So you think your baby's all Twitter -ready with that Kickbee while chilling in the womb? Nah, only practice makes perfect, so the folks at Belgium's Hasselt University came up with the Twoddler: a hacked Fisher-Price activity board with buttons linked to predefined Twitter messages. Obsessive parents can put photos of themselves on...
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Let’s face it: for the most part, you don’t even really care “What’s happening?” on Twitter in the lives of your closest friends. 140 characters doesn’t really give a lot of room for strong opining, philosophical reverie or deep musing. It is, mostly, a perfect length to allow people to express their love...
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There’s few web applications out there more exhaustively used by more people than Google GMail, their online e-mail service. Millions of people practically live in their accounts, and even those with traditional email services often times task GMail with handling their mail… not just to have it all tidily deposited online, but to...
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If you have any question whether or not Twitter has embedded itself into our culture, you have to check out this story. Peter Kafka of All Things Digital reported on an interesting incident involving a teenage singer by the name of Justin Bieber. Like you, I have no idea who this Justin is,...
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The Roku Box is a nice little add-on to your home entertainment center: a tiny little box that sits next to your television and plays Netflix, Amazon Video and MLB selections. If you’ve got a home theater PC or an Xbox 360, that may not seem all that swank, but a major new...
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Last month, we reported on the new e-reader to be offered by Barnes & Noble called the nook. The device has caught the attention of many gadget hunters looking for an alternative to Amazon’s Kindle. Some advantages of the nook is its second full-color screen from which you can select your book. Another...
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Ever since this year’s E3 exposition, Microsoft has been promising social networking integration with Xbox Live in a future dashboard update. A few weeks ago, the first betas of that new update were rolled out to select Xbox Live testers, but now we have a date when it’ll be coming to everybody: November...
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In a world where the smartphone is starting to dominate, and apps aim to expand the functionality available in a single device, one company is taking a different route providing simple gadgets that do just one thing. That company is Peek, and it is already known for its mobile device that just does...
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What is the best twitter app for the iphone/ipod touch? I have twitterfon but it makes my iphone freeze alot! So whats a good twitter app?
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Geek.com’s podcast is back for episode number 26–that’s half a year of podcasts! This week we went rapid-fire and covered a lot of ground, thanks to a rather hectic news week. This time Joel was back to co-host the show, so sit back, relax, and catch up on this week’s tech news. Links...
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