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I have been asked quite a few times for the best translation application for BlackBerry. The sad truth is that I don’t have a good answer. So far we have covered the free BBTran application, the MikeBrittain.com translation website, and how to... [more]
Review: Google Talk for BlackBerry
Cost: Free as always:)
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars
Yea yea, you may say why rate, well it’s because I am Google fanatic and only use Google Talk. Anyhow, We jumped onto getting this installed and che...
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VH1 was next in line in our mobile reviews. While doing my research I came across a great review by Dennis @ WapReview. In fear of being redundant I will keep this short.
There are quite a few image galleries and good content to find on VH1’s m...
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I am not sure if you have been keeping up with the touchscreen technology so I will stop to explain. Haptics is essentially a form of forcefeedback. When you push a button on a touchscreen the phone will vibrate in response. Its really that simple. J... [more]
I know we mentioned ActiveBerry before as the upcoming ActiveSync application service for BlackBerry. I have been monitoring it closely and noticed that they have rebranded their product name to AstraSync. Not sure why. I kind of liked ActiveBerry.... [more]
Brad sent in a question asking if there are any checkbook applications out there for BlackBerry that will export their information to Quicken.
With a little digging and searching I remembered that there are two applications that let you export yo...
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In the past two weeks, video related mashups have been the largest category of new mashups added to the ProgrammableWeb mashups catalog. In th... [more]
I was just reading a post on BlackBerryForums by SHAPE about a new beta they have for their xPlayer application. xPlayer used to be free but I don’t think it is anymore.
The new beta includes:
Internet radio support:
All d...
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RIM is slowly learning what they need to provide for their developer community. Back at WES they announced the BlackBerry Developer Conference which will take place on October 21st & 22nd in Santa Clara, California. Now they are reaching out to t... [more]
Thanks to another anonymous tipster who we will call “J” who sent in a link to OS 4.5.0.52 (75) for the 8320 he found floating free on the interweb. I know quite a few of you have been waiting for it. This is the latest version out there now with... [more]
According to Google Analytics, Mac users represent 43% of all unique visitors to this blog since the beginning of this year.
That’s substantially higher than Apple’s marketshare. But I’m not surprised I guess. I often write about Apple...
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“@webwright | you're presenting on creating "killing products" and you think someone is going to offer to...
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It’s official.
All the cool kids are coming to Seattle (at least temporarily).
First, Mike Arrington relocates to Seattle for the Summer.
Now Pete Cashmore and friends from Mashable are throwing a bit of a party here as their kickof...
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I called the ranger station to check on conditions for the Pasayten Wilderness area we are hiking in this weekend. Among other things I asked if the bugs were a nuisance this time of year. She chuckled and said "Reports are coming in that Mosquit... [more]
A few minutes ago Taylor at Umbria in Pioneer Square poured this masterpiece. We were both snapping photos - it’s the best fern she’s ever poured and the first time I’ve ever seen a double fern in real life. If you’re still mi... [more]
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“@TechCrunch AND @Scobleizer in Seattle this week. We were just messin...
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I had previously posted a poll for the folks reading this blog to vote on a poll for how they'd launch a new product, and here were the results (as of this afternoon), ranked in order: How do you launch... [more]
Bay Area Top Talent
Candidate #1 - My most impressive candidate this week holds a PhD from a top 3 CS University and was integral in helping Yahoo build out a core component to their Search and Advertising Platform. This candidate leads devel...
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“IntenseDebate's FriendFeed-to-blog comment linking seems to be working again. Was going to remove it, but just got a ton of comments from FF”...
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Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively. I'm actually impressed by the fact that it's so.... not Google. It seems like something a media company would be more likely to make, not a product made by a company of PhDs. Maybe... [more]
It was in July 2006 when we launched Imagekind to the world for the first time. Here we are two years later and we are pleased to announce that the leading print-on-demand company has purchased the company. CafePress is a Sequoia backed company that... [more]
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“@npost bastards! actually, i knew they got you because i got it from you. d'oh!”...
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“Yaari = invite spam. Do not visit. i did not really invite you. sorry”...
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“@mygmailaddressbook it looks like Yaari spammed you without my knowing. i am so sorry. Please do not go t...
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“thanks @scobleizer for pulling together the first FF meetup. lots of great conversations, interesting people and surprise guests. I look forward to the next one!”...
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