Vlog Down

Published by on January 15th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
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Since the beginning of my YouTube ”childhood,” I’ve always been into vlogging.  Vlogging is the same thing as a blog but in video form.  I tried to keep my YouTube channel more professional but with my passion growing, that was a difficult task to handle.  After becoming a fan of TyMoss and his daily vlogs, I took up the drug.  Now yes, I used drug because it’s like a drug for me.  A healthy drug!  Kids, drugs are bad. Since I started to do more vlogs instead of “official” videos, I noticed my viewers drop.  I didn’t lose determination and kept

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Give Your Tweets and Facebook Comments a Smell

Published by on January 13th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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We already have sight and sound on the internet but wouldn’t be awesome to have smell as well?  Imagine life on the internet with smell.  What if you get a mention on Twitter, someone tags you in a photo on Facebook, or even get a Like on Instagram and you smell the scent of coconut?  What if you could customize it so you can have a different scent per action?  How awesome would that be! A London based company called Mint Foundry has created a web-connected smelly robot called the Olly.  They claim that Olly is a male, so don’t

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Bejeweled Blitz App Review

Published by on January 10th, 2012 | No Comments »
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Bejeweled Blitz is a fast passed puzzle/thinking game that is based around the original Bejeweled. See if you can beat your high score or your friends high school in under 60 seconds. Bejeweled Blitz is a very addicting game that is free in the app store. I found myself addicted to this game for over 3 hours in one sit down.  Talk about completely zoning in on a game.


iOS 5.1 beta reveals Siri for iPad?

Published by on January 10th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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With Siri being a huge hit on the new iPhone 4S with iOS 5, we all are wondered why they just didn’t put Siri within iOS 5 for people with the iPhone 4 and the iPad.  While looking through the iOS 5.1 beta 3 settings on the iPad, we discovered a new section in the keyboard menu called “About Privacy and Dictation.”  As seen above, when you open this section, the iPad provides the user with standard legal literature and feature information for Siri Dictation. Siri Dictation is not actually functional on the iPad 2 running iOS 5.1 beta 3.

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Vimeo Updates iOS App to Support HD Streaming and iPad

Published by on January 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
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With Vimeo on the rise, they pushed out an update to include an iPad version which will feature full HD streaming.  On top of Vimeo pushing out a new update to iPad users, they are also pushing out Android and Windows Phone applications. Oh, you don’t know what Vimeo is?  To keep it short and simple, Vimeo is just another YouTube with more strict guidelines.  Vimeo is a video-centric Social Networking site. I’m sure many of the Apple users are excited about this update as much as I am.  Since the release of the application in late March of 2011,

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Apple Makes Their Way to Target?

Published by on January 7th, 2012 | No Comments »
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With Apple being one of the world’s leading companies, it makes many wonder where they will open up their next store.  If you are familiar with Walmart, you may know that some of their stores either have a Subway or McDonalds inside.  Could it be possible that Target will soon have an Apple store inside? According to AppleInsider, Apple plans to open up 25 Apple Store locations inside existing Target stores.  This would allow the company to expand into smaller metro areas to increase their revenue.  Not like Apple needs anymore money. Apple already sells a lot of products at

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HBO No Longer Selling its DVDs to Netflix

Published by on January 7th, 2012 | No Comments »
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The competition between HBO and Netflix seems to be heating up. As of January 1, the cableentertainment channel will no longer provide DVD or Blu-ray discs of its shows to the on-demand Internet content provider. The news was confirmed by both parties on Thursday. A CNET report revealed that, although Netflix won’t receive DVDs from HBO directly, the Los Gatos-based company can still acquire the discs from alternate sources. Netflix has long considered HBO its biggest rival in the streaming market. This is most certainly a tactic by HBO to further ignite the ongoing war and separate the two companies. “They aren’t competing directly with us now,” Hastings said in 2011, “but

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Pay for your Starbucks with your iPhone in the U.K.

Published by on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments »
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Back in 2010, Starbucks released their official application that lets us Americans have the option to pay for our Starbucks coffee with our iPhone.  The makers of this applications promised people in the U.K. that they would be able to use this.  Staying true to their word, Starbucks has now updated its official application for the iPhone to allow U.K. customers to pay for their coffee. Users can link the iPhone application to their Starbucks card to allow faster payments.  This eliminate time at the cash register and makes the line go a lot faster.  One in five customers are

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iPad Survives Fall from Space

Published by on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments »
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You drop your iPad what do you do?  You probably stand there in massive amounts of fear thinking the unthinkable.  ”I just broke my iPad.  Oh poop! (keeping it G rated)”  The definition of space is going to used a little loosely.  The true meaning of space is 100km above sea level which is 328,084 feet.  In this case, we will be talking about 100,000 feet.  Think about it, that’s still extremely high and to have an iPad survive that height is amazing. I know what you’re thinking, how on earth did it survive from such a death defying height.

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Netflix Subscribers Watch 2 Billion Hours of Content During Q4

Published by on January 5th, 2012 | No Comments »
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The year 2011 has brought some good and bad things with the well known company called Netflix.  With a bunch of changes in their pricing and packages, many members gave the company a leave for awhile which many thought would hurt rankings of Netflix.  In the recent months, Netflix has been under a lot of heat with the release of Amazon Prime and the Kindle Fire.  Even though they have been pressured, this hasn’t stopped Netflix from announcing some truly impressive numbers. With over 20 million streaming subscribers, Netflix revealed 2 billion hours of consumed content worldwide during Q4 of

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iPad 3 to Feature Better Cameras? iPad 2 Getting Price Cut?

Published by on January 5th, 2012 | No Comments »
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Conventional wisdom says Apple won’t tick off proud new owners of Xmas Gift iPad 2s by launching the next iPad at a rumored mid-January media event in New York City. But that doesn’t mean the next iPad isn’t already in production and awaiting an early Spring coming out party. Jeremy Horwitz of iLounge claims via his Twitter account to have new intel on a new iPad 3 said to largely resemble the current slate, physically. “Curve radiuses on the body will change only a little to accommodate the added thickness, not dramatically. Think iPad 2 Pro, not a redesign,” he

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When Not to Tweet

Published by on January 5th, 2012 | 3 Comments »
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We all live in a society where people have adapted to Social Media.  We all can’t go more than 30 minutes without checking various sites like Facebook and Twitter.  Often times we are sitting in a chair staring at a screen attached to our desktop or laptop but often find ourselves staring at our 3-4” smartphone screen.  While this is a great way to stay connect with friends, family and coworkers, there are appropriate times where we shouldn’t be using the device. While growing up in the generation of cell phones and watching Smartphones come to market, it’s easy to

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Barack Obama Joins Instagram

Published by on January 4th, 2012 | No Comments »
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The GOP candidates campaigning in Iowa weren’t the only ones having fun Tuesday. President Barack Obama, or rather the Obama 2012 campaign, joined Instagram the same day as the Iowa caucus. If you’re interested in following the president’s seventies-inspired campaign shots, you can follow his handle@BarackObama. In less than a day, and with just two uploads, the U.S. President has already amassed more than 15,000 followers. Obama’s campaign staff, who runs the account, are inviting Instagram users to tag their own campaign shots with the hashtag #Obama2012. “We look forward to seeing how President Obama uses Instagram to give folks a visual sense of

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CES 2012: Verizon CEO Cancels Appearance

Published by on January 4th, 2012 | No Comments »
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CES 2012 is getting ready to kick off in just a few days with high known companies.  One of those companies that will be there is Verizon with their CEO Lowell McAdam.  Wait…not anymore.  Let me clarify, Verizon will be there but the CEO Lowell McAdam will not be able to attend the keynote to address his companies plans. McAdam was scheduled to speak on Tuesday morning at 11AM.  The CEO had to cancel his appearance at the annual trade show in Las Vegas due to a conflict which is unknown to the public.  Don’t be too worried, Verizon is

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Anti-Theft Car Seat Recognizes Owner

Published by on January 3rd, 2012 | No Comments »
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Wouldn’t it be awesome to have a car seat that would recognize a person when they sit in it?  Researchers from the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo have developed such a seat.  A personalized profile can be generated for the owner/driver of the particular vehicle by using a series of 360 sensors to measure how much pressure people place on the seat.  A vehicle with this technology would help a lot with vehicle thefts.  This system could be acted as an anti-theft device by identifying the car’s owner when they sit down.  If it’s not the car’s owner,

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