1. Gowalla Prepares To Roll Out On BlackBerry  permalink

Gowalla Prepares To Roll Out On BlackBerry
MG Siegler / TechCrunch

The check-in arms race continues to heat up. Foursquare has been working fast to secure its place on not only the iPhone, but also Android , Palm Pre, BlackBerry, and most recently, Windows Mobile . But rival Gowalla is working hard to get onto the other platforms as well. Recently, they launched a version that works on Android phones through ...

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Gowalla Prepares To Roll Out On BlackBerry BlackBerry App for the Visually Impaired Comes with $449 Price Tag   —  Oratio is a BlackBerry app for the blind and visually impaired that allows users that comes at an astronomical cost but is sure to bring a lot of value to those that need it . The app gives the user the ability to effectively communicate using IM, emails, SMS and MMS, as well as calls and access to Caller ID. You can manage your contact list, ...

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Gowalla Prepares To Roll Out On BlackBerry Oratio BlackBerry Screen Reader App For The Blind And Visually Impaired Now Available   —  Miguel from LaBlackBerry let me know that HumanWare and Code Factory have teamed up with RIM to release a BlackBerry application for the blind and visually impaired called Oratio.

2. Ovi Maps downloaded 1.4 million times in first week since going free  permalink

Ovi Maps downloaded 1.4 million times in first week since going free
Thomas Ricker / Engadget

People sure do like getting something for nothing. Since Nokia made the big move to stop charging for its walk and drive navigation last week, 1.4 million of us have downloaded the Ovi Maps software -- on average, that's a download a second since launch. The response has been so good that it's exceeded Nokia's expectations according to Anssi ...

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AAS Insight 103 - Nokia Q4, Skyfire, iPad   —  In All About Symbian Insight 103 (AAS Podcast 167), the team start with news of Nokia's Q4 results, which saw an encouraging 5% upswing in smartphone market share (QoQ). We then discuss the Apple iPad news, which leads into a discussion of the importance of service ecosystems. Finally there's news of Skyfire and listener questions on advertising ...

3. 40,000 More Extensions!  permalink

Blog.chromium.org

One thing that got lost in the commotion of the extensions launch is a feature that is near and dear to my heart: Google Chrome 4 now natively supports Greasemonkey user scripts. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension I wrote in 2004 that allows developers to customize web pages using simple JavaScript and it was the inspiration for some important ...

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4. HP TouchSmart 600 Quad series does the Core i7 thing  permalink

HP TouchSmart 600 Quad series does the Core i7 thing
Thomas Ricker / Engadget

What? Did Intel release a new processor or something? HP is just the latest PC vendor to make the Core i7 jump as it plans to put its new TouchSmart 600 Quad series up for sale starting today. The beefed up 23-inch all-in-one starts at $1,699 with options for a 1.6GHz Core i7 720QM or 1.73GHz Core i7 820QM Intel quad-core processor. Otherwise, ...

5. LG Given Green Light For Deployment Of Next-Generation LTE Modem In Japan  permalink

LG Given Green Light For Deployment Of Next-Generation LTE Modem In Japan
Www.newswire.co.kr

Seoul (Korea Newswire) February 3, 2010 -- LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, today announced that its LD100 data modem has become the first long-term evolution device (LTE) to receive Telecom Engineering Center (TELEC) certification, clearing the way for the modem to be used in Japan.

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6. Stephen Colbert: Blippy Is More Exciting Than Going Through Old Receipts  permalink

Stephen Colbert: Blippy Is More Exciting Than Going Through Old Receipts
MG Siegler / TechCrunch

Normally, it takes quite a bit of time before a startup gets any sort of mainstream spotlight. That's not the case with Blippy . Tonight, the controversial social credit card data aggregator was featured on Comedy Central's Colbert Report . As you might imagine, host Stephen Colbert ripped into the service's ability to show everyday purchases at ...

7. HP EliteBook 8440w Mobile Workstation  permalink

HP EliteBook 8440w Mobile Workstation
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Windows XP Professional (available through downgrade rights from Genuine Windows® 7 Professional) Windows XP Professional (available through downgrade rights from Genuine Windows® 7 Professional)

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8. Fwix Launches Mobile City Apps to Provide You Local News on the Go  permalink

Fwix Launches Mobile City Apps to Provide You Local News on the Go
Www.mobilecrunch.com

As you’ve probably realized, local news is undergoing a massive transformation. The rapid demise of “old media” has resulted in fewer local publications, and it’s likely that in a few months your local paper may no longer exist. As “new media” takes over, users will be faced with a plethora of choices to ...

9. New Software Update for Nexus One phones  permalink

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Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:

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10. 3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market  permalink

3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch

3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates. Now the company is talking: 3Crowd is looking to change the way people use content delivery ...

11. Notes from 2010-02-02  permalink

Bill Day / BillDay.com

How to create your own interval workouts # Push past the last few miles with patience and mindfulness via @ activenetwork # Winter camping tips continue from @ BackpackerMag # Great suggestions for toting bananas without the mess via @ BackpackerMag # This year ...

12. Paragraph break vs Line break in OSX  permalink

Paragraph break vs Line break in OSX
Ivan / Creativebits

If you're having troubles with text jumbled together when copy pasting documents the issue is most likely caused by incorrect use of line breaks and paragraph breaks. This is usually a problem with MS Word documents. To fix such documents, open them in Pages before copying. Select Edit/ Find/ Find.../ Advanced . From the drop down options select ...

13. Mediabistro On Demand  permalink

Mediabistro On Demand
Www.mediabistro.com

Learn the latest tools and trends in new media, design, and career development from mediabistro.com's ever-expanding video library. Hundreds of tutorials - Practical online tutorials show you how to use social media platforms, get the most out of design programs, and take the next steps in your career path. Conference videos bring you the best of ...

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14. Google discontinuing FTP support for Blogger blogs  permalink

Google discontinuing FTP support for Blogger blogs
Jason Clarke / Download Squad

Filed under: News , Blogging , Google , Freeware Love it or hate it, Blogger was the tool that really brought blogging into the mainstream. Once upon a time, the only way to have your blog hosted on your own domain was to use Blogger as the content management system, but then have it use FTP to push HTML pages to your web host. Fast forward to ...

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Google discontinuing FTP support for Blogger blogs Steve Jobs about Google and Adobe   —  On the next day after the iPad presentation Steve Jobs gave a conference at Town Hall. Among others the Google and Adobe subjects were discussed. According to a person, who was not authorized to speak with the press by Apple, but was present on this event, Jobs didn’t mince his words in his speech. This is what he exactly said about Google:

15. OpenFire and Spark offer secure private chat and collaboration tools  permalink

OpenFire and Spark offer secure private chat and collaboration tools
Jason Clarke / Download Squad

Filed under: Windows , Macintosh , Linux , Freeware , Open Source , Web If you're looking to implement a secure, private chat environment in your company, have a look at what's going on at Ignite Realtime with their OpenFire real time collaboration server and Spark cross-platform IM client. Being that they are open source, both OpenFire and ...

16. Official OS 5.0.0.419 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630  permalink

Official OS 5.0.0.419 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630
Matt Cameron / BlackBerry Cool

SaskTel have released an official OS 5.0.0.419 for the Tour 9630. Grab it and let us know what you think. Download OS 5.0.0.419 for the Tour 9630. [Read it first on BerryScoop ] © Matt Cameron aka W4LNUT for BlackBerry Cool , 2010

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Official OS 5.0.0.419 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 SaskTel Officially Releases OS 5.0.0.419 For BlackBerry Tour 9630   —  It appears SaskTel is one of the first carriers to release an official 5.0 OS for the BlackBerry Tour 9630.  While this doesn’t mean that any other carriers are any closer to releasing an official 5.0 update for the 9630, it is a good sign that carriers are starting to find builds which they trust and feel comfortable putting out for the ...

17. Todos a descargar el primero de la sexta temporada de Perdidos. O no  permalink

Todos a descargar el primero de la sexta temporada de Perdidos. O no
Antonio Ortiz / Error500

A pesar de los altibajos, hace tiempo que me rendí a Perdidos y, como no podía ser de otro modo, tenía el cliente de bittorrent afinado y preparado para la ocasión: el estreno del primer episodio de la sexta temporada , con la confianza añadida de que mañana a mediodía estarían los subtítulos disponibles. Hacía años que no sentía esa ...

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Todos a descargar el primero de la sexta temporada de Perdidos. O no 'Perdidos' estará disponible en Play Cuatro   —  Por si no lo sabíais mañana martes se estrena en Estados Unidos la sexta y última temporada de ‘Perdidos‘ y será una semana después, el martes 9 (sustituyendo a ‘House’, que básicamente lo han movido de horario para nada), cuando Cuatro la estrene. Como ya sabeis nosotros estamos mordiéndonos las uñas contando las ...

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Todos a descargar el primero de la sexta temporada de Perdidos. O no Amazon vs. Macmillan: la capitulación de un gigante   —  Supongo que algunos lo habrán leído Amazon acaba de capitular en su primer batalla para mantener el precio de los libros electrónicos en un valor estándar y fijo de u$s 9.99 y pese a que, durante el fin de semana hizo el bravado de sacar todo su inventario de la venta, el lunes decidió firmar su derrota y aceptar que: los nuevos títulos van ...

18. ScribbleSquid tries to help new writers -- with one glaring omission  permalink

ScribbleSquid tries to help new writers -- with one glaring omission
Erez Zukerman / Download Squad

Filed under: Text , Productivity , Op-Ed Creative writing is not an easy task, but the web gives us great opportunities to collaborate and get some help. For our own book, my friend and I set up a custom DokuWiki which does the trick quite nicely. But not everyone likes to tinker; some people simply want to get down to business and start telling ...

19. Charting circulation  permalink

Charting circulation
Liftlab.com

“Charting the Beatles” is a project that I find highly intriguing. One of the visualization that I find highly interesting for that matter is the “Self Reference” representation. As described by the authors: “The lyrics of the Beatles include a number of references to their own previous songs. This diagram explores ...

20. How You Give Your Power Away  permalink

How You Give Your Power Away
Steve Pavlina / Steve Pavlina

One of the themes that repeatedly came up at the last Conscious Growth Workshop was the problem of giving your power away. Instead of focusing on your true desires, you erect false structures in front of your desires and then feed your power to those structures as a delay tactic. Here are some typical scenarios of [...]