Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Nov

19

Netflix and Xbox 360 = BFF

By LL Cool C

When the pairing of Netflix instant queue and the the new Xbox 360 dashboard was announced, I was more then a little excited.  I have never had the Netflix subscription service, though I did subscribe to the Blockbuster plan which I thoroughly enjoyed, so I knew what to expect.  Since I already had an Xbox [...]

Nov

17

Google Mobile iPhone App with voice search

By LL Cool C

The updated Google Mobile iPhone app with voice search is out now and is a great little tool for on the go searching.  The best part is the voice search feature.  I searched for a few things and it seemed to work out well for me.  I’ll admit I was in a quiet place where [...]

Nov

7

SugarSync where sweetness and technology combine

By LL Cool C

A friend at work has been raving about a program called SugarSync, the online storage and sharing program for all of your computers.  SugarSync allows you to back up your home, work and laptop computer all through their manager.  This is a nice feature to have all of your files protected in the “cloud.”  Sugarsync takes [...]

Aug

1

Shazam vs. Midomi

By LL Cool C

Many of you have heard of Shazam, the little iPhone app that will tell you the song that is playing on the radio after listening to it for ten to fifteen seconds, but little has been said about Midomi.  It offers more features the Shazam, but is it really the choice for you when you [...]

Jul

22

iPhone WordPress App

By LL Cool C

Now I have not tried this out yet, but there is a new app out for the iPhone that allows you to update you Wordpress blog from your iPhone.
Here is what it is described as:
“Robust but simple to use, the WordPress for iPhone Open Source application allows you to create and edit content on your [...]

Jul

17

GoDaddy .me domain debacle

By LL Cool C

GoDaddy released the .me domain extension to purchase at 11am ET today.  So far it has been a big fail for them.  I was the proud owner of the.me for a total of 1 hour and 6 minutes before I got an email from GoDaddy letting me know that I am not the owner anymore.  [...]

Jul

12

Top 10 things to do while your iPhone 3G is bricked.

By LL Cool C

You’ve got that fingerprinted shiny new iPhone 3G and you are all ready to do everything “Twice as Fast,” except that you are stuck trying to activate it.  So now your phone is doing nothing as you wait around.  Here are some things to do with it while you are waiting.

Use it as a see-saw [...]

Jun

30

Can twitter break more often?

By LL Cool C

So today I want to send out some tweets via twitter. Sorry, site down.  So I wait.  I come back an hour later,  sorry, site down again.  I’m not a twitter fiend like some are.  I can go without, but when I wanted to tweet where was it?
Poor Analogy time: Last summer I always went [...]