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Criterion Moving their entire collection from Netflix to Hulu Plus
Let me start out by saying until I read this article on pcmag.com, I wasn’t even sure who or what Criterion is or what they did. I was just scanning the article and wondering why would someone move their content from Netflix to Hulu? Then I came accross this quote in a blog post from [...]
Search Engine Optimization vs Social Media Marketing (SEO vs SMO)
This post can become outdated very fast that’s why I will be researching, testing and updating this post numerous times over the next few months. I think Social Media Marketing should be separated from SEO. In the case of Facebook, it has over 500 million users. It has it’s own ecosystem, rules, language and the [...]
Find my Iphone is Now FREE!
I know I’m a bit late but I just realized that Find my iPhone is now free for everyone. I just finished adding the two iPads and two iPhones to my account. You must upgrade to IOS 4.2.1 for this to to work. Before find my iPhone was free, it cost $100 as part of [...]
Colorado Student Pays Tuition One Dollar at a Time
I found this hilarious story published on January 15th in The New York Times about this University of Colorado student that paid his entire tuition bill of $14,309.51 using using dollar bills, a 50-cent piece and a penny. Nic Ramos said he initially started doing it because it was a joke then realized it was an [...]
My Xbox 360 vs Playstation 3 Review
Early last year, I got rid of my Playstation 3. And now I am ready to take the plunge back to some serious gaming. iPad andiPhone games, while they can be fun, can only hold my attention for so long. I got my previous PS3 as a gift so I had no opportunity to choose [...]
Ten quick email productivity tips
Here are 10 Tips that my employer CUNet provided to improve productivity and reduce wasted time. There is no need to send a one word “thanks” email; its implied. Code your emails in the subject line – INFO – if its an information email | REPLY – if you need the recipient to take some [...]
Windows Phone 7 commercial might be on to something
In Microsoft new Windows Phone 7 commercials, people are portrayed as being totally obsessed with our phones where we are seen doing rediculous things (see photo above). I know they might have exaggerated a bit but they might be on to something. Tonight while on the 3 train coming home from work, I counted 33 [...]
New York City Parks to get free WIFI
Cablevision and Time Warner Cable have agreed to spend $10 million to provide free WIFI service in 32 city parks. This is part of the deal to renew their exclusive cable television franchises. Under the deal, anyone can have free WiFi in the parks for up to three 10-minute sessions a month – a total [...]
AT&T Switching from Unlimited 3G Data to Tiered Pricing
The honeymoon is over, AT&T has announced that starting June 7th, 2010. They will no longer provide unlimited data to new iPhone users, current users will be grandfathered into their current unlimited plans but will have the option to switch to the new plans. The new plans are outlined below. DataPlus – 200 MB of [...]
Read Write Web and the Facebook Login Fiasco
I was recently listening to TWIT 235 (This Week in Tech) with Leo Laporte and I laughed at people who did a Google search for “Facebook Login” they got to this page on ReadWriteWeb. The article was title “Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login”. People who found the site through Google thought they [...]
PS3 Updates are getting ridiculous
I must say that the updates on the PlayStation 3 are getting ridiculous. I tried to play an online game today and I had to go through the process of updating my system software. System Software Version 3.10. You know the new features it added? The display method for photos in the [Photo] category has [...]
Apple and Palm still at it over the Pre's Itunes Syncing
Just about a week ago Apple released Itunes 8.2.1 which broke the Pre’s Itunes syncing capability. Now today Palm released the Pre webOS 1.1.0 which resolved the issue. The Pre now syncs with Itunes again!!
Company Fined $300,000 For Posting Fake Reviews Online
The following article is a repost from the website of the New York State Attorney General. Congratulations to them to being forward thinking and realizing that this is a big issue online today. I know e commerce stores that hire dedicated staff to do this or outsource this to specialized firms overseas. In the article [...]
President Obama's Speech in Accra, Ghana
Text of President Barack Obama’s speech on Saturday July 11th, 2009 in Accra, Ghana. ___ Good morning. It is an honor for me to be in Accra, and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I’ve received, as are Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama. [...]
Apple's Subtle warning to the Palm Pre about Itunes syncing.
One of the Palm Pre’s selling points is its ability to sync with your current Itunes library. On Tuesday, Apple published a support article iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players. Read the excerpt below Apple designs the hardware and software to provide seamless integration of the iPhone and iPod with iTunes, the iTunes Store, [...]
Are you Skynet? Wolfram Alfra's Answer
I was messing around with Wolfram Alpha, the new computational engine and I must say it can very very helpful if you know what to look for. It can also return some hilarious answers like the one below. The question was “Are you Skynet?”
Microsoft Cancels Live Product Upload
Microsoft canceled their free Live Product Upload, for those of you who don’t know what the service did, it was similar to the Google Shopping Engine. As an online merchant I had very high hopes for this program because of the runaway success of Google’s Program. It is being replaced by the Cashback program which [...]
Traffic to Linkedin is growing
With the job losses mounting, I’ve noticed and explosion in the amount of friends I can find on the social networking site linkedin.com. The growth can be attributed to more people looking for work and its the perfect site to network. The amount of people asking for recommendations, a feature on the site, has also [...]
Google flags all websites as harmful
Earlier today all searches on Google produced the “this site may be harmful link” next to every search result. It only lasted an hours and the problem was quickly reversed. Google issued an apology on its blog and attributed it to a human error. We periodically update that list and released one such update to [...]
Managing programs that automatically start with your computer
Have you ever taken a glance by the time in the lower right hand of your computer and notice a number of icons sitting there. When you install most programs, they have a small part of the program running, so when you finally need the program it doesn’t have to start loading from scratch and [...]
Digital TV transition bill fails to pass in the House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives did not pass a bill to delay the Digital TV Transition. It looked like a sure bet to pass. The bill needed two-thirds of the votes of the House under “special rules adopted for the vote,” and reportedly, the vote was just 258 to 168 in favor of changing [...]
Circuit City's going out of business sale
Yesterday I visited a Circuit City store in the Green Acres mall in Valley Stream, NY. I saw the big signs that said 10 to 30% off. I was disappointing when I went into the store, televisions, receivers and most other big ticket items were only 10% off, the 30% was on cables and accessories. [...]
Jailbreaking/Unlocking my iPhone 3g with 2.2 OS
I always thought that jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone was one and the same thing. I learned today that they were different. I finally decided to take the leap after seeing my brother use a tethering app that I thought would be useful. I used PwnageTool_2.2, and followed all the instructions and it jailbroke my [...]
Google's Chrome browser out of beta today.
Google Chrome came out of beta today. Users can now download it at the official Chrome site. Users who are currently running the beta version will be notified of the new update on Friday. I can’t wait to see if all the bug fixed have been ironed out, chrome has been my browser of choice [...]