Archive for the ‘Web 2.0’ Category

Cool Gadgets and Tech Innovations That Are Wowing The World

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

It's pretty amazing when you stop to think that just 10 years ago people were carrying around Nokia brick phones and using dial-up Internet. The age of information technology is here and the advancements are coming almost quicker than we can keep up with them. It's strange and exciting all ...

Updated Technology For Old Habits

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Everyday technology plays a larger role in our lives as investors and companies push for products that increase convenience and accessibility of services. This has especially been true for computer technology, which has undergone a metamorphosis from a large desktop to portable handheld systems. In only a few years, cell ...

Google to Change Search Engine Results to a Simpler Model

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Google has begun testing simpler and cleaner models for the search engine results page. The designs vary, but they all have more white space between results, fewer secondary links, like cached and similar, and no underlining in common. Another version of the search engine model has dashed lines between results, ...

ESRB Switches to Computer Automated Game Rating

Friday, May 6th, 2011

In an attempt to combat the influx of online games that have become popular in every computer lab across the US, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board has announced a new system for rating games through a computer automated network and questionnaire. Digital gaming growth placed a strain in the self-regulated ...

Growing Popularity of Online Gaming Having Real World Effect

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Once a niche market among a select few, gaming has grown by leaps and bounds from its humble beginnings. As various role playing games and more mainstream console based games grow in the popularity, the Internet has encouraged the change in the way our society views and uses these brands. ...

Just the sites from Techcrunch’s guide to music on the web

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Techcrunch recently posted a post about music sites called "Your Guide to Music on the Web -- Part 1".  Here are the sites it includes: Pandora Last.fm Deezer Finetune Amie Street Jamendo SoundCloud TheSixtyOne Project Playlist Jiwa.fm Jogli MixTube Lala Musicovery CitySounds.fm Jango RadioBeta TheRadio Aupeo Tun3r Play.fm Some of the sites/services are very similar and some are naturally better than others, but all are worth briefly checking  if you admire tuneage.  ...

‘We Choose the Moon’ to recreate Apollo 11 mission

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

In approximately 19 hours, We Choose The Moon will enter "stage 2" and the Apollo 11 moon mission will be recreated in real time.  I'm not exactly sure of the recreation details, but from what appears on the site currently, it looks like there could be a audio stream between ...

Fund Endeavors and Ideas with KickStarter

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Kickstarter is a fairly new way to fund various ideas and undertakings.  People who wish to fund a project -- say a musician, a filmmaker, an artist, etc. -- sign up on Kickstarter and anyone who wishes to pledge toward it can do so and may receive "rewards" (such as ...

Google Latitude Launches (with bugs?)

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Google Latitude, a web and mobile phone service that shows where your friends are on a map, has gone live.  However, it seems to have a few kinks left in it as the above iPhone screen grab shows.  Right now it doesn't seem to work at all on my iPhone. ...

Free Rhapsody Alternatives

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

For streaming music on demand, Rhapsody reigned supreme for a long time.  That time, I believe, is now over.  For one thing, Rhapsody has no downloadable client for Mac.  You must stream from their site.  But the biggest letdown is the cash money it costs.  Sure, it is a richer ...