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Microsoft IE9 Will Support HTML5, But Not XP

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:24:03 +0000

Microsoft unveiled a preview release of Internet Explorer 9 today during their Mix 10 keynote. It aims to support all the latest web standards. You can grab the preview from http://www.ietestdrive.com, unless you happen to run Windows XP. It seems IE9 throws XP under the bus, so those users will have to stick with something [...]

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Nexus One Now Compatible with AT&T 3G and Canada

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:02:00 +0000

The moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived. The Google Nexus One phone is now available for AT&T customers. Up until now, it’s 3G technology wasn’t compatible with AT&T and could only be used with T-Mobile and some other carriers. Apparently, AT&T and others use a different frequency, so these customers could only access [...]

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PayPal Revamps iPhone App and Enables Bump Transfers

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:04:45 +0000

PayPal recently overhauled their iPhone App and added a few features to make it much more useful for users. Not only is the redesign visually appealing, but the interface itself has been greatly enhanced. You can get it for free here. Also benefiting greatly from the release of this new PayPal application is the startup Bump [...]

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Getting Started with Springpad

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:30:00 +0000

Springpad is a free web application that wants to help you remember those things you think are important or interesting. It offers a web clipper, a mobile application, and a posting email address to help you save things and keep track of what you have saved before. Everything is automatically organized and enhanced to help [...]

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Apple iPad Pre-Orders Fluctuate and iPad Gets a Makeover

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:09:01 +0000

It has been estimated that Apple has already received about 150,000 pre-orders for the device, which will be delivered some time in April. Apparently, this doesn’t even include people who have pre-ordered at their local Apple Stores. The 150,000 number is the people who have pre-ordered the device online. Acording to one source, “Apple stores [...]

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Twitter Announces @anywhere To Take Twitter Everywhere

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:23:42 +0000

Today, during a keynote speech at SXSW, Twitter founder Evan Williams talked about what’s going on with the popular micro-blogging platform. Among other things, Ev mentioned a new set of web frameworks, known as @anywhere, that will allow website owners and brands to better integrate with Twitter via it’s rich API. While there are already [...]

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LoKast Launches Disposable Proximity Social Network

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:33:43 +0000

LoKast is an iPhone app by NearVerse exploring a new dimension in location-based technology. There is an ever-growing number of new and already existing applications looking to jump on the location sharing band-wagon. Most are the same concept: simply a way to broadcast your location to your social networks. LoKast takes a different approach, creating [...]

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WeWorked Tracks Time, Leave, and Timesheets with Ease

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:30:31 +0000

WeWorked is a simple web application to help you manage your companies time and resources. Your staff can submit their time worked via the web for your approval. Leave is automatically accrued according to your specifications and staff has easy access to the information. Timesheets are generated automatically and can be viewed or printed. Add users [...]

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Apple iPad Available for Pre-Order. You Getting One?

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:58:05 +0000

Apple’s iPad has been available for pre-order since 8:30am Friday morning. They took down their site temporarily in order to update and prepare. Not sure why a company like Apple can’t just update the site without taking the whole thing down. I assume it’s some type of marketing tactic as they do this all the [...]

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Microsoft Loses Patent Case…Again

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:21:58 +0000

The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals again upheld a jury’s verdict saying that Microsoft “willfully infringed on a patent awarded to i4i.” The verdict was originally affirmed in December and Microsoft was to pay about $240 million in damages. They were also supposed to remove a specific feature of Microsoft Word 2007 starting in January. [...]

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Tech Week in Review 3-12-2010

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:30:00 +0000

Foursquare + Google Maps = FourWhere FourWhere is a mashup of Foursquare and Google Maps that provides a visual representation of venues overlayed on a map. Clicking a venue shows you recent checkins and comments. The interface is a little weird, but you should be able to figure things out from the right-click menu. Created by [...]

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Playstation Motion Controller Gets a Name: Move

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:44 +0000

Playstation’s new motion controller has been officially named the Playstation Move. Given the devices appearance, I’m sure any one of us could have come up with something a little more spicy. This controller lets you interact with certain games on the Playstation through the motion of your arms. If you’ve ever played a Wii or [...]

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iPhones May Finally Get Multitasking Support

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:26:31 +0000

One of the biggest criticisms of Apple’s iPhone is it’s lack of multitasking support. The basic ability to run more than one application at a time. Pretty surprising given that a large part of their business involves people buying apps from their store. According to inside sources, it looks like Apple may be adding this [...]

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Opera Mini 5 Beta For Android Released

Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:27 +0000

Opera software has launched Opera Mini 5 Beta for Android today. This is the newest beta of the world’s most popular mobile phone browser, according to them. Any handset running Android can now get a fast and cost-efficient browser in Opera Mini, which already has 50 million users worldwide on Blackberry and Windows mobile devices. The [...]

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The Sanyo Incognito A Perfect Match For Boost Mobile Unlimited Plan

Rahsheen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:58:57 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Boost Mobile. All opinions are 100% mine.

The new SANYO Incognito from Boost Mobile gives you the best of both worlds. The mirrored surface and glow-thru touchscreen provide a contemporary high-end look that will make you anxious to show it off. At the same time, you have your full QWERTY keyboard with emoticon and direct-to-text and pix camera keys so that you can quickly and easily text and share photos. Boost is offering the Incognito at $129.99 with free shipping when purchased from the above link (remember, the actual model number is the SANYO Incognito™ SCP6760). This mobile device goes perfectly with the unlimited talk, text, and web plan from Boost mobile at just $50 monthly. No contract required.

Other features include a 2MP camera with VGA camcorder, music and video player, and enhanced web browsing. Stay connected via your favorite social networking sites and share content within seconds. Stay safe while driving using the hands-free speakerphone or stereo bluetooth capabilities.

The high-res 2.6” display provides excellent quality while viewing photos and browsing the web. Record and post your videos directly to the web or share via MMS. You can also print your photos directly to a printer using PictBridge.