by Rachel Croft As far as social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter are concerned, the question commonly asked is “What are you doing?” Right now though, the new social-networking website Foursquare is changing that question to “Where are you now?” Foursquare is a combination of Friend-Finder, GPS and a City Guide and is a [...]
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Is the future of television in 3D?
Posted in Old technology, Television Media, The New York Times, Web & Technology on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times reports that Sony and Panasonic have figured out yet another way to nauseate their potential customers and it surprisingly doesn’t involve the inflated price of their products. It involve 3D television! In an attempt to re-energize their sales, Sony says that consumers are expected to buy into the idea of all [...]
Google’s Street View hits Canadia
Posted in Google, Privacy, The Globe and Mail, Web & Technology on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Globe & Mail reports that Google has finally launches it’s street view application in Canada. This gives people the opportunity to see a 360 degree view of 15 major Canadian cities (Ottawa included) as if you were driving or walking down the road. This launched in 2007 in America and other countries and is [...]
Health sector to benefit from today’s advacing technology
Posted in Computers, Mobile Phone, Privacy, The Globe and Mail, Web & Technology on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The internet hype has reached the health care industry and is taking it by storm, making health officials’ lives a little easier and more accessible. According to this article, “There are a lot of applications now being developed for health care because it seems that the market has gone full bore toward the web browser interface. [...]
What’s the deal with Hulu?
Posted in Advertising, Amazon, Books, News, The Huffington Post, Web & Technology on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to business, hard economic times should inspire innovation and change in the way a company is run. If this were true, then one would imagine that the print industry would be on the forefront of innovation as they seem to be going through a never ending dryspell. Unfortunately, this is not the [...]
