You may have seen last year's The Social Network which chronicled the dramatic rise of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Now comes The Twit Network. It's the story about a website and two guys who understood the way of the future when nobody else seemed to, and kept at it even though it is kind of … [Read more...]
Trillian and the Continuous Client
One of the frustrations with using various devices is that they don't always play nicely with each other. For instance, wouldn't it be nice if I could start an instant messaging conversation at work, continue it after I leave using my iPhone, and pick right up where I left off on my Mac Mini when I … [Read more...]
Changing Your Facebook Relationship Status Can Lead to Regret
Changing your Facebook relationship status can shake up your social graph, sometimes with regrettable results. Consider Kyle, who recently announced that he is now "...in a relationship." And read the ensuing comments. Poor Kyle. Imagine the excitement he felt as he made the bold leap and … [Read more...]
iPad 2: What You Need to Know
Today Steve Jobs introduced the much-anticipated iPad 2. We live-blogged the launch event, and I've gotta say, even though I already have a first-generation iPad, I want one of these. So what's new with the iPad 2? Rather than bore you with all the details, here's the stuff that I found really … [Read more...]
If Apple Made Water
Apple fanboys rejoice! Now when you drink the kool-aid, you can use Apple's newest product: Water. I always figured there must be something in the water up in Cupertino. Now we can all find out. via Scoopertino … [Read more...]
Jeopardy Categories That Would Bring Down Watson
IBM's Watson computer may have defeated mankind this week on the popular game show Jeopardy, but maybe the categories were stacked in Watson's favor. Joel Watson at Hijinks Ensue wondered just how well Watson would do if the categories were a little... um... "culturally biased." By the way, … [Read more...]
Facebook vs. Twitter: 2010 Demographics
Facebook and Twitter are both hugely popular social networks. Twitter has over 100 millions users, and Facebook over 500 million, and both show no signs of slowing down their phenomenal growth. DigitalSurgeons did some digging and put together this great infographic that breaks down the 2010 … [Read more...]
Brutally Honest Facebook Status Messages
If Facebook Status messages were brutally honest, they might look something like this: via Penis Hole … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Meebo
Back in 2005, multi-network instant messaging via the web was an emerging technology. Before then, you pretty much were limited to either running multiple desktop programs -- one for AIM, another for Yahoo and still another for what was then called MSN Messenger -- or a third-party desktop program … [Read more...]
Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta
The Windows Live Essentials beta is now available for download. I’ve had a chance to kick the tires on this one and I must say it’s a nice improvement. While the Essentials download includes such applications as Movie Maker and Photo Gallery - my two favorites are Windows Live Writer and Windows … [Read more...]