Biggest Tech Stories Of The Year (Forbes)
Posted on December 29, 2008 in Twitter com
Beneath the Microsoft-Yahoo! non-deal and Steve Jobs' non-death, the year's real disruption crept in slowly. Wearing a T-shirt for profit, style (The Florida Times-Union) If the economists are right, 2009 could be another rocky year. But Jason Sadler, a 26-year-old from Ponte Vedra Beach, has a plan to make some extra cash. He is taking the old expression "selling the shirt off your back" and putting a modern, Twitter-age twist on it. He is selling shirts onto his back - or perhaps more significantly, onto his chest and iwearyourshirt.com. ...
Wearing a T-shirt for profit, style (The Florida Times-Union)
Posted on December 29, 2008 in Twitter com
If the economists are right, 2009 could be another rocky year. But Jason Sadler, a 26-year-old from Ponte Vedra Beach, has a plan to make some extra cash. He is taking the old expression "selling the shirt off your back" and putting a modern, Twitter-age twist on it. He is selling shirts onto his back - or perhaps more significantly, onto his chest and iwearyourshirt.com. ... Biggest Tech Stories Of The Year (Forbes) Beneath the Microsoft-Yahoo! non-deal and Steve Jobs' non-death, the year's real disruption crept in slowly.
Why Twitter Should Matter to E-Commerce Shops (ECommerce-Guide)
Posted on December 28, 2008 in Twitter com
It's practically impossible to find a story that doesn't darkly point out that the microblogging service Twitter has no revenue model, yet despite that concern, all the complaints about unreliable service, the rants about the exceptionally high noise-to-signal ratio, the outright attacks that accuse the company of "top-to-bottom incompetence," Twitter keeps on tweeting and seems likely to ... Wearing a T-shirt for profit, style (The Florida Times-Union) If the economists are right, 2009 could be another rocky year. But Jason Sadler, a 26-year-old from Ponte Vedra Beach, has a plan to make some extra cash. He is taking the old expression "selling the shirt off your back" and putting a modern, Twitter-age twist on it. He is selling shirts onto his back - or perhaps more significantly, onto his chest and iwearyourshirt.com. ...
Wearing a T-shirt for profit, style (The Florida Times-Union)
Posted on December 28, 2008 in Twitter search
If the economists are right, 2009 could be another rocky year. But Jason Sadler, a 26-year-old from Ponte Vedra Beach, has a plan to make some extra cash. He is taking the old expression "selling the shirt off your back" and putting a modern, Twitter-age twist on it. He is selling shirts onto his back - or perhaps more significantly, onto his chest and iwearyourshirt.com. ... Man missing after shark attack (Channel 4) Authorities launched a massive search operation for a missing man police suspect was attacked by a shark while snorkeling in Western Australia.
Mom killed, son hurt in LI hit and run (WABC-TV New York)
Posted on November 23, 2008 in Twitter windows
Witnesses say a mother pushed her son out of the way before she was hit. Puttin’ on the Ritz (Manila Bulletin) Think of Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn. Or think of Brad Pitt, Russel Crowe, George Clooney...and Audrey Hepburn. Worldwide IT spending growth to slow significantly - IDC Worldwide spending on information technology will slow significantly in 2009 as a direct result of the global financial crisis that began in September 2008.
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Mom killed, son hurt in LI hit and run (WABC-TV New York)
Posted on November 23, 2008 in Twitter windows
Police on Long Island are searching for a driver involved in a deadly hit and run. Puttin’ on the Ritz (Manila Bulletin) Think of Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn. Or think of Brad Pitt, Russel Crowe, George Clooney...and Audrey Hepburn. Worldwide IT spending growth to slow significantly - IDC Worldwide spending on information technology will slow significantly in 2009 as a direct result of the global financial crisis that began in September 2008.
Bryan Hale shows off his Twitter page (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley)
Posted on November 23, 2008 in Twitter mobile
KGBT Chief Meteorologist Bryan Hale is using Twitter to send out forecasts, photos and extra weather information. Puttin’ on the Ritz (Manila Bulletin) Think of Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn. Or think of Brad Pitt, Russel Crowe, George Clooney...and Audrey Hepburn. Worldwide IT spending growth to slow significantly - IDC Worldwide spending on information technology will slow significantly in 2009 as a direct result of the global financial crisis that began in September 2008.
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5 Must Have Tools for Web Working Moms (Mashable)
Posted on November 21, 2008 in Twitter windows
Jessica Smith is Chief Mom Advisor of MomForce.com and Chief Mom Officer for Wishpot.com . She chronicles her experiences as a mom and virtual executive at JessicaKnows.com . More and more moms are leaving the nine-to-five corporate grind and finding themselves working virtually from home in order to spend more quality time with their children. These balance-achieving moms need to stay ... Puttin’ on the Ritz (Manila Bulletin) Think of Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn. Or think of Brad Pitt, Russel Crowe, George Clooney...and Audrey Hepburn. Worldwide IT spending growth to slow significantly - IDC Worldwide spending on information technology will slow significantly in 2009 as a direct result of the global financial crisis that began in September 2008.
Tags: mom, significantly, spending, hepburn, audrey
Windows Live Gets More Lively (Microsoft Watch)
Posted on November 13, 2008 in Twitter client
News Commentary. Early this morning, Microsoft formally unveiled the major deliverables for what has been called Windows Live Wave 3. Sweeping Changes At Live.com: It’s A Social Network! (TechCrunch) Microsoft's Live.com portal will change significantly this evening. No longer will it be a simple search engine with a few other services bolted on. It's now a social network, too, pulling in activity information and content from around the web. They're also launching Windows Live Photos and Windows Live People, and other services. Check it out at Home.Live.com . A lot of what they've done is ...
Gartner Highlights the Nine Most Contentious IT Issues for the Next Two Years (Centre Daily Times)
Posted on October 14, 2008 in Twitter client
During the next two years, IT's greatest opportunity to significantly improve overall enterprise operational performance will unfold from resolving the nine most contentious issues, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner Says IT Leaders Must Have the Courage to Make Long Term Decisions During Economic Crisis (Centre Daily Times) With the world's financial systems teetering on the brink of systemic meltdown, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the scale of events, however IT leaders must find the courage to look beyond the immediate threat towards the future, according to Gartner, Inc.
Skyfire for Windows Mobile - video review (MS Mobiles)
Posted on October 14, 2008 in Twitter client
October 12, 2008 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. Skyfire is a unique mobile "browser" because instead of rendering on the client, it uses server-side processing also for Flash and Silverlight. Gartner Highlights the Nine Most Contentious IT Issues for the Next Two Years (Centre Daily Times) During the next two years, IT's greatest opportunity to significantly improve overall enterprise operational performance will unfold from resolving the nine most contentious issues, according to Gartner, Inc.
Tags: mobile, years, gartner, issues, contentious
Visto adds mobile social networking to email application (SearchMobileComputing.com)
Posted on September 15, 2008 in Twitter client
Visto, a developer of push email technology, is launching a new mobile networking client that aggregates multiple social networking identities into a single interface. iPodObserver - Seeking Alpha: 6 Million iPhone 3Gs Sold Since Launch (The Mac Observer) Using two different metrics, Apple has sold 6 million iPhone 3Gs since launch, and that number could reach 7 million by the end of the quarter, according to Seeking Alpha on Friday. That beats the consensus Street numbers significantly
iPodObserver - Seeking Alpha: 6 Million iPhone 3Gs Sold Since Launch (The Mac Observer)
Posted on September 13, 2008 in Twitter client
Using two different metrics, Apple has sold 6 million iPhone 3Gs since launch, and that number could reach 7 million by the end of the quarter, according to Seeking Alpha on Friday. That beats the consensus Street numbers significantly Yahoo! oneConnect comes to iPhone first (ZDNet) I was quite excited about Yahoo oneConnect when I was able to play with it a bit back in February at Mobile World Congress and have been checking the Yahoo site regularly to see the launch of the S60 or Windows Mobile versions. Yahoo was showing off the S60 client...
New Avid Services Enable Third Parties to Easily Exchange Avid-Native Media (Broadcast Newsroom)
Posted on September 11, 2008 in Twitter api
TEWKSBURY, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/08 -- Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the availability of Avid® Media Toolkit and Avid Interplay ® Web Services: a pair of developer packages that significantly increase the openness of Avid solutions to easily interface with third party applications. Leading Location-Based Service Providers Turn to Eventful for Comprehensive Local Event Content (Centre Daily Times) Eventful, the leading service for discovering, sharing, creating and promoting local events, today announced partnerships with three leading mobile application providers that are developing location-based service offerings leveraging Eventful's microtargeted event data. Earthcomber, Loopt and uLocate are enhancing their existing suites of mobile applications by incorporating Eventful's data into ...
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The 10 best Google Android applications (IT World)
Posted on September 10, 2008 in Twitter api
Late last year, Google announced that it would give $10 million worth in prizes to software development companies to develop innovative and useful applications for their open source mobile Android platform. New Avid Services Enable Third Parties to Easily Exchange Avid-Native Media (Broadcast Newsroom) TEWKSBURY, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/08 -- Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the availability of Avid® Media Toolkit and Avid Interplay ® Web Services: a pair of developer packages that significantly increase the openness of Avid solutions to easily interface with third party applications.
Tags: avid, applications, google, services, announced
The 10 best Google Android applications (IT World)
Posted on September 10, 2008 in Twitter api
Late last year, Google announced that it would give $10 million worth in prizes to software development companies to develop innovative and useful for their open source mobile Android platform. New Avid Services Enable Third Parties to Easily Exchange Avid-Native Media (Broadcast Newsroom) TEWKSBURY, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/08 -- Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the availability of Avid® Media Toolkit and Avid Interplay ® Web Services: a pair of developer packages that significantly increase the openness of Avid solutions to easily interface with third party applications.
Tags: avid, applications, google, services, announced
New Avid Services Enable Third Parties to Easily Exchange Avid-Native Media (Broadcast Newsroom)
Posted on September 09, 2008 in Twitter api
TEWKSBURY, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/08 -- Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the availability of Avid® Media Toolkit and Avid Interplay ® Web Services: a pair of developer packages that significantly increase the openness of Avid solutions to easily interface with third party applications. Leading Location-Based Service Providers Turn to Eventful for Comprehensive Local Event Content (Centre Daily Times) Eventful, the leading for discovering, sharing, creating and promoting local events, today announced partnerships with three leading mobile application providers that are developing location-based service offerings leveraging Eventful's microtargeted event data. Earthcomber, Loopt and uLocate are enhancing their existing suites of mobile applications by incorporating Eventful's data into ...
Tags: avid, service, eventful, leading, application
New Avid Services Enable Third Parties to Easily Exchange Avid-Native Media (Broadcast Newsroom)
Posted on September 08, 2008 in Twitter api
TEWKSBURY, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/08 -- Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the availability of Avid® Media Toolkit and Avid Interplay ® Web Services: a pair of developer packages that significantly increase the openness of Avid solutions to easily interface with third party applications. Dozens of Product Launches and Announcements Planned for Web 2.0 Expo New York (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) O'Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, today preview product and market announcements that will be made at the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo New York. Web 2.0 Expos are the leading global gatherings of developers, designers, marketers, and business professionals building the next generation Web.
The Value Of A Good "Twitter" (CBS News)
Posted on August 22, 2008 in Twitter com
On a tip from a friend, technology analyst Larry Magid has signed onto micro-blog site Twitter. He hopes to gain a following and his very own slice of stardom, but will it be worth the time invested? Open Source: The Key to a Software Meritocracy (TechNewsWorld.com) Remember the good old days? Like back in 1999 when you could, as a friend of mine put it, "make a hundred thousand dollars a year for being able to spell Java." Those were the days, back when programmers driving Porsches had become a cliché. Now, more than a decade after the dot-com boom began, tech people once again find themselves earning less money despite bringing significantly more value to ...
Open Source: The Key to a Software Meritocracy (LinuxInsider.com)
Posted on August 22, 2008 in Twitter com
Remember the good old days? Like back in 1999 when you could, as a friend of mine put it, "make a hundred thousand dollars a year for being able to spell Java." Those were the days, back when programmers driving Porsches had become a cliché. Now, more than a decade after the dot-com boom began, tech people once again find themselves earning less money despite bringing significantly more value to ... Big Country politicians rip Internet communication laws (Abilene Reporter-News) The Big Country congressional delegation doesn't tweet or Twitter.