Post archive for ‘Tech’
Facebook 2009 Revenue Over $500 Million
According to a board member of Facebook in a Monday interview, Facebook’s 2009 total profits are expected to be around or more than $500 Million! Wow! In the interview, Facebook board member Marc Andreessen said that in a few years, the site can expect profits into the billions. Wow again.
Facebook, being the 4th most visited [...]
Google Takes Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs and Talk Out of Beta
It looks like Google, starting today, is going to take Google Docs, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Docs and Google Talk out of beta removing the familiar little “Beta” tag from the bottom of the app’s logos.
Gmail had been widely popular especially since its launch in 2004 by Google back when it was an invite-only service, [...]
New Xbox Coming In 2010
Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, in a speech last week on the recession, let slide that a new Xbox is set to be released sometime next year. What some though to be their “project natal”, the new device is set to be “really, really, close to an actuality”. We’ll just have to wait and see though- [...]
Gizmodo’s iPhone vs. Pre Flow Chart
Debating weather you need an iPhone 3GS or the Palm Pre? Really can’t decide? Check out Gizmodo’s little flow chart on their post here. You’ll decide on the right phone for you and enjoy some good humor at the same time!
Apple: Don’t Think You’ll Get That iPhone 3GS Early!
According to some reader reports into Gizmodo, lucky ones who bought the iPhone 3GS and have it ready for delivery from UPS are being told that they can’t have their phone until the day it comes out!
That’s right, while some iPhone users have the little tiny, but very valuable iPhone waiting at their local UPS [...]
iPhone OS 3.0 Comes Out Today
Apple’s new iPhone OS 3.0 is out today, soon to be followed by the new iPhone 3GS this Friday. As we covered in an earlier post the day of the Worldwide Developers Conference, the new device software includes new compatibility for upcoming apps and hardware for the devices, copy & paste and several other new [...]
XBox Live Down For Maintenance All Day
Xbox live and parts of xbox.com are going to be down all day today for maintenance from 12:01am to 11:59pm today. While it’s a planned outage by Microsoft, it is sure to upset some students who want to play after just getting off school!
[Via Gizmodo]
YouTube Starts Caching Videos Locally- Neat!
YouTube has now begun what some call an extraordinary task- to be able to cache videos you watch on your computer! While some users might not like YouTube using up some of your disk space, this means that if you watch a YouTube video at one point in the day and then decide to watch [...]
Adobe Getting Serious With Acrobat.com
Could it eventually become a slightly different version of Google Docs? Possibly! Adobe is taking their Acrobat.com service, with over 5 million currently registered users, out of beta and adding pay-plans to it today. The service currently has a suite of features, including spreadsheet and document editors, online meeting services, presentation tools and PDF converters [...]
Download IE8, Microsoft Will Give To Food Bank
Microsoft, after recently releasing what they claim to be one of the fastest browsers, Internet Explorer 8, is starting a new campaign in a charity push to get people to download the new browser.
According to the new site, browserforthebetter.com and other Microsoft sources, the company plans to start donating about $1.15 to food banks for [...]