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What’s all the Buzz at Google? [First Look]

Posted on10. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

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Today, the tech universe has been blogging about Buzz, a new Dr. Moreau synergistic (I had to put that word in) evolution to Twitter, Google Wave, GMail, Facebook Wall, and FourSquare. On paper, it seems like a really great idea. So, is it?
My first impressions are relatively positive. This service will definitely get better. But I [...]

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The Google Cloud and Android mobile OS… a marriage must be made

Posted on09. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

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This week I had a chance to test out the HTC myTouch 3G Limited Edition, which was running Android 1.6. I will go more in-depth on that in a post tomorrow, but I wanted to float an idea out to Google that can take the Android Mobile OS from something good, to something great.
Big-boy browser
You [...]

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Google [HTC] Nexus One ads taking on Apple strategy

Posted on08. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

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Using advertising techniques reminiscent of post-release Apple products, Google crafted a set of YouTube videos touting the Nexus One Mobile smart phone. These videos are exceptionally well done, and are quite convincing.
After a week engagement with an HTC myTouch (Android OS 1.6), I would have been a little hesitant to even try another Android phone. [...]

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A trip through time- The Known Universe [by AMNH]

Posted on04. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

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The new film, created by the American Museum of Natural History, is part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010.
Check out Journey to the Stars also!

Tags: AMNH, Featured, HD, IE, LAN, Manhattan, Movies, Museum, OS, Space, [...]

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21st Century Classrooms- Time to Know [DadsonTech post]

Posted on02. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

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Fire up the Flux Capacitor
The next time you have a parent-teacher conference, take a quick glance around the classroom, and see it through the eyes of your child. If you have more technology sitting in your pocket, than in that room, your education system is stuck in the Dewey Decimal age.
An innovative company has made it their [...]

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12MP Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 Digital Camera Released

Posted on28. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

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Panasonic released information about their new Lumix DMC-ZS7, a 12MP digital camera with automatic GPS geotagging (marks the picture with the location they were taken).
Some features are:

25mm Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens
12x optical zoom
3.0 inch LCD (460,000 dot resolution)
720p video (AVCHD Lite or QuickTime): AVCHD Lite almost doubles the recording time in HD quality compared with the [...]

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YouTube using new control buttons?

Posted on28. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

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Checking out some Melvin Machismo videos on YouTube, and it looks like they are playing around with some new control icons. Take a look…

These are very minor changes, but I like it.

Tags: ads, Controls, LAN, Mac, OS, Videos, Watch, Web, Web Technologies, youtube

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Apple releases the iPad- possible Amazon Kindle killer

Posted on27. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

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Steve Jobs revealed the latest Apple device called the ‘iPad’. The iPad has a 9.7 inch, full capacitive multi-touch IPS display, and weighs in at 1.5 pounds, measuring 0.5 inches thick.
Pricing for the iPad starts at $499 for the 16GB (Wi-Fi only) version– far lower than the early $999 projections of many of the ‘pundits’, [...]

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iRewardChart reinforces children’s good behavior- [iPhone App Review]

Posted on13. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

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As every parent knows, finding ways to motivate kids to brush their teeth, go to bed on time, or make their beds in the morning can be a seemingly impossible task. But if you have an iPhone, your job just got a little easier. There is an iPhone application called, iRewardChart, from Got Clues Inc., and [...]