Posts filed under 'communication'
Promote your expertise with this search engine
Social networks are great for following your friends’ daily musings, but rarely do they help grow your income. I think we all want to leverage social media to help our business efforts – now there is Weedle.
Like a LinkedIn/Yellow Pages hybrid, Weddle’s a new platform from Ireland to help users effectively market their professional expertise through mutual contacts which leverages an implicit “element of trust.” Users fill out a description of their vocation (plumber, video producer) and location, back it up with a mini resume and optionally a photo/video of their “skills in action”, then one imports contacts from myriad accounts including Gmail, LinkedIn, and AOL. Users searching for hires (done by skill set) will have their results prioritized based on individuals with whom they share contacts, allowing them to vet you by a trusted source should they choose; if interested, they can reach out.
Once the process is over, both parties can go back “rate” one another and/or comment on the experience.
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Add comment August 31, 2010
Traffic JamCam App
How about an app that let’s you peep in on live traffic cameras in major metro areas? This iPhone app is nice enough to let you peep live traffic cameras of metro ATL’s major interstates and other problem areas; just type in a street/intersection and select your eye(s) in the sky. You can also check a zoomed-out "Map" view, upon which the status (green flags for flowing, red for stalled) of the streets is overlaid. It’s available in the appstore and called “TrafficJamCam Atlanta.” Now we just need an app for red light cameras.
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Add comment August 30, 2010
Goggles brings search by sight to iPhone
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According to The Register, Google is planning to release their search-by-sight feature, Goggles to the iPhone, which is currently available for Android phones.
Google Goggles will allow users to search the web using the camera on their iPhone . It can recognize languages, books, album covers, artwork, landmarks, places, logos, and more.
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Add comment August 25, 2010
New iPhone 5, iPod and iPad?
iLounge has just reported that they have received information about Apple’s plans for the next generation iPod , iPad and iPhone from a ‘highly reliable source’.
According to their source, Apple is planning to release as many as three new iPod models very soon, a seven-inch iPad later this year or early next year, the fifth generation iPhone as soon as January and also received some interesting details about bumper case for iPhone 4.
iPod:
Apple apparently has 3 iPod models ready and could introduce them as early as this month or latest by September.
iPad:
Apple is planning to introduce a smaller 5 to 7-inch iPad model either later this year or early next year.
iPhone:
According to iLounge, Apple might launch iPhone 5 as early as January next year because of the iPhone 4 antenna issue.
[via iLounge]
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1 comment August 5, 2010
Sale Of Android phone Outpaced iPhones?
Nielsen reports that the sale of Android phones outnumbered the iPhones for the first time last quarter. The study reports that Android smartphones now account for 27% of the US smartphone market – 4 percentage points higher than Apple’s 23%.
Another study from Canalys estimates that global Android sales grew 886% in the previous quarter.
From iPhone Hacks
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Add comment August 4, 2010
Technology can help a guys love life
I ran across a great site – helpaguyout.com – that will enhance a guys love life without drugs and put some money in a girls wallet. Guys can ask a woman a question on relationships and dating and get an answer from a female perspective. It will cost you $2 to ask a question guys! And the woman that answers gets to keep $1 of that payment. The cool thing is it’s all anonymous – you don’t know who asks and who answers. Try it, you can’t lose a lot unless you have so many questions …
If you want to save a few bucks and get some great love tips guys … visit Raphael’s facebook page. I think he could even teach a caveman some romance. This site is free and funny! They are currently giving away a trip for two to Portugal and 25 cans of gourmet Queen Of The Coast tuna (the sponsor) a week. This site is fun but seriously guys, it could help you become the romeo you desire to be!
So is it love or money that makes the world go round?
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Add comment July 29, 2010
Facebook hits 500 million mark
The site, which launched in 2004, has gained around 100 million new users in just the last six months. Facebook said the number was "an important milestone" and added that it was "humbled and inspired" by the stories of its users, which it is asking people to share on the site. Everybody it seems – wants to share with their friends. Look how it started small and how fast it grew!
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Add comment July 21, 2010
How NOT to hold your phone
Location of phone antennas. Don’t cover it with your hand while talking for best signal. Apple tells us that antenna problems exist with all phones. Full story from Apple conference here.
http://bit.ly/cDYLpJ+iphonehacks+%28iPhone+Hacks%29
Add comment July 18, 2010
Your most embarrassing messages, online
Ok, now technology is here with a vengeance with Audioo.com
From a tech-geek whose last project was an online repository of downloadable sound effects, Audioo’s also a repository, but not sound effects, this time embarrassing voicemails uploaded by users who received these messages from their friends – or people that used to be their friends.
After upload, each message’s transcribed and posted as both a text and audio file, with examples from various area codes including:
(718): A UPS guy calls a customer to pick up leftover boxes, which he’s worried about ’cause he thinks they may be holding a ferret, a point he emphasizes by swearing, then saying "I don’t cuss unless I’m serious about something" — well, $#**.
(917): A clearly pale guy tries to convince a girl to come over by letting her know that "to answer your question, I put on sunscreen even if it is pitch dark outside, literally… I got some spf 80 here. I got some spf 90. I got some spf 1000. Seriously, I’m just tryin’ to get you to my house so we can make out. Just come on over. I got the spf whatever. And uh, we’ll go hang out in the sun. Or not. It doesn’t matter." Hmmmm… actually it kind of does.
This makes me sad for the people involved and I guess just sad in general. If you participate, I have the T-shirt for you. Is this a good use of technology?
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Add comment June 30, 2010
Free Food Friday – October 8th @ SoundWorks
SoundWorks has fun ways of supporting the creative community with Free Food Friday* networking lunches. Menus for past events have included everything from good ole’ fashioned homemade hamburgers to Mexican, Spanish and Portuguese-inspired dishes prepared by local chefs. FFF is free lunch fun with Houston creative people. Dwight Cook of SoundWorks says, “It’s very cool to see graphic designers, writers and filmmakers make personal and business connections. It’s about making the Houston community smaller by getting to know each other.”
The next FFF event on October 8th will feature a Jamaican-themed menu and guests get to suggest their favorite Caribbean tune for download. Pirate punch for everyone!
* FFF translates: free lunch, invitation only, creative community enjoying creative cuisine. We believe in building this Houston network of professionals through the art of conversation, a shared perspective, a plate at a time. FFF is by invitation only, so if you want to attend you might have to twist an arm at SoundWorks.
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Add comment September 1, 2010