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Archives for December 2009

What is Twitter?

December 30, 2009 by Mark Andrews Leave a Comment

Unless you've been living under a rock, it's been pretty hard to avoid hearing about Twitter. But even many of the people who use Twitter have a hard time explaining exactly what it is. More importantly, what's the point of Twitter? This clever video does a great job of explaining what Twitter is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tutorials, Twitter Tagged With: tutorial, Twitter, video

Blackberry Email Outage

December 17, 2009 by Mark Andrews 3 Comments

Blackberry users throughout North America faced long delays receiving email on their devices this Thursday. Research In Motion said they were aware of the problem and that engineers were working to solve it as soon as possible. RIM noted that customers could still make and receive phone calls, text … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blackberry Tagged With: Blackberry, Mobile, outage, RIM

The Truth About Sexting

December 13, 2009 by Jeff Hester 1 Comment

Sexting is all over the news these days. Whether you find it risky or risque, Joy of Tech's Nitrozac and Snaggy share the truth about sexting in this week's Sunday Funny. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: humor, Mobile, sex, sexting, sunday funnies, texting

A Love Story in Emoticons

December 8, 2009 by Jeff Hester 5 Comments

Storyteller and poet Rives tells a three-minute love story with a twist -- it's all done with emoticons. A very clever video presentation given at TED, worth a watch. Rives is a regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and starts in the Bravo special "Ironic Iconic America." … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging Tagged With: emoticons, humor, video

Google Goggles for Android

December 8, 2009 by Jeff Hester 1 Comment

Google has done some interesting things with mobile search in the past year, introducing voice search and local search using the location awareness capabilities of today's smartphones. Today, they are introducing visual search called Google Goggles. Google Goggles let's you take a picture of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: android, google, iPhone, Mobile, search

Nimbuzz Intros IM for BlackBerry

December 3, 2009 by Jeff Hester 3 Comments

Nimbuzz has created the first multi-network IM app for BlackBerry smartphones available in the RIM App World store. Because it's design as a native BlackBerry app, it can run in the background and push notifications to the phone much like their iPhone and Android apps can. This is the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blackberry Tagged With: Blackberry, instant messaging, nimbuzz, smartphone

Yahoo Updates iPhone Messenger

December 3, 2009 by Mark Andrews 1 Comment

Yahoo has released an update to Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone. Version 1.3 fixes some bugs, adds support for several languages and adds some nice new features. What's New in 1.3? Finally Yahoo has added the most-requested feature -- the ability to change your display pic right from your iPhone. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPhone

Skype for SIP beta now open

December 2, 2009 by Mark Andrews Leave a Comment

Skype has expanded testing of their Skype for SIP beta, opening it to any interested business. What is Skype for SIP? Skype for SIP allows businesses to integrate Skype VoiP calls with supported PBX systems. This allows employees to make regular calls from their desktop phone, and behind the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging, VoIP

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