6/10/09

Facebook is getting ready to let you use your name as your vanity page. This means that you can set your facebook URL to facebook.com/yourname. There will be privacy settings so you can keep people from finding you if you would not like to be found. This will come out on Saturday.

6/09/09

A new line of iPhones are out called the iPhone 3GS. They come in 32 and 16 gigabyte models. The older 8 gigabyte models will have their price dropped down to $99.

5/29/09

Google Earth is now giving you business listings. If you turn on the business layer on Google Earth, you can see listings of local restaurants, bars, etc. If you click on the icon, you can get anything such as phone numbers, business hours, etc. This is available on the iPhone or your desktop.

2/28/09

A new Zune will be out later this Fall and it will be touch screen. The ZuneHD will have an HD radio tuner, an OLED touch screen, and it will use a version of internet explorer for its touch screen.

5/27/09

Circutcity.com has relaunched late last week. They have some amazing deals and the prices are close or even better to Amazon prices.

Facebook has been blocked in Iran. The countries news agency says that the move is only trying to stop supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi from using the site for his campaign.

5/26/09

Wolframalpha.com is a new website that does anything from complex mathematical problems to giving you information on movies, countries, etc.

Sling has come out with an iPhone app. It costs $29.99 and allows you to watch the movies you have saved on your DVR on your iPhone. However, you need wifi to use it and won't be able to watch over 3g connection.

5/11/09

It is being said that Apple is planning on buying Twitter for $700 million.

A Canadian hardware company, Rona, has come up with a new, creative advertisement campaign. What they have decided to do is hang a banner under the Nano Chromatic billboards to make it look like the paint from the chromatics are dripping into buckets. The purpose of this is to promote Rona's new recycling program for paint.

5/08/09

Amazon has announced the Kindle DX. The new device has a larger 9.7 inch display, storage for 3,500 books, auto-rotating screen, and a built in PDF reader. You can purchase it online for $489.

5/07/09

The new Blackberry Storm is scheduled to be released sometime in September. The rumor is it will support Wifi and have a click-screen. Both of these were complaints with the first generation of Blackberry Storms.

5/06/09

The world's toughest phone will be released this summer. It has rubber around the ends with space in between the screen and the LCD, making it harder to crack. It can survive more than 20 g-forces. It is water-proof, dust-proof, contains 15 hours of talk time, has GPS, and has a 2 megapixel camera.

5/04/09

RealDVD's new program allows you to burn DVDs onto your hard-drive. It is basically a movie version of what iTunes lets you do with CDs. Soon after the program was made available, the movie industry hit them with a lawsuit and made them stop selling the program. Most people seem to agree that this should be legal. The DVDs that are being burned have already been legally paid for.

4/28/09

Google has launched Google Profiles. It allows you to make a quick profile on Google so when people Google your name, the link to your profile will show up at the bottom of the list of results. This is good for people that don't like the things that come up when their name is Googled.

4/27/09

A company called Polar Rose is offering face recognition to Flickr. People can upload photos and Flickr will group faces together once the user has identified each face. Then the appropriate faces will be tagged in future uploaded photos. Whether or not the program will work accurately is not known.

4/24/09

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide in 1915.

At namechk.com you can find out where you are registered on several social sites such as myspace or facebook.

The new 3G model of the sidekick will be out mid-May. It is thinner than previous models and has a 3.2 megapixel camera. It also has the ability to stream live video to your favorite social networks such as Youtube, Facebook, etc. It also has a home Twitter application.

4/23/09

Google is now releasing Google News Timeline which will allow you to view news on a given topic in scale by days, weeks, months, and years. You can even specify where the information is coming from, such as magazines or newspapers.

4/22/09

A new solar powered phone has been announced that will be released in Japan from the carrier KDDI. It will take 10 minutes to charge up the phone for one phone call or for 120 minutes of stand by time.

4/21/09

To get the Wallstreet Journal online, you need to pay money. However, there is a new iPhone app that allows you to get their content for free!

Facebook has recently announced that they have gotten 200 million users!

If you would like to create a social network, try making it at Ning.com. They have just reached 1 million social networks!

4/20/09

A new line of Zunes have been released and are spring themed. There are Zunes that have tree designs. tapestry designs, or queen bee designs.

4/16/09

People in the lab at MIT have made a set up so that hamsters giving little movement on a wheel can generate electricity. This can lead to much bigger things, such as maybe being able to power a laptop by just moving a bit.

4/15/09

Google search now has a feature where you can enter a certain color so pictures containing that color theme will come up. It is not yet available to everyone but Google is working on having it available in the near future.

4/14/09

There have been many studies done about video games, and the latest studies show that playing action video games such as Call of Duty can improve your eyesight. Games like these make it easier for you to see contrast.

Microsoft is ending Encarta due to the fact that Wikipedia has become so popular.

4/13/09

A test was done on a few over 200 students using Facebook and noticed that 68% of them did worse in school than those that did not use Facebook. Because this test didn't use many people it is not necessarily reliable and/or accurate, but Facebook obsessions definitely aren't great.

3/31/09

Dell has released new inspirons. These are new desktops that can cost as low as $300. They come in a variety of colors. They have up to 8 gigs of memory and 750 gigs of storage, and have 6 USB ports.

3/26/09

Youtomb.mit.edu is a new site that allows you to see the thousands of videos that were taken off youtube daily for reasons such as copyright infringement. The bad part is you can't watch all of these videos, but you get a good sense about what they are about.

Photofunia.com is a site that allows you to upload your photos and put over 100 effects on them.

3/25/09

The iPhone 3.0 contains new features, such as a new copy and paste feature that has been requested for for so long. You can select and drag two bars around the text you would like to select and the option to cut, copy, or paste will come up. You can switch apps and still be able to copy and paste the text. You can also copy and paste pictures stored on you iPhone.

3/24/09

Myspace has added a photo-editor to the site. It isn't as good as photoshop, but it will let you do basic photo-editing things, such as removing red-eye.

There is now an iPhone app out for match.com. It allows you to update your profile, view other peoples profiles, and even view other singles in your area.

3/23/09

Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8. It has added security improvements, a private browsing option, and more.

Many people love to go to sleep listening to their iPod touches or iPhones and would like a way to get the iPod to go to sleep with them rather than staying on all night. If you go to the timer app, you can select a time, and than hit "when timer ends" where you can choose the "iPod sleep" option. When the timer ends the iPod will go to sleep with you.

3/16/09

iPhone may be getting an update so you can copy and paste on the phone.

There is a new app out for New Yorkers called "iHave to Pee" and it gives lists of all the nearest restrooms. It tells you which of the restrooms are public or for paying customers and even has reviews of all the restrooms so you can tell ahead of time.

3/13/09

This is the second Friday the 13th this year!

3D baseball cards are out now. When you hold up the card to a webcam, the player's 3D model will show along with stats. The company is also trying to get this effect with old baseball cards, but this seems pretty unlikely.

3/12/09

There are restaurants that have electronic menus. There is a big projector hanging over the table projecting a screen down onto the table. A mouse pad allows you to navigate using touch. You can order food, play games, call for a taxi, ask for the bill, and so much more!

3/11/09

Whitepages has an application for phones to block calls from telemarketers. There is also an app to find the name and location of an unknown caller.

Apple has released another iPod Shuffle. This one can speak to u and read out the names of the songs. It is about half the size of the last iPod Shuffle. It carries 4 gigabytes of music and is $79. It is available now.

3/10/09

Samsung is coming out with some more touch screen phones; the S5600 ant the S5230. They have customizable interface and can store up to 8 gigabytes. They both have a 3 megapixel camera that has smile recognition and a full browser.

3/09/09

Aston Martin has just released the One-77 super car. It has over 700 horse power, and it's top speed is 200 miles an hour!

If you are a Twitter user, hootsuite.com may help you manage multiple Twitter accounts and view stats such as how many people have viewed your link and much more.

3/05/09

A new car is coming out that is called the iChange. It can go from a one-seat vehicle to a three-seat passenger car at the push of a button. Most of the cars functions are controlled by your iPhone! Don't lose your phone!!!

3/04/09

There is a program that you can buy for your laptop for $30. If your laptop is reported stolen, it will continually say "stolen laptop" and have a siren going off. The only way to stop it is to go to a website and shut it off yourself.

You can use twitter on your phone using text messages. If you enter your number on Twitter under settings and text your messages to 40404 than the messages will be uploaded to your Twitter account. You can also receive updates from the people you follow by texting "on" to the same number or "off" to stop receiving them.

3/3/09

Skype will soon be offering voice-to -text messaging. It will be charging 25 cents per message. Another downside is that if the words are misspelled than they will be changed into question marks and you will still be charged.

Flickr is now allowing users to upgrade videos in HD.

Alaska Airlines are now getting in flight wifi. If it works out well, the wifi will be used on the entire fleet, but it won't be free.

3/02/09

Lilly Allen is a popular music artist. She now has a video game out. This is a smart way to advertise music.

There is a new tv.com app for the iPhone which is pretty cool because you will be able to watch episodes from your phone.

Boxee users should not upgrade their apple TV software. Boxee may be removed.

2/27/09

Apple has made it possible to scroll through your web history using the same cover flow used on iPhones to scroll through album artwork.

If you have a gmail account, you can change the settings to be able to send text messages from the account. Under settings you need to enable it, and then you can begin sending and receiving texts from your computer.

2/26/09

There is a feature that you can set up on your gmail account that makes you do math problems so that you have to think before sending out any emails. It can ensure that you're not drunk and/or force you to think before sending emails that maybe you don't actually want to send out. 

Scientists are working on TV screens that can bend. Maybe in the future you will be able to put a TV screen on a T-shirt!

2/25/09

By 2011, it is possible that we may be able to vote from our cell phones. Voting via cell phone is a great idea, but in order to do it, you need a specific type of chip in your phone. Even though there is this catch, the idea is headed in the right direction. 

A researcher in Toronto created a female android. It's name is Aiko. It can speak a bit of English and is able to recognize faces. It can also tell the weather!

2/24/09

audible.com is a great place to get audio downloads. 

Screentoaster.com is a free site where you are able to record on screen action. You can record video tutorials, etc. 

Apple has created a laptop called the Macbook Wheel where the traditional keyboard has been replaced with a touch-sensitive wheel, similar to that of the ipod. 

2/23/09

I made a logo design in my computer class to represent me. I decided to go with a robotic design because I am currently taking robotics and engineering courses. I used a robotic controller to represent robotics. I used a sans serif font to show a hard working nature. The "building the future" is in a script font to be informative and is in red to stand out from the text above and beneath it. The font for "robotics engineering" is the same as the initials to mirror the initials. It is the same dark gray color I used in the antenna of the controller. 

IBM has created a vest that you can wear that helps you dodge bullets. It isn't bullet proof, but it does calculations and actually moves you out of the way of bullets coming towards you.

2/19/09

At lala.com you are able to download songs for 10 cents, but the downside is you add them to a playlist and are only able to play them on a browser. 

At lifehacker.com you can get a small sticker that can stick to the back of your phone that reads "Reward if Found" and you can put your email on it. If your phone is found someone can email you and if they return your phone you can give them a reward for it. 

2/18/09

People are working on combining a phone and a credit card. This could be useful because you wouldn't have to carry around both a phone and a credit card. 

There is also a 3D business card, so you can have more than one photos on your card. 

Your house plant can have it's own Twitter account! There is a device that can be placed in your house plant and when it needs to be watered it will automatically send a Tweet to Twitter. 

2/17/09

Happy President's Day!

Animoto.com is a website that allows you to put all your pictures into a 30 second video. If you would like to make the movie longer you can pay $30 a year for a wider range of video options.

Lots of people fish for information on the internet, and there are many ways to prevent it. Always check URLs before typing information in on the sites because it may be a fake website. 

2/13/09

It's Friday the 13th!!! Yikes!

There are gloves out that have little dots on the fingertips that allow you to use your iPhone while wearing them. 

Mrtweet.net is a website that can help you get more followers on Twitter. If you follow Mr. Tweet than he can give you lists of people that you should be following. It will help you build up your Twitter profile.

2/12/09

There is a new website up where you can type in key words and see how many people on Twitter are talking about it. It displays it in Venn Diagrams so you can see how many for each key word and how many people are talking about both.

Google has added to-do lists to peoples gmail accounts.

2/11/09

If you purchased a 30 gigabyte Zune in 2006, chances are it froze up or broke. Microsoft's website has ways to fix some of these problems. They say that the Zune commited suicide.

Wikipedia got a $6 million donation and are now able to keep the site up for another year. 

At clipnabber.com you can take urls from video sharing sites such as youtube, google videos, and blip and download them. 

2/10/09

Tech Crunch recently held their Crunchies Awards, where Facebook won the top prize for the second year. 

A company at CES is making the first dishwasher-safe keyboard. This can come in handy when ur keyboards get dirty from food, etc that get stuck inside. 

2/09/09

Google now has a version of Google Earth that allows you to go underneath the water and to Mars!

Facebook is now 5 years old.

A website called yourfonts.com can take your handwriting and turn it into a font.