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iPhoneography, a worthy college course
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 11, 2012

The first course in iPhoneography, or iPhone photography, is being offered at Kensington and Chelsea College, London. Which I personally think is a fantastic idea.

Veteran photographer Richard Gray is the man behind ‘iPhoneography: An Introduction to Photography with the iPhone’, a [...]

Monkey Island makers destroy Kickstarter records
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 10, 2012

Monkey Island makers destroy Kickstarter recordsThe man who created games including Monkey Island has found a simple way to literally make a million dollars over night. It turns out all you need to do is ask.

Tim Schafer now runs a studio named Double Fine [...]

Growing number of homes choose broadband + broadcast TV
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 10, 2012

More than nine in 10 homes pay for cable television. However, with new economic realities and a competitive climate change is in the air. Whereas cable’s share has decline, the number of homes with broadband internet continues to rise and, interestingly, many of those with fast internet are choosing to get television the [...]

Kodak killing cameras, digital picture frames
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 9, 2012

The Rochester, NY-based company synonymous with photography that once employed tens of thousands, but has been acting more like a patent troll of late, is getting out of the business snaps and will focus instead on printing solutions. Momma done took our KodaChrome away and is coming back for the camera — the [...]

Privacy group demands government action on Google
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 9, 2012

Privacy group demands government action on GoogleThe Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing the Federal Trade Commission over Google’s decision to change its privacy policies. That may sound a convoluted way to go about things, but EPIC thinks it’s spotted an important legal loophole.

As [...]

Almost 500k ‘App-Related Jobs’ In U.S.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 8, 2012

Almost 500,000 “app-related jobs” have been created in the U.S. thanks to the emergence of smartphones, tablets, and social networks.

Michael Mandel of SouthMountain Economics, in a new study sponsored by TechNet, estimates that the App Economy generated $20 billion [...]

This is future of watching the Super Bowl
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 8, 2012

How far has world come in 45 years? Believe or not, the television audience for the first Super Bowl in 1967 totaled more than 51 million people — it was broadcast (few people had cable back then) on both NBC and CBS. For latest iteration of the event, over 111 million watched on [...]

Online dating algorithms don’t work
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 8, 2012

Online dating algorithms don't workWith Valentine’s Day approaching, online dating companies aren’t feeling the love. They’ve just been hit by a scientific review that claims most of their services don’t really work as advertised.

The claims comes in a forthcoming issue of the Association for [...]

Amazon eyeing up chain of retail stores
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 7, 2012

When a company which has single-handedly killed off many bricks-and-mortar retailers plans a chain of retail stores itself, you know the world has gone mad.

Amazon can be blamed for forcing many companies out of business. They, and the [...]

Kayak, Halliburton dropping Blackberry
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 7, 2012

Slip sliding away. Once upon a time, if you worked for a big corporation that provided a smartphone, chances are that device was a Blackberry — it was the device to have. No more as developers and corporations flee the platform for the greener and more secure pastures of the iPhone.

Trendnet net admits home security cams can be viewed by all
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 7, 2012

Trendnet net admits home security cams can be viewed by allAmerican firm Trendnet produces a range of home security cameras that let users check activity in their property while away, via an Internet connection. The problem — which the company has only just admitted — is [...]

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad designed to tempt Apple fanboys away
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 6, 2012

How not to tempt Apple fanboys away from their beloved: mock them while trying to sell them a phone/tablet that does neither thing very well.

As a Brit the Super Bowl means nothing to [...]

The $200 million Facebook wall post
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 6, 2012

The big news of last week was the announcement of Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) and the 1,000-plus soon to be minted millionaires that will result. Perhaps the most unlikely of these is David Choe, the guy that took options in lieu of payment for a bawdy wall mural he painted in Facebook’s [...]

TripAdvisor can’t claim to be trusted
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 6, 2012

TripAdvisor can't claim to be trustedTripAdvisor will not longer be allowed to tell British users that its holiday reviews can be trusted. Advertising regulators said that can’t be certain because there’s nothing to stop bogus reviews being posted.

The Advertising Standards Authority made its ruling [...]

Let’s play Phone Stack and enjoy our dinner
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on February 5, 2012

Let's play Phone Stack and enjoy our dinnerBeing addicted to your cell phone is not uncommon.  Many of us have [...]

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