Harmony 1100: One Remote to Rule Them All
Once upon a time, TV remote controls were only required to do three things: turn the TV on/off, control the volume, and change the channel. But as time passed, and our entertainment gadgets evolved, so did our need for remotes. Now there was a remote for the television, another for the DVD player, and still [...]
Read MoreNew FriendFeed Looks Twittery, But Keeps It Real-Time
FriendFeed launched an interface re-design that has the entire community talking. The real-time view is now the default view, so things can get out of hand real quick. You also now have a basic profile with a blurb about yourself. This was a pretty highly requested feature. The layout does look like Twitter, but definitely [...]
Read MoreBusta’s Love-Hate Relationship with Technology
The computer has made N*** lazy, the computer has made N*** interact less… its dehumanizing people homey. Just an excerpt of Busta’s overly exaggerated tirade against the over reliance on technology to communicate. The funniest thing about this is that it was posted to his YouTube account and I watched it along with his interview [...]
Read MoreBlackPlanet’s Featured Blogger Program
Many of you (including us) have been contacted by someone on staff at BlackPlanet about their new Featured Blogger Program. It is being described by BlackPlanet’s Chief Content Officer Smokey Fontaine as: Essentially, it’s a home page program that uses my content sites as distribution points for our community’s best bloggers. It’s something I may [...]
Read More7 URL Shorteners and Why You Might Use Them
There are about a million different was to shrink a URL these days. I asked my friends on Twitter and FriendFeed what service they use. Most of you picked TinyURL or whatever service your software chose for you. Further discussion revealed that many of us have no clue how useful a URL shortener can be, [...]
Read MoreK’Naan uses Twitter for Remix
Somali-Canadian music artist K’Naan announced that he is collaborating with his fans to assemble a new version of his song “People Like Me” from their tweets on Twitter. The contest officially started on April 1st and consists of K’Naan inviting his Twitter followers to download the special instrumental version of the song, created specially for [...]
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