Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Even Vampires Hate AT&T

With the obsession with Twilight, True Blood and all these other vampire films and shows, Verizon has found an awesome way to capitalize off of that. Though I’m an avid iPhone user and long-time AT&T customer, these Verizon map ads  make me hang my head in shame. Come on AT&T, who said chunky Luke Wilson [...]

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Hit Me on My Puma?

So when you think of Puma what do you think about? Sports. Sneakers. Jamaican Track & Field. But now they’ve just added another branding opportunity to their repertoire… The Puma Phone.
Yes my friends, See how fast you run in those kicks, that’s how fast the download speed is. Ok, that may or may not be [...]

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Apple Tablet Coming Tomorrow!!

So for those of you who love all things Apple, like myself, I hope you are ready for the “exciting new product” that Apple is preparing to announce tomorrow.
The rumor for a while has been that the Apple Tablet is coming and apparently it is! McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw who has had a long partnership [...]

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Iovine… Music’s Savior/Marketing Genius?

So Jimmy Iovine has been the man behind the success of many of the artists at Interscope. But even he notices that there is money to be made off of music, but it has nothing to do with album sales.
Jimmy has been known to step in as manager sometimes when it comes to making business [...]

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HP and Iovine Make Dre a PC

So Jimmy Iovine and HP have teamed up to unveil the HP ENVY 15 Beats limited edition notebook PC. The new Laptop includes Beats by Dre audio technology and will be retailing for $2,299 when it drps on Oct 22nd.
Iovine claims that his arsenal of Interscope producers,  will.i.am, Kanye West, Pharrell, Timbaland and Polow da [...]

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Turn Right…D’OH Recalculating

So you’re driving on the BQE and you miss the Wythe Ave exit, what do you do? Well, now you can ask Homer Simpson to help you guide you route back home.
TomTom the GPS navigation system has teamed up with Locutio Voice Technologies and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising to bring Homer’s voice to [...]

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Pitch Me Through The Phone

So you’re standing on line at 9:36am in the deli waiting for your egg whites and turkey bacon on whole wheat toast…because you want a healthy breakfast. While you wait you watch the flat-screen behind the counter rolling a Pepsi ad. Then all of a sudden, your phone has a swirling Pepsi logo on the [...]

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The link formerly known as a URL

Why have a link to your website when you can have a square patch of black pixels? It’s all the rage…in Japan.
These are QR codes. Companies have been using these in japan for years. As soon as you see one, you scan these with your mobile phone and it takes you directly to the company [...]

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AT&T and Samsung enlist the help of DJ Neil Armstrong

So DJ Neil Armstrong has been making moves for a while now. Ok yeah, he is most recently known as Jay-Z’s tour DJ but most importantly he put out my favorite mixtape Warm Fuzzy (actually its neck and neck with the Jay-Z/Mark Ronson Cornerstone Mixtape). He’s spun countless events and parties, but now, he’s getting [...]

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Apples New IPhone 3GS…and more Apple stuff

So this announcement was a little lackluster today. But we have the new iPhone coming in 2 weeks and that’s always exciting. What do we get with the new 3GS (S stands for speed):

Faster Processor: 2x faster to be exact
3 Megapixel Camera
Faster Connection
Better Graphics
Voice Control
Nike + Support
A Better Battery

There are different prics for different people:

New [...]

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