Geek Smack! 209: Oh Black Friday, Keep on Rollin…
This week on Geek Smack! Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales went really well. But with everyone occupying, where does this leave us?
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the company has grown to $140 million. It’s famous line: "What are you doing in
140 characters" is a mainstay for years.
Fact – @Geekazine,
@dayintechhist and
@podcastmadness are
twitter handles of Geekazine.
This week on Geek Smack! Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales went really well. But with everyone occupying, where does this leave us?
This week on Geek Smack! Spotify is announcing a “New Direction”. What could it be? Also Windows 8 might be downloadable and Pizza sleeping bags.
This week on Geek Smack! With the Kindle Fire and nook Color coming out, will the iPad cut it’s prices? Goldman Sachs believes so.
This week on Geek Smack! Daniel Loeb, a shareholder of Yahoo! calls Jerry Yang out
This week on Geek Smack! Microsoft might just make $444 million off of Android devices. Also, Steve Jobs book is out, Netflix drops shares, Rubik cube juggling and Pixar lamp costume
Siri is Apple’s new smartphone assistant. People loved it, now their complaining, but for the wrong reason. Jeffrey talks what they should be concerned about
We look at the Apple event and if Tim Cook did a good job in showing off the iPhone 4S.
We look at the Apple event and if Tim Cook did a good job in showing off the iPhone 4S.
Well, it’s been on my mind for the last few weeks. On October 1st, I pulled the switch and the Day in Tech History Podcast has officially moved to it’s own website. Now found at www.dayintechhistory.com – The move means a lot of new additions and opportunities. The first idea is I can move this […]
One of the shows I create has been a labor of love. For the last 5 years, I have been putting together a timeline of technology history on posting on first a weekly, then daily basis. The Day in Tech History was first called the “Week in Tech History” when started in January of 2008. […]
www.thegeeksmack.com – Weekly Show of Technology news and Geek news. This week – What direction should HP take with Meg Whitman? Where should Yahoo go from here?
Jeffrey Powers talks withDevon about Card Flick – a way to make your business card more virtual and up to date.
Jeffrey Powers talks with Eric on AirPay – a way to use QR codes to bring an item to your mobile device and pay for.
Adria Richards talks with Syed about a website that focuses on the creation of the food, not the description.
Jeffrey Powers talks with Dave at JudgeSocial – a website that bands people together for class action lawsuits
Adria Richards talks with Zach about Give Em This – a way to find the right gift for someone using Social networking
I was on emarketingvids.com today for Apps n Tools Thursday talking about business cards. I still believe the old fashioned card is still important in your everyday meetings. However, if you need to meet with someone virtually, you can use another type of business card. It’s called About.me and you can use it as an […]
www.thegeeksmack.com – Weekly Show of Technology news and Geek news. Segments like Geek Smack Crap and Into the Cloud.
Update 6:18 EST: Twitter users report Netflix is asking $14 per title if disc(s) are not returned. Update 6:28 pm EST: Starz announces they will cease content distribution through Netflix starting Feb 28, 2012. Today is the day. Did you make the change on your Netflix account? Are you going to pay $16 or more […]
www.thegeeksmack.com – Weekly Show of Technology news and Geek news. Segments like Geek Smack Crap and Into the Cloud.
Jeffrey Powers looks at Google Plus and asks if you should turn it into your personal blog, or continue with a brand you might have spent years building.
www.thegeeksmack.com – Weekly Show of Technology news and Geek news. Segments like Geek Smack Crap and Into the Cloud.
The animated GIF has been around for years. In early days, it was a way to send moving images in a low resolution format. Sites like Geocities would have tons of animated blinking signs and moving photos. However, it’s 2011 and the animated GIF pretty much looks like a bad picture. So why did Google+ […]
Dropbox is a Cloud service that allows you to place and retrieve files wherever you are. Since it’s inception in 2008, Dropbox has been a great way to share pictures, documents and more. But I never expected it to become a Social Network, too. Frenzy is an application for Mac OS X (what, no Windows?) […]
Apparently whilst doing the podcast, GoDaddy had 2 Legacy servers go down. Live.geekazine.com was down the whole time I did the show. Seems to be the norm last couple weeks – last week was the internet. I’ll be heading to the Midwest Gaming Classic this weekend. Working on a Business plan for Geekazine. Also looking […]