by Mike, posted on September 14, 2010
"Tennesseeing is Tennebelieving" may be the tourism motto in some parts of Tennessee, but Chattanooga has made a claim that may to some may be dubious at best. As of yesterday, Internet connectivity in the city is allegedly one-gigabit-per-second, whether upload or download. The city says that this is, on average, 250 times faster than the connectivity in any other U.S. city. Such connectivit...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 12, 2010
The death warrant has been signed for the popular RSS website Bloglines, which will cease to exist on October 1. Operated by the same team that brings you Ask.com, the advent of social networking sites apparently did the site in. Bloglines made keeping up with blog feeds easier by sending "feeds" to subscribers, who would sign up for updates from the blogs that interested them most, and which ...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 9, 2010
Purchasing a Kindle could soon be as easy as driving to your nearest Best Buy. It was announced by the electronics chain today that in a matter of weeks, the reader will be available for purchase in their stores. The units that will be available include the Kindle 3G and the Kindle 3, with the Kindle DX bringing up the rear later this year. The addition of the Kindles makes Best Buy the only ...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 7, 2010
The official Twitter client for BlackBerry smartphones, Twitter for BlackBerry, has dominated as the source for tweets for BlackBerry users, based on unique visitor counts. UberTwitter, another popular client, came in at just 2%, whereas Twitter for BlackBerry grabbed 7%. Twitter's website remains the absolute dominant choice, accounting for 78% of tweets, and iPhone's Twitter app accounts for...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 5, 2010
It used to be that someone in search of an "escort," or "lady of the night" would have to troll the seediest part of their town, likely walking or driving past drug dealers and other bad elements. With the advent of the Internet, that went away in favor of sites such as Backpage and Craigslist's Casual Encounters section. Under pressure from law enforcement, that section went away, only to b...
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Twitter users no doubt found this week to be extremely frustrating, as they repeatedly encountered the so-called "fail whale." For its part, Twitter blamed networking equipment in...
The New York Times reports that Microsoft has proposed to offer its European users the ability to turn off Internet Explorer during the installation of their soon-to-be-released Wi...
Research In Motion, the creators of the popular Blackberry device, released the official web page for the new Blackberry Curve 8520 today. The smartphone is the first "Mac-ready" ...
I have always been a fan of Canon's PowerShot brand, but Panasonic has no doubt become a player in the consumer cameras market. Today, Panasonic announces three new cameras in the...
