Ok.com – The Perfect Movie Resource for Parents (Read This for a Free Kindle Fire!)
My friends at Ok.com have given me a Kindle Fire to give away to one of my readers in the Staymates community on Facebook. All you need to do is join Ok.com, share this article with your friends, and join the Staymates Facebook group. I’ll take it from there! See below for details… As a […]
Read more...Why I Returned My New Macbook Air and Replaced it With a Chromebook
As we enter the era of the server in your pocket, our habits of computer use are going to change. They already are. As I’m buying new products (I don’t get free stuff like some bloggers ;-)), I’m finding the things that used to be important in products just aren’t any more. The elements of […]
Read more...With New API, Twitter Attempts to Kill Autofollow Apps
Just this last week Twitter retired their long-lived 1.0 API for developers. This API was the first “versioned” release, a breath of fresh air in many ways for developers that were tired of API updates breaking their code. On June 11th, Twitter forced all devs to upgrade to their 1.1 API however, breaking many developers’ […]
Read more...Developers: Here’s How You Access #Hashtags in Your Apps
I showed earlier tonight a way you can access on Facebook.com the stream for any particular hashtag without having to have a link to get to it. I mentioned Facebook would likely release an API for this. Being the idiot that I am I neglected the fact that Facebook already has a search API, and […]
Read more...The Fight for #Conversation – Will There be a Migration From Twitter?
There’s no doubt that Facebook launching hashtags is a big thing, especially for marketers, but I think for users too. Now you can add a simple keyword prefaced by a pound sign (#) to any post or comment and immediately let others click and see the entire conversation around that particular keyword. This is really […]
Read more...How to View the Stream of Any Facebook Hashtag
Yesterday Facebook announced that they were finally launching the support of hashtags, a format currently supported on Twitter and Google+. This means any time you include a pound sign (#) followed by a keyword of any sort (try #throughglass for a fun view), it will turn into a link in your Facebook status update or […]
Read more...Some Google Glass Explorers Getting "Mysterious Package" as Early As Tomorrow
In the Google Glass community one Google Glass Explorer posted a rather interesting note today: “I just got a notification from UPS that I have a package sent by Google X to be delivered on Weds. Anyone get something similar? I didn’t see any posts about it. It looks very similar to the original random […]
Read more...#ifihadglass I Would Make Sure I Could Pay for it First
With the gradual notification of the 8,000 or so #ifihadglass applicants for Google Glass recently, I thought I’d come out and say it – make sure you can cover your costs before you book a plane ticket, fly to Mountainview (or New York City), and pay your $1500 to get Google Glass. The truth is, […]
Read more...When Moore’s Law Meets Life Expectancy
In a world of servers in your pocket, wearable computers, and devices that track your health over time, technology is not only affecting our culture, but our physical lives as well. I predict in our lifetimes we’ll see a healthier and more productive generation arise as a result of these devices. Our own lives will […]
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