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Google: VoIP for the Homeless

February 28th, 2008 No comments
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Apparently, Google was inspired by David Horwitz's plan to buy homeless people in NY some KFC... Their plan is to give every homeless person in San Francisco a local 415 phone number and free voice mail account. This is being done through Google's acquisition last year of Grand Central. This proves Alec ...

1,2,3,4… Went onto the Apple store…

February 9th, 2008 1 comment

In case you don't watch MadTV... Canada's own Feist makes it big with an ipod commercial, an international hit album, and 4 Grammy nominations! She's earned the parody!

Telecom Oddities of 2007: “Por que no te callas?”

December 28th, 2007 2 comments
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1. "Why don't you shut up?" - that's what Spain's king Juan Carlos told Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in a debate. The clip has become the ringtone of choice for 500,000 spaniards, having generated $2 million in sales. 2. China's Huawei Networks shows amazing growth in the service provider router market ranking a ...

Take Down the Telcos: T-Mobile bans Twitter

December 17th, 2007 No comments
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There's a bunch of reports including this one from iJustine that US operator T-Mobile has banned Twitter. Apparently, the wireless provider explained it this way... …Twitter is not an authorized third-party service provider, and therefore you are not able to utilize service from this provide any longer…. T-Mobile is not in violation of any ...

You say you want a resolution…

November 23rd, 2007 1 comment
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You're a web designer... so where do you mark your territory when it comes to resolution. An Irish startup called FoldSpy has designed a tool to capture data from thousands of browsers and over 2 million page views to assess screen resolution of users. It's like an aggregate of resolution data ...

Design Tips for Engineers Now Building Robot Bus Drivers

November 16th, 2007 No comments
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Robots that will compliment if not completely replace most of the driving functions performed by human bus drivers are now in the works. I know, this may seem unbelievable, but it's not really. We already have most of the robotic driving components figured out. Robot bus drivers will initially be in the form ...

This Post Direct From iPod Touch

October 20th, 2007 No comments

This will be a short post without any images and no links. Word is there's a WordPress plug-in available for Safari mobile just Google it. I only wish I could hook up my Wii wand to my pod to type more quickly. Time is of the.. Ouwch! finger cramp already! ..must ...

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iPod Touch is YouTube Beautiful

October 13th, 2007 1 comment
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Now that I see Apple's new iPod Touch delivering the full YouTube eXperience. I finally understand the Apple TV & YouTube product. You see, none of Apple's products really compete with each other. The iPod touch won't replace your iPod Shuffle; you'll want both for different reasons. iPod shuffle is discrete ...

WiFi Wants to be Free: To Share or not to Share?

October 6th, 2007 4 comments
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WiFi sharing is gaining popularity as new do-it-yourself network management tools become available. As mentioned here, Meraki enables WiFi sharing (or reselling) with their unique wireless routers. Now, the ISP BT (British Telephone) in the UK is encouraging people to do same, that is share their WiFi using FON. FON also enables ...