announce what could be one of their most exciting developments of recent years, introducing the “future of printing:” a range of web connected and “cloud aware” printers. Read more »

Much of our communication and documentation is still conducted via a paper trail. Not only does this leave piles of paper to manage, there’s the economic cost of all of that ink and paper and, importantly, there’s also an environmental cost involved with printing that we all bear as a society. Read more »

Phanfare, a subscription-based video and photo archival service, has paired up with Hewlett-Packard to offer an updated version of its Photon application for the iPhone and iPod touch, and it’s available starting today for free in the iTunes App store. The new version of Photon lets […] Read more »

Consumers are still looking to hold onto their memories with hard-copy photographs. At a time when many tech-savvy users are uploading their entire photographic lives to Facebook or Flickr, many others — especially those with kids looking to send pictures to grandparents or other far-away relatives […] Read more »

I’m not going to debate the merits of upgrading with you, since I’m sure you’ve already wrestled with that particular demon yourself, but I did want to take a look at the gaming side of Apple’s new 3GS, and the amazing potential it boasts for bringing […] Read more »

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Generally speaking, when I’m sharing recently discovered web tools, I try to organize them along a common theme, or a goal that they can be used to achieve. This time around, I just wanted to share three somewhat unusual, but genuinely useful, web tools with you. […] Read more »

The Android Developers Blog offers a highly detailed overview of soft keyboard input methods today. It’s mainly geared towards software developers, of course, but end users get a nice understanding of the various IME or Input Method Editors in the Android mobile OS. Although the focus […] Read more »

Do you have small office/home office (SoHo)? Is managing your peripherals (printers, scanners, fax machines) a hassle? Well, if you are looking for a new all-in-one (AIO) printer that consolidates these peripherals into one for your SoHo, thankfully, there are many choices available for you today. […] Read more »

At the $400 price point, the Canon Pixma MX7600 is a beautiful all-in-one (AIO) printer. For most small office/home office users (SoHo’s), it could easily meet their needs. It is moderate in size (21.0″ x 19.7″ x 10.1″) and includes wired networking. Full disclosure: I have […] Read more »

Blockbuster Set-top Box Has Problems; slow-filling screens, password issues, and a DRM message said to hamper this movie rental service. (ZatzNotFunny!) Jokes.com Relaunched; Comedy Central brings back the bite-sized bits of stand-up with more than 5,000 clips from the likes of Demetri Martin, Sarah Silverman and […] Read more »

Even the most devoted of web workers sometimes resorts to printing things out on bits of dead trees, in my experience. Maybe it’s the setup information for a new account or the instructions for some software or even your favorite LOLcat – sooner or later you’ll […] Read more »

Airport Express & Non-Wireless Routers DVD Conversion Best Practice? Old iPod, New screen? Search File Size (*.* on pcs) RSS feeds and “Bloglines.com” – do you use it? Read more »

YouTube has a new plan to make money — let the creators do the work. The company will start allowing professional content producers that have their own sales teams start selling their own ads on their YouTube channels, according to Advertising Age. Creators will be able […] Read more »

Before I switched to a Mac, I had a home network set up so that I could print and share files without many problems. Having a networked printer is great for anyone with a laptop. My wife’s computer at home is a PC (not for long, […] Read more »

Good news for American Airlines travelers; the company has a four-month trial to provide mobile tech comforts on the flight. Transcontinental first- and business-class flyers get a a nice loaner set of gear: Archos 704 media players with hours of pre-loaded content, plus the glitzy Bose […] Read more »

If you are looking for technical observations, look elsewhere. If you want to hear a pod cast about the day, check out The Gillmor Daily. This one has just my pure, unscientific observations; think of them as musings of an over caffeinated mind…. Om The Google […] Read more »