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Spleak: Content + Utility = Sweet Spot: As long as there has been a world wide web to use as a media platform, those of us working with it have carried on a vigorous debate that might be called the "content vs. utility" question. Reasonable people can disagree on the question, and frequently do, staking out extreme...; Tags: Utility, Hearst Corp., Spleak, Games, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Online Communications, David Weir; Blog posts 2008-07-22
How to Turn Your iPhone 3G Into a Wireless Modem: If you don't mind breaking the rules, you can use your iPhone 3G as a wireless broadband modem for your notebook. Lifehacker explains how: It starts by "jailbreaking" your phone, meaning hacking it a bit so it can run software from sources other than the App Store. This is a...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, Wireless Modem, Lifehacker, 3G, Modems, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Rick Broida; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Gadget Love: FOZI Tripod Folds Flat When Not in Use: The FOZI Tripod is aÂ polypropylene plastic stand suitable for digital cameras, iPhones, and other small gadgets that benefit from being propped up. When not in use, the credit card-size tripod folds flat for easy carrying in a pocket, bag, or wherever. The two...; Tags: Rick Broida, Tripod; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Can Game Consoles Be All Things to All People?: Remember the concept of the entertainment center? It would be a single piece of furniture in which you could fit a television, audio system, video recorder, and whatever else into a corner of the living room or den. But then the flat panel mounted on the wall, the DVD player...; Tags: Games, Corporate communications, Game players, TV & Home Theater, Erik Sherman, game, entertainment center, video, PC; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Xbox 360 to Appeal to the Masses, So What the Heck Have They Been Doing?: Microsoft claims a significant shift in its Xbox 360 strategy, but the explanation rings hollow and raises the question of why the company continues to keep a division that looses billions annually. by Erik Sherman; Tags: Game players, Games, Erik Sherman, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2008-07-15

How Wikileaks, Google and The Smoking Gun Change Media: There are three primary types of reporting -- personal observation attending meetings or events; conducting interviews; and collecting documents. As the Internet transforms the media business, it's worth considering the new ways journalists work when building or growing your company. Many reporters are increasingly relying on crowd-sourcing...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, David Weir, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2008-07-15
How to Send Free Text Messages on Your iPhone: If your iPhone service plan doesn't include text messages or you routinely burn through your monthly allotment, here's a trick for getting unlimited SMS without spending a penny. In a nutshell, you install theÂ iPhone AIM client iTunes link, then add new AIM contacts in your desktop instant-messaging program (iChat, AIM,...; Tags: Rick Broida, Apple iPhone, AOL Instant Messenger; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Five Essential Productivity Apps for Your iPhone 3G: If you'llÂ tear yourself away from Bejeweled 2 for just a minute, you can actually put your new or updated iPhone to productive use. Here are five App Store gems -- four of which are free -- you'll definitely want to check out. (Note that all links require iTunes.) ...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, 3G, Rick Broida, reQall, Apple iPhone, job, Apple iPhone 3G; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Xbox 360 & Netflix Team Up in Streaming Deal: Deals are a dime a dozen in the new media world, but every now and then, one comes along that seems to provide a window on the future. Today's announcement that Microsoft will team up with Netflix to allow subscribers to stream 10,000 movies and TV shows via their Xbox...; Tags: Game players, Business structures, Games, David Weir, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, team, Microsoft Xbox 360; Blog posts 2008-07-14
The Friday Round-Up: The boss is coming! Look busy. Here is the City offers some tips on "how to look busy" even if you're not... But don't let yourself become too busy, lest it drive you to an early grave. Apparently, a senior car engineer at Toyota in Japan was clocking up an...; Tags: Card, Boss, Industry, U.K., Social Networking, 3G, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2008-07-11
iPhone: Let the Good Times â€¦ Stop: When the first iPhone came out, there were problems galore with people getting their systems activated. So you'd think that after looking clumsy, Apple would make sure it got things right this time. But they didn't. There are various reports of problems already hitting the blogosphere, like Bijan Sabet waiting...; Tags: Erik Sherman, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Remember Where You Parked with G-Park for iPhone: In honor of today's iPhone 3G launch, here's a clever new app that taps the new model's GPS capabilities: G-Park, which helps you navigate back to where you parked your car. All you do is tap the Park Me button optionally adding details about where you parked. Later, when you...; Tags: Rick Broida, G-Park, Apple iPhone; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Microsoft Xbox 360: Making It Up in Volume: There's an old business joke about losing money on every unit but trying to make it up on volume. That came to mind when I read of Microsoft's planned price cut on a popular Xbox 360 model to better compete with Sony: As early as Sunday, Microsoft, of Redmond,...; Tags: Game players, Games, Erik Sherman, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Corp., game, Microsoft Corp., console; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Turn a Business Card into an iPhone Stand: Planning to take the iPhone 3G plunge tomorrow? One thing you'll soon discover is that there's no comfortable way to watch videos, as the iPhone comes without a stand. You'll either have to hold it for the duration of your show or try in vain to prop it upright at...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Rick Broida, Apple iPhone, iPhone Stand, business card; Blog posts 2008-07-10
Travel Tips from a Million-Mile Flier: Let's just cut to the chase, shall we? Business travel sucks. It's always been difficult. Today it's horrendous. In the next few years it could be unbearable as airlines consolidate routes and pile on fees. So veteran business traveler Marshall Goldsmith checks in to Harvard Business with...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, cell phone, phone, tail end, Airports Council International; Blog posts 2008-07-10
Gadget Lust: Powermonkey eXplorer with Solar Charger: Okay, so I probably don't need this gadget, as I spend almost all of my days within a few feet of a power outlet. But maybe the fact that I don't own this gadget is the reason I'm so sedentary. If I owned the Powermonkey eXplorer with solar charger, I'd...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, David Goldenberg; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Find Businesses and Get Directions on Your BlackBerry with Poynt: BlackBerry users can quickly look up businesses and get directions using Poynt, a free service that's currently in beta. Optimized for GPS-enabled BlackBerry models but compatible with other models as well, Poynt aims to simplify business-listing lookups. Here's the feature rundown: Set your location by GPS, IP...; Tags: Handhelds, GPS, Rick Broida, Poynt, RIM BlackBerry; Blog posts 2008-07-07
AT&T Gouges the Texting Masses -- Because It Can: Amid all the talk about AT&T's data plan fees and the cost of buying an unlocked iPhone perhaps the most notable jump is the cost of texting. News.com's Maggie Reardon breaks it down: Since 2005, rates to send and receive text messages on all four major...; Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp.; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Thrifty U.S. Shoppers Could Bruise Gadget Maker Profits: By Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fears that belt-tightening U.S. consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc AAPL and SanDisk Corp SNDK...; Tags: Consumer, Consumer Electronics, Analyst, Apple Inc., Sales, SanDisk Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., US; News items 2008-07-22
Nokia and Symbian Head For Open (Source) Water: When Nokia announced that it was ready to buy the outstanding 52 percent of mobile device OS vendor Symbian for about $410 million, the handset manufacturer's stock started heading up, and for good reason. Nokia decided that it would make the software royalty-free open source. In one move, it had...; Tags: Operating systems, Cellular phones, Semiconductors, Strategy, Erik Sherman, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system; Blog posts 2008-06-24