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5,000 ‘Overtly Sexual’ iPhone Apps Purged
Tuesday February 23, 2010
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Apple has decided that applications that are ‘overtly sexual’ no longer have a home in the App Store. Apple’s new App Store content policy has resulted in over 5,000 companies’ apps being purged. The companies whose apps were deemed ‘overtly sexual’ were notified last week that their applications were going to be removed due to…
Brightkite or Buzz?
Tuesday February 9, 2010
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Google announces a new product that integrates with Gmail inbox that will allow you to start conversations about things that you find interesting. Google Buzz is about location more than anything, sharing information about your day to day online is considered to be richer if there is a location tagged to the post. The idea…
Center for Automotive Research at Stanford Modified Audi TTS
Friday February 5, 2010
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The days of driving yourself around may be coming to an end sooner than we all might think! Ever since the automobile was first conceived people have had the shared dream of the day when cars would drive us around. A team of researchers at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) has modified…
Apple’s iPad Might Have Some Competition Talk About A Google Tablet
Wednesday February 3, 2010
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Apple’s iPad might have some competition in the coming months with the recent talk about a Google Tablet. Google just released the Nexus One which was their version of the iPhone in the US. It looks like Google now wants to curb the iPad (release date March 2010) sales with their own spin. Glen Murphy,…
Google’s Battle with Censorship in China
Monday February 1, 2010
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Google is struggling to find its place in China amongst heavy censorship, evaluating its future with the Chinese people. “We like what China is doing in terms of growth…we just don’t like censorship. We hope that will change and we can apply some pressure to make things better for the Chinese people,” Google CEO Eric…
Steve Jobs Clarified Just What We Can Expect From Apple’s iPad
Thursday January 28, 2010
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Apple’s latest creation will be in your hands in 60 days and may revolutionize the way you or I compute. Steve Jobs clarified just what we can expect from Apples iPad, a device that appears to be an iPod Touch on steroids. The iPad platform is very similar to the iPod Touch but its capabilities…
Use the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine to Completely Scrub Your Internet Presence
Tuesday January 26, 2010
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Web 2.0 and social networking may not be for everyone! Living in a world of “avatars” and mood status updates is not as important to some people as it is others. One finds this out after they have already taken the time to set up detailed accounts about themselves. Thousands of people have found that…
Twitter is a Free Social Networking and Microblogging Service
Friday January 22, 2010
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Wordmark for Twitter logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What is it about Twitter? A simple question, a simple program, a complex answer – maybe even unexplainable. If you were to type “twitter” into a Wikipedia field you would find this: “Twitter is a free social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and…
2009 Investing In Review
Monday January 4, 2010
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At the beginning of the year we set up some hypothetical portfolios. Rather than review them in individual detail, lets just look at some performance. One S and P 500 index fund, symbol spy, was us up 25.48% for 2009. Fortune Magazine picked 10 stocks for 2009. Here is how it did: Name Symbol…
Webconsuls 2009 Winter Newsletter
Thursday December 24, 2009
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Webconsuls Newsletter, Winter 2009, 4th Quarter With the holidays upon us, we wanted to take a few minutes to wish all of our clients a happy and healthy New Year. This newsletter will take you down memory lane as Webconsuls turns 10 years old, spotlighting those clients who have been with us for those 10…
Google Readies Launch of iPhone Rival
Monday December 21, 2009
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When Apple released the long awaited iPhone it completely changed the mobile technology forever. Gone were the days of flip phones, mobile computers that could make phone calls became the bar. Every technology company has tried to create a rival to Apple’s iPhone technology and have failed miserably. What’s strange about the apparent lack of…
Wiimote to play a MAME game on the iPhone
Friday December 4, 2009
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I feel like I am part of a group that feels that Apple is not letting us use our iPhones to the fullest. The iPhone is amazing, its abilities surpass all others and that should be noted; however, the restrictions that Apple has can be bothering regarding bluetooth keyboard ability, tethering, and having to have…