Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=51dc31264d8069b9763c8cb6c4718db1
Monday, January 31, 2011
Firms Integrating Social Media With CRM
With half of businesses saying social media investments are paying off, linking data from LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to customer management is the next step, finds SugarCRM survey.
Windows Phone 7's Big Update Not For January
A lot of sites, this one included, have been reporting since November that Microsoft was planning to release a big update for its new platform, including the much anticipated copy and paste feature. It is pretty obvious as this point that January will come and go with nary an update in sight.
Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=46eb7c3820d70f7a32170bfe9886f186
Daily Crunch: Pinpoint Edition
How The Glif Got Made: From Design To Sales In Five Months Fujifilm?s Anti-Counterfeiting Watermarks Are Just Cool-Looking Kinect + Minecraft = Full-Motion 3D Statues ICZ-R50: Sony Shows New Radio Recorder Further Leaks Show Off Potential Interface, Specs For HP?s webOS Tablet
Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/25/daily-crunch-pinpoint-edition/
Google Experimenting with Display Ads in Gmail
Don't go hitting the panic button if you suddenly notice ads in your Gmail account, you're not the victim of a virus or any other malware looking to wreak havoc on your system. So what's going on? Apparently Google got the bright (and potentially lucrative) idea of testing out display ads in Gmail user accounts. "We're always trying out new...Source: http://hothardware.com/News/Google-Experimenting-with-Dsiplay-Ads-in-Gmail/
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Details of RIM's BlackBerry mobile OS update leaked
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) released the first BlackBerry smartphone running its "BlackBerry 6" mobile OS just six months ago, but the company is already hard at work on the next major BlackBerry OS device software update, BlackBerry OS 6.1.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/details-rims-blackberry-mobile-os-update-leaked-800
Amazon Cloud Gets Bulk Email Service
Simple Email Service offers AWS customers a low-cost, hosted option to on-premises or third-party email systems.
Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=950f96b6aaf677c55f202f0ece0d6983
Galaxy Tab: A great tablet for the 'can't do Apple' crowd
I'm not anti-Apple -- but I'm not drinking the new Apple-flavored Kool-Aid either. Maybe the commercials picking on Microsoft put me off. The first ones were funny, but then they became mean, like Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes. As much as I see the value and use of an iPad, I'm stuck in the "can't do Apple" crowd for now, though there are no viable Windows tablets today, just laptops in a tablet design.
EXCLUSIVE: Socialcast to Announce Extension to its Platform
On Feb. 1, Socialcast will announce Town Hall, allowing direct company forums, with Version 2.0 release to follow in three weeks.
Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=71859d03b84358674061dc557dae89da
Saturday, January 29, 2011
LinkedIn Launches Targeted Ad Service
Pay-per-click service can select users based on job title, company, LinkedIn group.
Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=775ebb1460fd3a890ffe2c52eefbc531
WriteMonkey bare-bones text editor now has "typewriter mode" and new syntax coloring
- Text comments: When working on a manuscript, sometimes you may want to add comments and thoughts that should not be included as part of the final text. Now you can preface a paragraph with // (two slashes), and WriteMonkey will regard it as a comment. It would not be included in the word count, you could select not to export it, and its text would be slightly dimmed, using the new syntax coloring engine.
- Typewriter mode: This mode carries WriteMonkey's typewriter metaphor to the extreme. It keeps the text insertion point in the middle of the line, and moves the text around it. So you type and the lines move back and forth. It's actually lots of fun, and can be toggled by hitting Ctrl+Shift+Alt+L.
- More statistics: WriteMonkey's had text statistics for a while now (accessible using F12). These have been made more comprehensive, and they now show average words per sentence, estimated reading time, amount of "hard words" (words with more than 3 syllables), and more. There's also a list of word frequencies so you can avoid repetition. This feature has been around since version 2.0 preview 1, but if you haven't upgraded from 0.9 (the previous "Stable" version), it's a great addition.
WriteMonkey bare-bones text editor now has "typewriter mode" and new syntax coloring originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Daily Crunch: Crossing Edition
?Ultrasonic? Klang Speaker Concept Only Produces Sound Where Your Head Is Today, A Ban On Headphones While Crossing The Street; Tomorrow, A Ban On Chewing Gum While Walking Are You Man Enough For This iPad Bjorn? Just In Time For Trenta: Send Your Facebook Friends Starbucks Card eGifts Hump Day Giveaway: ThinkFun Solitaire Chess
Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/27/daily-crunch-crossing-edition/
Understading Solar Flares, Part One
Understading Solar Flares, Part One
Source: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1813626064/bctid761184434001?src=mrss
Friday, January 28, 2011
Pok�mon Black and White Versions Introduce Evolved Battle Systems
Triple Battles debut in Pok�mon Black Version and Pok�mon White Version, giving players more ways than ever to battle their customized team of Pok�mon.
Source: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1813626064/bctid762554457001?src=mrss
Anonymous on UK Arrests: This Means War
"Dear UK government," the ominous letter begins. "It has come to our attention that you deemed it necessary to arrest five of our fellow anons for their participation in the DDoS attacks against PayPal, Mastercard, and others, that have been carried out in our name in retaliation for those organizations' actions against WikiLeaks ... we take this as a serious declaration of war ... "
Daily Crunch: Leisurely Stroll Edition
17x17x17 Puzzle Cube Makes Rubik?s Look Like Child?s Play Mommy Mittens: You Know, For Mommies An Ode To The Graphic Adventure Video: The Automatic Necktie-Knotting Kinetic Sculpture Photographers: You?re Now Officially Free To Shoot In Public Places And Outside Federal Buildings
Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/28/daily-crunch-leisurely-stroll/
Ubuntu's Warm and Fuzzy Qt Embrace
It seems fair to say that the Ubuntu community's collective head is already spinning at the very thought of all the changes coming down the pike for its favorite Linux distribution. After all, there's been Canonical's decision to adopt Unity as the next desktop Ubuntu's default interface, and there's been the equally shocking plan to switch away from X.org and onto Wayland as the distro's new graphics system.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
CrunchGear Week in Review: Hop To It Edition
A Brief Explanation Of Why Minecraft Matters Watch This Amazing GE Video Kind Of Explain Regenerative Train Braking For His Blog: Man Has Been Taking Pictures Of Same Vending Machine For 5 Years Hands On With the Verizon iPhone Edible Concept: Tetris Sugar Cubes
Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/17/week-in-review-hop-to-it/
Apple to drop app downloads from Mac OS X site next month
Apple will pull all applications from its own Mac OS X download site on the same day that it launches the new Mac App Store early next month, according to reports.
In an e-mail sent to registered Mac developers on Monday, Ron Okamoto, Apple's head of developer relations, said that software town wasn't big enough for both the Mac App Store and the long-running Downloads .
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mac/apple-drop-app-downloads-mac-os-x-site-next-month-906?source=rss_mac
Daily Crunch: Crossing Edition
?Ultrasonic? Klang Speaker Concept Only Produces Sound Where Your Head Is Today, A Ban On Headphones While Crossing The Street; Tomorrow, A Ban On Chewing Gum While Walking Are You Man Enough For This iPad Bjorn? Just In Time For Trenta: Send Your Facebook Friends Starbucks Card eGifts Hump Day Giveaway: ThinkFun Solitaire Chess
Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/27/daily-crunch-crossing-edition/
Former OpenOffice.org developers offer their first stable OpenOffice competitor
When Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems, it acquired a heaping helping of technologies, among them OpenOffice.org, an open source productivity suite that was positioned as a free alternative to Microsoft Office.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
CorelDRAW video tutorial: Make a Polaroid-like image in five minutes
I'm not a graphics pro by any stretch of the imagination, but I do need to turn out a few pretty pixels here and there for my day job. If you're just thinking about getting into vector graphics, or if you've tried Illustrator and it proved too daunting, CorelDRAW might be just what you need.
Rather than just talk about CorelDRAW or write a tutorial, I figured it would be best to show it off in a short video. I took an image of my awesome cat, Ivan, and made it into a Polaroid-like snapshot. It took me less than five minutes, without any templates or saved settings. To see how I did it, hit Play after the fold.
By the way, this is the first of four CorelDRAW tutorials to be published in the next few weeks. If you'd like to see specific aspects of CorelDRAW in action, feel free to let me know in the comments!
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CorelDRAW video tutorial: Make a Polaroid-like image in five minutes originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
ARM CEO: PC market not our target
Chip design firm ARM grabbed the spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week when Microsoft announced that its new Windows OS would work on the ARM architecture. ARM processors go into most of the world's smartphones and tablets, and with Windows support, the company can now focus on the wider market for PCs, where it has virtually no presence. Nvidia also announced that it was building its first ARM-based chip, code-named Denver, for PCs and servers.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/hardware/arm-ceo-pc-market-not-our-target-252?source=rss_hardware
Survey Says: U.S. SMBs Must Bolster Backup Strategies
A worldwide survey has revealed some disheartening news about U.S.-based SMBs: They're not feeling very confident about their disaster recovery and backup solutions.
Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=c4b80d5d70fcaa2a7fbf3ce2c87e4594
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Sony Ericsson Announces Integration Of Facebook?s ?Single Sign On? Across All Android Phones
In an industry first,�Sony Ericsson strategic business developer Martin Essl just announced that Sony Ericsson will integrate Facebook's Single Sign On system across all its Android phones in the next couple of months. Launched in December, Single Sign On is like Facebook Connect for mobile apps, removing friction because it allows you to log into all apps that use Facebook Connect just by logging into one. Essl did not go into the specifics of the integration but revealed that the Facebook app will come preloaded on all phones and there will be an (optional)�initial walk through process for Single Sign On as part of the phone setup. Essl also said there�would be additional integrations beyond what the Facebook app can already do.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9PjgCM-gl2A/
Macworld Expo 2011 Spotlights Sinbad, iOS Accessories
2011 marks the second year that the annual Apple-centric trade show Macworld must go on without Apple. The conference, which starts Wednesday, is smaller than it once was ? and its biggest celebrity speaker is C-list comedian Sinbad ? but it's still alive and kicking.
Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/FRUdJgoBrRw/
Pomodroido is a beautiful Pomodoro timer for Android
That's the gist of the method, but of course, that's a tad over-simplified. You can read all about it on the Pomodoro homepage, and there's a free e-book, too. But even from my brief description, you can probably see a timer is an essential part of the system. And this is where Pomodroido comes in.
It's a beautiful app (literally - it's easy on the eyes), which simply counts down 25 minutes, and then gives you a five-minute break. The duration is configurable, so if you like longer breaks or longer "bursts" of work, you can set that easily.
It also tracks how many "pomodoros" you've successfully completed (a pomodoro is aborted if you're distracted), and gives you awards for doing well. My personal favorite feature is that you can have it continuously emit a ticking sound while the timer is running, just like a kitchen timer would. That's an essential part of the technique, and it really helps me stay focused (it's difficult to forget the pomodoro is running - you can constantly hear it in the background).
The best part is that, because it's on a mobile device, I can get up and walk away from my workstation during the breaks, and still know when to come back to continue working - so the breaks really do feel like breaks.
Speaking of breaks, you can find the QR code right after the break.
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The Long Leap to Clear Mobile Payment Hurdles
Coffee shop chain Starbucks this week brought the power of mobile payments via cellphone to new users -- provided those customers happen to have the right kind of device. The company announced that customers at its retail outlets in the United States will be able to pay for purchases using its mobile payment app on select smartphones.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Two Arrested For AT&T iPad Network Breach
One of the men charged argues it's AT&T that should be blamed.
Source: http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=d557cfd2d3ede1c281d1ad6a829cb836
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