The Kogeto Dot is a clip-on attachment that let's you easily create 360-degree interactive videos with your iPhone 4/4s. When you want to shoot a video, clip the Dot onto your iPhone, launch the free Dot app and start recording. When you stop, the video can be uploaded and shared on the Kogeto … [Read more...]
Join the Conversation and Win an iPod Nano + TikTok Watch
BigBlueBall is giving away an 8 GB iPod Nano with a super-cool, black TikTok watch band that turns the Nano into a wearable watch. I've been wearing one of these for a few months and love it. The TikTok watchband allows you to quickly snap the iPod Nano in or out depending on how you want to use it. … [Read more...]
Happy 8th Birthday, Skype!
It's hard to image that Skype was born just eight short years ago. While they weren't the first, and they have more competition today than ever (FaceTime, Google Huddle), Skype did a lot to take video calling from the stuff of science fiction to an everyday reality. To celebrate, they are … [Read more...]
Pew Report: Social Media Adoption Up Over 50%
A Pew Report released today shows that social media is used by over 117 million adults in the US, up over 50% from just three years ago. How do they view their social media experience? When asked, "What is the one word that describes your experience using social networking sites?" the overwhelming … [Read more...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
The news is buzzing about Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple. The iconic leader is credited with turning around the company when he returned, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world. In the 90's everyone knew about the Walkman. Where is that today? The iPhone changed the … [Read more...]
Twitter Adds User Galleries
Twitter today announced an image gallery and browser that makes it easy for you to browse all the images ever shared by any user (at least up to 100, and only back as far as January 1, 2010). It works in conjunction with a number of popular image sharing services, including Twitter, yFrog, TwitPic, … [Read more...]
Skype Purchases GroupMe
Group messaging startup GroupMe has agreed to be acquired by Skype. GroupMe was started just a year ago by Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci and has already raised over 11 million from investors. What is GroupMe? GroupMe allows you to create on the fly private phone groups with others, and then … [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...]
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...]