Tag: Tech
Looking for tech experts and commentators to follow on Twitter? TechWatchDog.com has a list, with 100 gurus listed.
Keeping up-to-date with the latest tech and web news is a breeze when you're following the experts at TechCrunch.
A must-have organizer for serious twitterers that allows users to stay up to date with new tweets and Facebook updates, as well as create customized lists.
Twittervision displays real-time Twitter posts on a geographic map of the globe, allowing users to instantaneously view tweets being generated internationally.
Convenient Twitter extension for the Firefox web browser that enables users to post and view updates from friends along with other basic Twitter functions.
Facebook, smartphones, digital books... There aren't many surprises in a CNN list of the top 10 tech trends from 2009.
A new report documents the astonishing information overload we're experiencing from the web, Twitter, Google, and other sources.
The "How Much Information?" report about American consumers, from UC San Diego, indicates that Americans are consuming more information than ever. One surprising finding? Computer games represent the largest source of information, likely because of their interactive nature and complex graphics.
We've got a list of interesting figures from the full report.
A couple years back, I wrote a column with an immodest proposal: Companies like Apple and Microsoft should put all new features and functionality on hold for five years and focus on stability and simplicity.
OK, it was a crazy idea (and I wasn't entirely serious, of course), but you get my drift: Too much software is too complicated and too buggy.
Looking for a website that brings you a little bit of everything, is a little unpredictable and always fun? Check out Boing Boing.
With all of the attention surrounding the WiFi standard for wireless Internet access, Bluetooth sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. Bluetooth and WiFi were both hyped in the late 1990s, but their fates soon diverged. WiFi is now available everywhere, from airports to bookstores, while Bluetooth, a technology named for a Viking (Harald Bluetooth, who was known for uniting two Scandinavian kingdoms), hasn’t conquered much of anything, other than wireless headsets.

