There’s no QNX (or BBX, we should say) here, but the Bold 9930 is still taking baby steps towards the future with BlackBerry OS 7. Now that you’ve had a few months to tinker with your latest and greatest, we’re interested to hear how you’d tweak things if given the keys to Waterloo. Would you … Continued
Switched On: The clamshell mystique
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. In 2009, Switched On discussed the potential of Android on netbooks, finding an uneasy match between what was then high-flying hardware and still nascent software. More than two years later, though, the tables have turned in terms of momentum. As netbooks have settled … Continued
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: CR-V hybrid, Facebook’s server farm and robot costumes
The world of green tech presented us with some neat tricks and eco-treats this week from this plan to 3D print new shells for homeless hermit crabs to this handy LeafSnap app that helps you identify all different kinds of fall foliage to an energy-efficient UFO hotel room, which recently “landed” in the forests of … Continued
Social Media and Small Business: This Week in Social Media
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Nearly Half of Small Businesses Use Social Media Marketing: Check out the results of this Zoomerang survey. “Nearly half of … Continued
YouTube Cover Song Face-Off: Rihanna’s “We Found Love”
Each week, Cuhea’s picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite. Rihanna’s “We Found Love” moves into the top spot on Billboard‘s Hot Digital Songs chart this week on the heels of the Oct. 19 release of the track’s edgy music video. The lead single off … Continued
Channels and Celebrities: Say Hello to the New YouTube
YouTube is partnering with Ashton Kutcher, Amy Poehler, Shaq, IGN, The Wall Street Journal and dozens of others to launch a slew of premium video channels. The channels, which have been in the works for months, is a big and risky play to get premium content onto its servers. Google (YouTube’s owner) is reportedly spending … Continued







