Feb 03
Loopt, a mobile application, announced they are donating $1 for every check-in at Chipotle, Whole Foods or Panera Bread before the end of Sunday. The proceeds will go towards the relief efforts in Haiti and there’s no charge to the Loopt user either. Minutes later, I read that Gowalla, a competing app, will be launching …
Jan 26
Google has finally brought extensions out of beta and stabilized them for the newly released update of Chrome. Bookmark syncing is packaged in there as well — automatically synchronize your Chrome bookmarks on different computers. Keep in mind that this update only applies to the Windows version of the web browser. No word yet on …
Jan 22
A report analyzing the strength of passwords was released yesterday by security firm, Imperva. The study is 32 million passwords strong, thanks to last year’s Rockyou.com breach. And “never before has there been such a high volume of real-world passwords to examine,” notes the study.Take heed to these key findings in Imperva’s study: About 30% …
Jan 21
A friend of mine, Emily, is moving to New York to learn, as she puts it, a practical skill. After working in the arts for a while, and majoring in the arts, she decided drop the harsh, struggling lifestyle to learn a more generally applicable skill. You know, in a more technical profession where the …
Jan 18
Ever have a frustrating conversation with a friend while trying to troubleshoot his/her computer issues? Where you’re trying the best you can without actually seeing the computer firsthand? Only to conclude that it’s going nowhere because you can’t see what’s going on? Ahh, the hardships of being the smarter, more computer-savvy friend… Well, ShowMeWhatsWrong has …
Jan 08
Ready for something super simple, yet oh-so-entertaining? Dustin showed us this fascinating “easter egg” that’s on Google right now. On the Google homepage, just hit the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. It’s quite captivating. I’m still entranced, and it’s been a good half hour of multi-colored stars shooting off in every direction. Remember the zombies in …
Dec 21
Lingt, a new startup, just launched in public beta today. And not only is it fun and addictive, but it’s also educational! Lingt helps people learn the massive number of vocabulary terms required for basic competency in a foreign language. We think the biggest problem with learning a new language is simply giving up, so …
Dec 10
It’s begun! Last night as I checked my AOL mail, I realized it wasn’t “AOL” anymore. It had become “Aol.” AOL trashed their logo and has emerged as a publicly traded company, official as of this morning. Although it’s been a slow day at the stock exchange, AOL is throwing caution to the wind and …
Dec 08
Google has been in the news a lot lately… new technologies, new innovations, new products… It’s all about Google. And that is why I think they are eventually going to take over the world. Well, the technological world, at least… Here are a few recent “waves” (no pun intended) Google has been making: Google Introduces …
Nov 12
I sometimes cringe at the output of paper being printed these days. Did that really have to be printed? Did it really have to take so many pages? It couldn’t be cut down somehow? I snickered when I heard the ghosts of carbon footprints whispering their guilt to me as I discovered PrintWhatYouLike.com’s bookmarklet. What …
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