MobileZen – Make Text Work for You!
In this rapidly emerging mobile-focused market, people and companies may find it difficult to communicate targeted information and dynamic, rich content about themselves, their products, services and events in a unique and exciting way. That’s where MobileZen, Inc. comes in. MobileZen is a web-based service that leverages the immediate and interruptive nature of text-messaging, and the visual impact of mobile web pages, which they call TextSitesSM. It’s as simple as texting a keyword to 99699, and a unique way to use the one thing you’ll always have with you – your cell phone.
Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE Streams Content to Four Devices Over Powerline Networks [Zinnet]
Sometimes Wi-Fi just doesn’t do the trick when streaming something to several devices. Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE system will cover you there by allowing you to stream things over a powerline [...]
The Google App Marketplace: Doing It All in the Cloud [Google]
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Lego biped robots are a dime a dozen, even while some look pretty sweet. This one is special: It’s the first walking Lego robot. And, unlike your usual feet-dragging toy [...]
ExiTool: A More Practical Approach To Escaping Your Automobile [Multitools]
Here are a few things you don’t have time to do when your car plunges into an icy lake: remove a Leatherman multitool from your glove compartment; unfold it; cut [...]
Heidi Montag’s Sad Dream
Heidi Montag dreamed of starring in a pointless remake of an absurd film; Nicholas Carlson imagined nailing Facebook’s CEO to the wall; and Perez Hilton envisioned getting his mom back. [...]
Improve Meeting Efficiency with a 22-Minute Limit [Meetings]
Meetings don’t have to be the bane of the workday existence. Try scheduling them in 22-minute blocks to get more out of them and spend less time hating them.
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Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer Tweaks, Enlarges Your Superbar Thumbnails [Downloads]
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Microsoft shows off XNA games running on Windows Phone, full 3D is a go
Alright, we’re going to be straight with you: you’re not going to like this. See, Microsoft just showed us a pair of 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone [...]
Creepy Apple Wants Control of Your House, Wallet
In addition to to providing your digital music, movies and “print” media, Apple would also like to be the gateway to your home and bank account. Meet the iKey, the [...]
MySpace Co-Presidents’ Not-So-Secret Turnaround Plan
From USA Today: Facebook thumped it, and Twitter threatens it as a source for entertainment news and real-time searches.
But MySpace, nestled in the entertainment capital of the world, thinks it [...]
February Search Results Are In: Bing Is Up Again, Yahoo Is Down Again (MSFT, YHOO)
Another month, another weak search performance from Yahoo.
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Viacom and Comedy Central recently pulled ‘The [...]
Bloomberg About To Fire A Bunch More People At BusinessWeek
The other shoe is about to drop at BusinessWeek.
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CHART OF THE DAY: Apple’s Market Cap Shoots Past $200 Billion, Closes In On Microsoft (AAPL, MSFT)
Apple’s stock continued its big upward march today, closing at an all-time high price of $219, pushing Apple’s market capitalization to $202 billion.
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On Android, MySpace Reigns Supreme
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Pluto Fanboys Hate Mail [Science]
If I were Neil deGrasse Tyson—host of the Pluto Files and director of the Hayden Planetarium—I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night. Not after reading the hate mail from [...]
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It sure took ‘em long enough — just over four months if you’re keeping score — but MSI has finally shipped its next-generation netbook. The AMD-powered Wind12 U230 has left [...]
