We all want stuff for free. I do, you do. And it seems more and more companies seem to be grasping this concept too. That consumers like freebies. This free giveaway business model seems to be slowly replacing traditional business concepts, and flourishing on the Web. From unlimited email, to unlimited bandwidth, to free hosting,… Read More: Free content giveaways – RevResponse »
Google has celebrated their 10th birthday with an innovative approach, namely submit an idea to them and they will provide the funding for it – A $10 million dollar fund is on the line. They are calling it Project 10 to the 100th. It is basically a play on the word googol, a one followed… Read More: The 10th birthday of Google – Submit your idea »
Hardly a day goes by these days without some bleak news about the problems affecting the US economy, and the shake-ups happening to some long time corporate giants. It has even gotten to me, and I can’t help myself feeling a little more than apprehensive. Being a blogger and webmaster is solely something I’ve been… Read More: Carrying a business idea through tough times »
Just recently, when I began shifting some stuff from my old residence to my new one, I noticed this game console in one of the old boxes. It was my old Atari set, which I had all but forgotten. I took a pic of it and you can see it below, it is pretty much… Read More: My Atari history »
A few days ago, Google unveiled its latest product, Google Chrome, and since then, everyone is talking about it everywhere. I downloaded it as well, and put it through some test runs. So far, I’m not blown away by it, but then again, it is a capable browser that should get better and better in… Read More: Chrome is good but can be better »
I think this computer is one of the smallest, if not the smallest computer in existence. Introducing the Space Cube, a computer designed for use in space, where size and compactness is of great importance. So is having a Space Wire (?), apparently for use in connecting electrical gadgets while in space (might be good… Read More: The Space Cube – The world’s smallest computer? »
Of late, I am getting a lot of greeting cards. Since I’m pretty much immune to long winded scam emails saying I’ve inherited a large amount of cash in some distant country, scammers have switched tactics. Greeting card spam? They’re not the newest trick in the book, but they can do a lot of damage!… Read More: Greeting card spam »
Problogger Darren Rowse had an interesting post talking about what many bloggers experience. He posed the question of, “Is writing great, unique content enough to build a successful blog?” I think this is a prevalent problem affecting many good blogs out there, in that they hardly get recognized for what they are worth, and break… Read More: The splog menace »
The Olympic Games is the only time when the world actually sits down to watch sports together. And as one of the millions who have been following the Games (although not as frequently as I wanted), Beijing 2008 is turning to be the most memorable Olympics so far (with a week to go). Apart from… Read More: Watching the Olympics online »
A new search engine on the Web, called Cuil just launched recently amidst a lot of hype generated by thousands of blogs picking up on the story. The huge traffic flocking to try out the new search engine eventually led to a meltdown of the site’s servers. Even when I tried to use it a… Read More: First impressions of Cuil »