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Dropbox is a tool that I have been using more and more these days. It has become a central tool to my online strategy… and it is free. What is Dropbox? Dropbox is a little hard to describe, but in its simplest form it is a way to share files across different computers or devices [...]
One of the latest features in the new iPhone was a new feature for the camera app that I thought would be silly but that I have fallen in love with. There is a growing interest among photographers in HDR or High Dynamic Range photography. HDR overcomes a limitation that cameras have compared to the [...]
Interstate 80 can be a very boring road. To underline that fact the highway has big orange signs near the Bonneville salt flats in Utah that advise on the dangers of falling asleep. The wide open landscapes of the highway as it stretches through Utah and Nevada also challenge the solo roadtripper to try and [...]
Have you every woken up and remembered something surprising? It must have come as quite a shock to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to wake up and remember that searching and buying stuff on the internet was all his idea. That might be a little bit of an exaggeration but Allen’s company Interval Licensing is suing [...]
Travelers to South America or Asia may routinely see people waving their cell phones over an electronic pad at the cash register as they pay for their coffee, new computer or movie tickets. These patrons are using a technology called NFC (Near Field Communication) that turns your mobile phone into a kind of credit card. [...]
Intel has agreed to purchase computer security company McAfee for a hefty $7.68 billion dollars in the largest acquisition Intel has ever made. According to a study by Javelin Strategy & Research the cost of identity theft in the United States from all sources rose to $54 billion in 2009 and affected 12 percent of [...]
The RIAA and the Radio Industry are fighting over a bill in Congress called the Performance Rights Act. The main purpose of this bill is to force radio stations to pay artists for the music that they play on the air. For years radio has not had to make these payments because the logic was [...]
BlackBerry owners who love podcasts got some good news from RIM yesterday that announced a free application and service for their BlackBerry phones called “BlackBerry Podcasts”. BlackBerry Podcasts starts with a directory of 1000 popular podcasts. BlackBerry Podcasts gives users access to free audio and video content that can be downloaded over Wi-Fi(R) or over [...]
A friend of mine, Bruce Murray, woke up to a surprise today. His popular Facebook page “30 Days In Paris” had been banned by Facebook.His page had over 10,000 followers from whom Bruce was now cut off. Facebook sent a letter saying that it violated their terms of service. As is usually the case, Facebook [...]
There are 2 million miles of paved roads in the United States. Each of those miles has to be resurfaced periodically and the material generally used to pave roads is asphalt which is a petroleum product. So not only do you need to put gas in your family car, but the road you drive on [...]
If you ever happen to be in the sleepy little town of Petaluma, California just North of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge then keep your eyes out for a small grey house with a sign outside that says TWiT Cottage. GeekBeat.TV is a part of a greater tech and gadget podcasting / new [...]
