In the wake of all the iPad news from yesterday, the accessory companies are coming out in full force to support the new device. There is already 3rd party add ons, but here is the one that our Gear Diary crew may actually care about. I just got this email this morning from the folks [...]
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In the wake of Apple news– here is some Google Nexus One news!
I know, I know. Today is supposed to be Apple Tablet Day. We arent supposed to talk about ANYTHING else. Yeah, right. I dont think so. So, here are some news items about another “Jesus phone-like” device, the Google Nexus One: 3G fix for Nexus One coming: According to a post over at Boy Genius [...]
Google Voice available for iPhone and Palm
Well, the war over Google Voice on an iPhone is over…and Apple has won! Starting today, Google Voice will be available for both the iPhone and the Palm Pre/Pixi via a mobile Google Voice web site. According to TechCrunch: The new Google Voice mobile site shows your inbox with transcribed calls, which you can play [...]
Geek trauma- no power or Internet
Yesterday, I experienced a traumatic event. As part of the healing process, I want to share it with you all. Yesterday morning at 0′dark-thirty a.m., a nasty rainstorm hit my area of Florida. We have been having nasty rain on and off for several days. This is usually no big deal. I woke several hours [...]
Blippy shows the world your buying habits
There are three types of people. People who don’t want you to know anything about them and don’t use social networking, people who will tell you some things, but not everything online, and people who are social exhibitionists who will tell you anything and everything about themselves online. For the social exhibitionists, have I got [...]
Online video news roundup
Its time for a quick round up of news about our favorite online video sites: YouTube site redesign: After their news about supportng HTML5 and starting their own rental services, what else does YouTube have to announce? Well, the left the best for last by announcing a major site redesign.The new look is opt-in [...]
Verizon drops 10 phones from $350 ETF
Verizon Wireless, possibly bowing to pressure from the FCC, has dropped 10 phones from their list that triggers the $350 early termination fee. This is in contrast to when they raised their ETF from $175 to the current $350. Why did they do this? According to a post over at CNet: In early December, the [...]
News from the Google Front
Here we go, all the news about Google that is fit to print: Dont Call it the GDrive: Users of Google Docs rejoice! You can soon upload any file type into Google Docs, whether its an office document or not. The only restriction is that the file cannot be more than 250MB. This feature is [...]
For all you couch potatoes, sitting is bad for you!
I saw this post over at The Register and couldn’t help but saying, “Well duh!” Swedish scientists have warned that too much sitting on your backside can provoke cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity. That’s pretty obvious, you might think, but the researchers from the Karolinska Institute and the Swedish School of Sport and Health [...]
Send Happy Birthday to a real Space Hero
I have been fascinated with space travel for as long as I can remember. I have been to see the local planetary shows time and time again. I have watched more specials, movies and Internet videos than I want to mention. A name that has been brought up time and time again is Buzz Aldrin. [...]
Drowning in subscriptions!
I remember, back in the day, where the only subscriptions I had to worry about were magazines. I only had two or three, and I only had to pay it once a year. I think I was out about $30 tops for the year. But now, geez, where do I start? There is my cellphone [...]
Random social networking news from the ‘Net
Its time once again for Random social networking news from around the Internet! “Waving” around to get attention: Well, according to an article over at The Register, it looks like all the craziness around getting a Google Wave invite has finally died down and is pretty much dead. The Google “alpha” release product just isn’t [...]
A sad state of affairs while at the bookstore
I was at Borders this weekend with my other half. I still like going to actual physical bookstores. I like seeing all the bookcases with all the different titles. I like reading the covers and seeing if I will like it. I usually start my tour at the magazines, segue over to mysteries and science [...]
AT&T and Verizon slashing prices!
Anyone remember the old Crazy Eddie commercials? He was the guy slashing prices that were “insane”? Well, it looks like AT&T and Verizon Wireless are becoming “crazy” too. They just announced that both services will be slashing their voice and data plans, to compete more effectively in today’s market. Verizon Wireless announced that starting Monday, [...]
gTasks and CES- the perfect combo
While here at CES, I have been running around like the proverbial chicken with my head cut off. There is so much to do, but worse, there is so much to remember to do once I get back home. Geez. How in the world are you supposed to keep track of it all? Well, one [...]
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