Archive for August, 2009

Many Teens Find Twitter Lame

Geoff Cook has a guest post at TechCrunch analyzing why teens don’t use Twitter. The first observation from a survey his company, myYearbook, ran shows the premise that teens avoid the microblogging tool is misguided:
As recently as last week even, the New York Times cited the fact that only 11% of Twitter is teen as [...]

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Trailer

When I was a kid I loved the book. Based on the trailer, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs looks gorgeous.

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Wireless Electricity

Filed under Tech

Eric Giler demonstrates wireless electricity. The technology could power cars, recharge your mobile phone, or just get rid of some of the wires around your computer.

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Ubiquitous Video

Filed under eCampaign

An Albuquerque television station took the risk of doing a live shoot through Qik on a jailbroken iPhone, and it worked. You know the technology is getting good when a television station feels the risk of doing this kind of stunt isn’t that great.
To take an eCampaign angle, we’re getting close to candidates having the [...]

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KFC Double Down Tastes Like Chicken Because It Mostly Is

Filed under Food, New Stuff

If I lived in Omaha, NE or Providence, R.I. I would have already devoured the new KFC Double Down and have given you all the gory details. My waistline thanks me for not living anywhere near where this device for maximum caloric intake is being tested. The fast food chain took a flier that the [...]

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Virginia Number 3 for Broadband Speed

Filed under Internet

Being an internet professional I can’t have enough download speed. Lucky me I live in Virginia which is ranked as the state with the seventh-fastest broadband in the U.S.
Wisconsin ranks in the middle at number 27.
“15 U.S. States with the Fastest Broadband Internet Speeds”

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Brett Favre Can Sell Tickets

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Brett Favre joining the Minnesota Vikings caused a big boost in ticket sales:
The Minnesota Vikings have sold a record amount of tickets since Brett Favre signed with the team yesterday, with fans snatching up more than 3,000 season packages and 10,000 single-game seats.
“It’s been an eventful and exciting last 24-plus hours,” Vikings Vice President of [...]

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Gmail to Number 3

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Who knew Gmail was now the number 3 free e-mail service? Who knew Yahoo was number one? Not me even though I have a few Yahoo Mail accounts. I’d be curious as to how many of all these free e-mail accounts are used on a regular basis. I know I’ve created free e-mail accounts to [...]

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Beer Pioneers

Beer Pioneers, a documentary about the rise of the modern American microbrewery movement, should be out next summer. Watch the trailer.

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Get Your Free iPhone Apps

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If you’re a cheapskate iPhone user like myself I found the perfect website. FreeAppAlert tells you when paid iPhone apps become free. For example, I just downloaded Tile Sudoku that once was $2.99. Is it any good? I don’t know yet, but who cares? It’s free.
[via Lifehacker]

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Running in the USA

There’s still plenty of possibilities to use the internet to turn a passion into a business. A Waukesha couple transformed a love for running into Running in the USA, THE place to search for races.
“Waukesha Web Site Covers Lot of Ground”

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Twittering Like Pros…Because They are Pros

Filed under Internet, Sports

Pro athletes twittering isn’t such a big deal. Fans feels closer to them which adds to the entertainment value, and that’s really what pro sports is all about. Now, the flip side to greater access to the personal side of an athlete is the public could discover a dark side. There’s a lot to the [...]

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