Okay, so it’s nearing March. Those new year’s resolutions you made almost two months ago haven’t been sticking. Need a bit of  help? Chrometa! Chrometa is “a time tracking app that respects your time.” Because, “tracking time shouldn’t take time.” So, “Chrometa takes care of the details and lets you focus on your work.” I’d [...]

A couple of eye-brow raising stats came out recently. The Society for New Communications Research released a study regarding journalists and their use of social media. It’s no shock that the study revealed the “use of social media tools by journalists is surging, growing in double-digit percentages in some cases.” But, as ZDNet points out… [...]

Beck & Lee (Miami) and the Weston Firm (San Diego) filed a class action lawsuit against Yelp yesterday. Why? Well, according to the Yelp Class Action Website, “the lawsuit alleges that Yelp runs an extortion scheme in which the company’s employees call businesses demanding monthly payments, in the guise of ‘advertising contracts,’ in exchange for [...]

Beginning March 1st, Google’s tipping over the dominoes and starting the phase-out of Internet Explorer 6. March 1st begins Google’s drop for IE 6 support in regards to Google Docs and Google Sites. “As a result, you may find that from March 1 key functionality within these products — as well as new Docs and [...]

Alright SND fans, we need your input. With the April 15th Tax deadline looming, we want to know how YOU file your taxes. There are plenty of different ways to get the job done, as outlined in our tax filing guide. But what has your experience been? Do you prefer one of the boxed software [...]

You may have already heard: Apple is cleaning out their apps store. They’ve decided “to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store.” It’s definitely not a first for Apple… banning a particular genre of apps. According to PC World, Apple also banned GPS apps that feed the user location-aware ads and Apple-brand competing [...]

What can I say? It’s a Friday… the week has finally dragged on and there isn’t much longer until the weekend officially starts. Rather than writing on one topic, I thought I’d share the best of what was going on today, in the world of tech and software at least… Chinese Schools Spurred Online Hacking [...]

“F*ck You, Google” ran viral through the tech world not too long ago.  And Google (smartly) responded in haste. Have you read the post? Have you heard the chatter? It seems like the original blog post from author Harriet Jacobs has been made private, but Gizmodo has a copy. Did you hear about the problems [...]

It’s tax season! And TurboTax has teamed up with NBC to bring a full on cross-platform ad campaign. Before the Olympics started, I seem to recall an ad with Community stars Ken Jeong and Jim Rash. In addition to the NBC network, TurboTax also teams up with Burn Notice on the USA Network, The Real [...]

Research in Motion (RIM) announced its free server software today, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. Basically, the software syncs your BlackBerry smartphone with Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Windows Small Business Server. Mike Lazaridis, President and co-CEO of RIM, explains, ” In a marketplace where smartphones are becoming ubiquitous, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express significantly raises the bar [...]