Archive for April, 2010
Lala is Shutting Down, iTunes.com Coming Soon?
Streaming music service Lala.com will be shutting down next month May 31 according to announcement at Lala.com and an email sent to subscribers. The online music site allowed users to stream music they uploaded or pucrchased at Lala.com. Apple acquired Lala late last year and many people are speculating that the service will be the [...]
MacBook Pro Review Series: What’s Missing
Last week I bought a high-end 15″ MacBook Pro and have been very pleased with it so far. It’s significantly faster than my last MacBook Pro and I love the new display. However, there are a few things missing that should come as standard equipment on any notebook that’s priced over at more than $2,000. [...]
HP Slate w/ Windows 7 Canceled?
Techcrunch is reporting that the long-awaited HP Slate will not be launched as planned. HP had previously stated that it would launch its first consumer-centric slate this summer. Earlier this month, HP released a promo video of its slate device demonstrating several features not found on the iPad. It was shown running a customized user [...]
Adobe CEO fires back on Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs wrote an open letter yesterday explaining his thoughts on Adobe Flash. The bottom line? Flash crashes Macs. ”Flash was created during the PC era for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about [...]
Counterpoint: Microsoft Sticks with HTML 5 vs Flash
We have been watching the ever escalating war between Adobe and Apple over using Adobe Flash vs HTML5. Right now, its looking like Apple is winning their argument, and the world is shifting to HTML5 as a video viewing standard. Web sits across the board, including Facebook and YouTube, are already converting their videos. And [...]
Gadgets for Mother’s Day
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, its time once again to answer that age old question your father asks, ” What should I get your mother for Mother’s Day this year?” I think every child goes through this year after year. What is worse than this? Well, what if you are a techie and [...]
Can iWork Make You More Productive?
This week, the Apple iPad 3G editions will be arriving in some homes. One lucky buyer already has his. So for those just joining the fun, and some of you doing so wirelessly via AT&T, you may already be wondering something: can you actually get any work done on this toy? I’ve been enjoying my [...]
How to Automatically Shorten Links on Windows Mobile
If you use the Twitter mobile website to share links on your Windows Mobile Phone you may find the process of shortening a long link inconvenient. Now, instead of visiting several webpages to shorten a link you can use ShortenMobile from xda-developers to automatically shorten long links for easy sharing on Twitter. ShortenMobile is a free Windows [...]
HP’s New App Store for Netbook Users
Thanks to the success of Apple’s App store for the iPhone and iPad, countless companies have unveiled versions for their devices. The most recent is HP, who announced today that the company was launching the HP Download Store which will serve as a, virtual marketplace for consumers and small business owners.†HP says the company created it to [...]
Jon Stewart on Lost/Stolen Apple iPhone
The leaked Apple iPhone has been major news in geekland for the past couple of weeks. Daily Show host Jon Stewart talked about how much he likes Apple’s products and dislikes how Apple’s handling the fiasco. The next generation prototype iPhone was lost in a bar, sold to Gizmodo and detailed on video. Jon Stewart talked [...]
