It finally happened, the telecom’s have given up their silly (and greedy) attempts to charge us through the roof for voice and text messages. All you have to do is switch over to their new family plans. It’s the new buy in bulk Costco business model. A few weeks ago, Verizon released their Share Everything …
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Today, I’ve been thinking about my career as a blogger, asking the question, “how the hell did I end up here?” I never liked writing essays, stories, or pretty much anything on paper. My grades in English from high school through college were mediocre. Everything changed when I wrote that first blog. You see I’m …
Here is a post from John Gruber about creative success. For publishers or anyone with a deep interest in something, “obsession times voice is a pretty good stab at a simple formula for doing it right.” Obsession x Voice What’s my obsession? Surfing, sustainability, creativity, and technology. What’s my voice? Haven’t found that yet, despite being …
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People are pulling the plug on cable television by the hundreds of thousands. Comcast’s Q2 2012 earnings show the cable company is relying heavily on its high-speed Internet service subscribers. Though the cable giant reports a total Q2 increase in customers of 138,000; the cable company also lost a massive 395,000 television subscribers in the last year. …
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Peyton Manning, signal caller, loves using the Verano’s voice activation features to call out commands, just like when he’s on the field.
Verizon Wireless today announced the addition of Share Everything plans. They’re essentially family plans, allowing you, mom, dad, and big or little brother or sister to share from a pool of unlimited voice minutes and text messages, plus a specified amount of data. The service also offers a free mobile HotSpot service to any device …
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My Country – by tUnE-yArDs Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs) is the music project of New England native Merrill Garbus. When performing live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot, and layers these with ukulele, voice, and electric bass (played by Nate Brenner).
More… There is a blog with over 100 more – stuff Siri says The first Siri TV commercial Apple’s Siri vs. Google Voice Example of what you can say to Siri