1989 Radio Shack cellular phone commercial – Video

February 17, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Look at the size and look at the price! They were heavy, the battery life was short, and the per-minute rate was prohibitive. But hey, let's take it to the beach and chit-chat! :) Oh boy, we have come a looooong way ...

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BuiltWith reveals technology used by the websites

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Search engines like Google scour the web to figure out how to rank content. But what if you want to know which of some 2000 technologies a web site is using? And, what if you want to know what the tech trends are across the 130 million largest sites on the web today? You could just dig through the source code for each site you’re interested in to answer these questions piecemeal, or you could repurpose other web site profilers designed for search engine optimization or other jobs. Or, you could use BuiltWith. Built by one-man team Gary Brewer in

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How higher education is going digital – Infographic

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Code Hero is a game that teaches you how to make games

February 16, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Code Hero is a Kickstarter project that teaches you to program games using Unity or Javascript. You can build games using ready-made building blocks and progress through increasingly difficult levels as you become a gaming master alongside your guide. The Unity game engine that Code Hero teaches you how to code in is the ultimate indie game development powerhouse. You can use Javascript, C#, and Python-like Boo to write games that run on everything: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, XBox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, Web player, Flash, Native Client. You can put what you make into the App Stores and have

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Sports and social media – Infographic

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The brand-engagement firm GMR Marketing recently conducted a study and came up with interesting results, presented in the infographic below. Sports and social media are a marriage made in heaven. News and score updates break constantly. Heated debate is a big part of the fun. And fans love any chance to interact with the athletes they idolize.

The cost of stolen or lost laptops, tablets and smartphones – Infographic

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10 reasons Twitter is sexier than Facebook – Infographic

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In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, marketing agency Euro RSCG surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults who use either Twitter or Facebook daily. The agency discovered where people talk about sex, and whether they identify themselves as “sexy” or “sexually adventurous.”

Everything you need to know about Pinterest – Infographic

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Lemon.ly, a visual marketing firm, took a deep dive into the data to catalog Pinterest’s stunning rise and produced the infographic below.

Microsoft guide explains process for submitting apps to Windows Store in Windows 8 – Video

February 15, 2012 |  by  |  Microsoft, Windows  |  No Comments

Microsoft blogged about process for submitting apps to Windows Store in Windows 8. Similar to Windows Phone, every Metro Style app will be certified by Microsoft before getting published in the Windows Store for the public. Microsoft had the following goals while designing this process for developers, Encourage developers to visit the Store developer. - Encourage developers to visit the Store developer portal before they start coding - Help developers comply with the Store technical requirements - Reduce concepts and repetition by pulling information directly from the app package Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. Visit Building Windows 8 blog for more info.

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