HP vs. Dell: Bidding War for Storage?
Mon, 30/08/10 – 8:21 | View Comments

There is currently a sort of bidding war taking place as both Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computers fight over storage services company 3PAR.  The war itself is interesting, but the reasons behind it are even more …

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Google Maps Navigation will be developed for iPhone.
Friday, 23 Apr, 2010 – 5:58 | View Comments

Google have announced in a press conference that they are developing Google Maps Navigation to be used with iPhones.  Google Maps Navigation is a turn-by-turn satellite navigation system similar to those that are already found …

Score Choice Digs Minus The Hassle With rentBits
Saturday, 28 Mar, 2009 – 7:27 | View Comments
Score Choice Digs Minus The Hassle With rentBits

No longer worry about scanning the increasingly barren newspaper classifieds for a new pad. Forget trolling city streets at 15 m.p.h. while looking at “For Rent” signs – and getting stopped by the cops for “cruising.” …

Gmail (not Cher) Can Turn Back Time
Monday, 23 Mar, 2009 – 8:11 | View Comments
Gmail (not Cher) Can Turn Back Time

We’ve all done it. We think we’re sending an email to our old frat buddy Nick, reminiscing about the time we made the baked potato bomb in the mess hall and got away with it. …

Jason Fried – 37 Signals at FOWA MIAMI 2009
Thursday, 26 Feb, 2009 – 7:47 | View Comments
Jason Fried – 37 Signals at FOWA MIAMI 2009

Jason Friend of 37signals gave a speech at the Future of Web Apps Miami 2009 conference which I recently attended.  Here are some issues he discussed during that speech:
“Free” is the future of failure. People …

Leapfish Meta Search..Again
Wednesday, 25 Feb, 2009 – 8:14 | View Comments
Leapfish Meta Search..Again

You might recognize Leapfish from a couple of years ago when they were doing domain name appraisals. They’ve revamped themselves and are now under the ownership of DotNext in California offering a new meta …

Doris Your Task Management Assistant
Monday, 16 Feb, 2009 – 7:59 | View Comments
Doris Your Task Management Assistant

Dorisapp.com was originally designed by Seagull Systems for internal use, but proved to be so useful that they decided to market and release it to the public. For those who need the options Doris …

LoJack Your Friends With Google Latitude
Tuesday, 10 Feb, 2009 – 7:31 | View Comments
LoJack Your Friends With Google Latitude

Whether you’re drunk and lost at a street festival or you have a sneaking suspicion your daughter’s sleep-over party is a ruse to stage a midnight liaison, you’re in luck.
Google Latitude is a new beta …

Snappyfingers: the FAQ Search Engine
Monday, 9 Feb, 2009 – 8:26 | View Comments
Snappyfingers: the FAQ Search Engine

The search engine market isn’t exactly under-saturated nowadays. It seems that everyone and their cousin has a search engine, most of which are marginally good at best and none of which compare to Google, …

Google Image Labeler Is Online Meth For Web Rats
Tuesday, 27 Jan, 2009 – 7:33 | View Comments
Google Image Labeler Is Online Meth For Web Rats

Leave it to Google to get us to do their job for free.
Not only do we do their job, but we do it compulsively when it comes to Google Image Labeler, which launched in 2006. …

SpotMixer Gets $9 Million 2nd Round & Google Tie-In
Thursday, 22 Jan, 2009 – 8:24 | View Comments
SpotMixer Gets $9 Million 2nd Round & Google Tie-In

Owned by One True Media, SpotMixer is a DIY video advertisement producer aimed towards small and home-based businesses who want a professional-looking video ad without the money or loss of control these traditionally require.
The service …

Design To Sell: DIY Design Stores Review Part II
Tuesday, 13 Jan, 2009 – 8:42 | View Comments
Design To Sell: DIY Design Stores Review Part II

In our last installment, we looked at Cafepress.com, Mysoti.com, and Ninjazoo.com. In this one, we’ll look at the other three DIY design sites on our list: Spreadshirt.com, Threadless.com, and Zazzle.com.
Spreadshirt.com This site markets towards …

Design To Sell: DIY Design Stores Review Part I
Monday, 12 Jan, 2009 – 8:07 | View Comments
Design To Sell: DIY Design Stores Review Part I

Got a great idea? Think it would make a great t-shirt, coffee mug, bumper sticker, or mouse pad? No doubt you’ve gone to one of the design-it-yourself sites and made it by now, …