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Earthcomber Helps You Find Fun Things to Do, Via Cell Phone
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Smartphones, Internet, Software,
Do you have a web-enabled cell phone, Blackberry, touch-screen Palm or Windows Mobile device? Then you may wish to check out Earthcomber, an app for your phone that helps you find just about anything around town. Seeking a movie for your date tonite? Someplace to eat afterwards? Somewhere to take her dancing later? A WiFi hotspot to blog about your new girlfriend? Earthcomber can help you find all of that, and much more. The best part? It has a comprehensive database….and it’s free! Just go to the website, sign up, download and you’re good to go.
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Gallery: Earthcomber Helps You Find Fun Things to Do, Via Cell Phone
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Remember way back (and by that we mean mid-to-late ‘90s), when it was all about AOL? We fondly remember the handy “return receipt” feature in which you were notified when a fellow AOL’er received the email you sent. We’ve always wondered when someone would invent a free service enabling this feature for other email clients. The wait is over: go to DidTheyReadIt.com and sign up. Then, for every person you send a missive to, add “.DidTheyReadIt.com” (note that it starts with a dot) to the end of their email address in order to track it. And no, your ex
mom won’t see those words—or be aware the email is being tracked. Once your someone opens an email, you will be notified of when they opened it, how long they viewed it, and even where, geographically, it was read. Cool and useful, if slightly creepy in a Big-Brother-is-Watching sort of way. Note that it only works if you’re sending from a Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL or Mac email address.
Read More | DidTheyReadIt
Gallery: Track Sent Email With DidTheyReadIt.com
Dumpster divers will delight in the fact that an empty can of Party Animal Gourmet Pet Food found in Paris Hilton’s trash fetched $305.00 in a recent eBay auction. The site HollywoodStarTrash featured several other items as well, such as an empty Coke can for $51.00 and a used toothbrush also for $305.00. If you would like to get in on the bidding action, another auction began today. We were just wondering if Paris’ DNA was left intact on the toothbrush so that some evil scientist-type could try a bit of cloning.
Read More | Topix
Gallery: Paris’ Garbage Brings in The Bucks on eBay
If you aren’t already a part of Second Life or have wondered what the fuss is about, we recently took another look at the site. There are almost 8 million subscribers, over one and a half just within the past 60 days. This could possibly be because they have their own money system thing going which includes buying and selling land, and creating businesses. Almost 2 million U.S. and Linden dollars have changed hands in the last 24 hours. We find that a bit eerie and yet intriguing, in a voyeuristic kind of way.
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Gallery: Take a Second Look at Second Life
Although swaptree has been in beta since 2004, it will finally launch next week on July 4. This service uses calculations that match you up with others based on that now widely known but little understood concept of algorithms. Before you run to the dictionary, it simply means that the service will narrow down items that are equal to those that you have and based on such results as location, objectively match them up. swaptree is free to the public, so you only need pay postage with Media Mail and a monthly fee of $1.00 to cover credit card transactions. Now might be the time to get into the back shelf of your closet and get rid all of those ugly ties that Uncle Peter keeps sending you for Christmas.
Read More | Mashable
Gallery: swaptree Open for Business
Your Broadcaster Seeks Cinematic Genius
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies, Music,
Aspiring filmmakers now have a chance to make their cinematic dreams come true. With a free membership at Your Broadcaster, you can view and vote on others’ work, and for a $10.00 fee you will have copyright protection for your own uploads of video, animation, screenplay, or script. For $35.00, you can enter work from all five genres of drama, comedy, horror, thriller, or Bollywood. The site is still in beta test which is good news for those who want to enter their masterpieces early. Capture the most votes with your work from other members and you are on your way to that Red Carpet.
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Gallery: Your Broadcaster Seeks Cinematic Genius
Parking Meter Reads Itself
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Design, Internet, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
Suppose you are in the midst of a romantic meal and somewhere between the Merlot and the Camembert, you forget about the parking meter. Not to worry, in certain areas of Canada a Photo Violation Meter is being tested that will remind you to toss in another coin via your cell phone. Developed by Photo Violation Technologies Corporation, the gadget will also allow you to pay the coinage so that you don’t have to leave in the midst of the Beef Wellington. If you have turned your phone off, the meter will also let you pay the fine, assuming you have any money left after paying for the Crème Broulette and tip.
Read More | Gearfuse
Gallery: Parking Meter Reads Itself
Sonance Unveils Revamped Website Design with New Options
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Home Entertainment, Internet,
Sonance, the company that introduced the first in-wall loudspeaker unveils a brand new website that follows the company’s new corporate identity and branding initiative, which reflects the continuing evolution of the brand.
The new site features a contemporary design and homepage that greets visitors with a series of beautifully decorated rooms featuring a variety of Sonance components including the company’s revolutionary new Architectural Series speakers, the first truly flush-mounted speaker. Users can easily navigate to company information, individual product categories, and a special solutions section, which offers product recommendations by various categories and visitors can explore a room for placement of products. Whether it is Multi-room Audio, Home Theater, Outdoor & Marine, Multi-Dwelling Units, Commercial applications or International options, Sonance has a solution that fits any project.
Additional enhancements to the site include a live search option that updates results as you type, full product descriptions, choose additional add-ons, as well as download product manuals and brochures. Not to be missed is the news section that contains up to date press releases on new products, awards, reviews, and more.
Steve Crawford, Chief Marketing Officer of Sonance, said, “Our objective was to better reflect our current brand, business and product strategy while providing easy access to up-to-date information. The result is a website that combines elegant, contemporary imagery with powerful and intuitive sort and search functionality.”
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Gallery: Sonance Unveils Revamped Website Design with New Options
Early iPhone Review Roundup
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Internet, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews, Videos,
Alright kids, we know it hurts, but Walt Mossberg, David Pogue, Steven Levy, and Edward Baig have all had their iPhone units for a couple of weeks now, and the embargoes were lifted earlier today. So what does all that mean? We have the first four iPhone reviews available for public consumption, and they all pretty much leave us with the same feeling - the iPhone is definitely a game changer, and is an amazing experience. However, the fact that it is on EDGE instead of 3G HSDPA sucks, and the software keyboard takes a few days to get used to. Of course, that is a very, very short summary. All in all though, Apple looks to have another winner on it’s hands. You can check out the reviews at the following links:
- Wall Street Journal iPhone Review
- New York Times iPhone Review
- New York Times iPhone Video Review
- USA Today iPhone Review
Gallery: Early iPhone Review Roundup
Four years ago, Montreal cousins Peter Michaud and Jeff Ramaglia got tired of paying fees on eBay and decided to create their own online auction site, Mightybids. The service only charges when goods are sold, as opposed to charging for listing and selling. There are over now over 100,000 registered subscribers from Canada, the U.S., and Europe that utilize the service.
Here comes the irony. The two have decided to move on, so it is now up for grabs on none other than eBay. Why?
“It’s marketing. It’s getting a lot of attention and puts them to the test,” Michaud says.
Mightybids is now retooling and a few of its original programmers will keep the site running until the end of the auction July 1. Our last check found 46 bids so far at only $25,600 for the website, which understandably does not include eBay.
Read More | ABC News
