What was supposed to have been an interview podcast with Reckless Kelly drummer -- and Simsbury native -- Jay Nazziola ran into the technical limitations of my digital voice recorder when we chatted by phone a couple months ago, before the band set out on the tour that stops tonight at Toad's Place in New Haven with the Reverend Horton Heat. So instead, I'm falling back on a written Q&A with Nazziola, at far right above. By way of background, Reckless Kelly released its fifth studio album

Giving Thanks: Text our brave military men and women WHO: America Supports You is a Department of Defense program that recognizes citizens' support for our military and their families, at home and abroad, and connects individuals and organizations who wish to directly support the troops and their families. ASY is launching a text messaging program called “Giving Thanks”. WHAT: Giving Thanks is an interactive America Supports You program taking place during the Thanksgiving holiday to offe

After reviewing the 2 previous voice recognition iPhone apps by Excuse me Services rather harshly, I knew Google’s new voice recognition option in their mobile app was up against a wall of skepticism. But, of course, you can never underestimate Google, who have literally taken the software industry by storm in the last 8 years. I’m going to make this review short and sweet, like my experience with the app. After of course downloading from the App Store, I was ready to give this thing a shot.

Latest Review: Customer Service 18 November 08 | Chad W. Post | Comments Our latest review is a piece I wrote about Benoit Duteurtre’s Customer Service (translated from the French by Bruce Benderson), which is part of Melville House Press’s fantastic Contemporary Art of the Novella series. It’s a pretty funny book that a lot of people will be able to relate to: The novella opens with the hapless narrator leaving his cell phone in a taxi. In his mind, this is an easy enough problem to solve

Microsoft has said that China Mobile will be the first network operator in the world to offer its new Internet Explorer 6 mobile browser on Windows Mobile devices. Microsoft did not say when the browser will be available in ...
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In our world today where you do not know what to do and how to manage your Windows Mobile phone and your personal computer or laptop, a hero application was invented known as the T2 Remote Touch, an application which allows the user to manage his computer activities with the use of his Windows [...]

by Christopher Fitch Arguably one of the most burdensome aspects of being a mobile professional is the inability to attain true mobility. A smart phone provides a tremendous advantage in that you can answer calls, check voicemail, and have e-mail forwarded while you are on the go. How about faxes? And what about calls you cannot answer because you are with clients? Smart phones cannot provide these services (well, not on their own), so how much business opportunities are you missing as a mobil

Digital devices, electronics, and mechanical equipment such as cars offer great illustration subjects. Often there is plenty of room to bring to life numerous details. Also, basic shapes can often compose most of these types of illustrations. You can start with some simple tutorials and then take your skills to building super electronic and mechanical vector creations. Below is a collection of some the best tutorials for beginners to get started with, and intermediate to advanced illustrators

by Christopher Fitch While there are clear benefits to being a mobile professional, one of the biggest burdens is attending to paperwork. Sure, the smart phone might have provided some relief in this arena recently, especially since it allows you to answer calls, check voicemail, and receive e-mail while on the go, but what else is there? How about faxes? And what about calls you cannot answer because you are with clients? Smart phones cannot provide these services (well, not on their own), so

Leap Wireless's Cricket service has expanded again with the addition of the Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, markets. Other areas to see new coverage include Racine and Kenosha, covering a total of 2.4 million people in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. ...
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Qualcomm introduced this week its new technology that allows Internet connection without personal computers. They call it the “Kayak PC alternative”, a system which allows televisions or monitor screens to connect to the internet through 3G wireless network. It was developed for poorer countries where 3G networks are becoming increasingly easier to establish. This [...]

Remember the rumors surrounding the Google Mobile App coming to the iPhone? Well, this morning when I punched a search into the App Store ‘Goog…’ POW, Google Mobile App appeared! The app is completely free, and weighs in at a tiny 1.9MB. Interestingly enough, reviews are mixed if you check out comments in the App Store.

The Company: Are a RF/Wireless solutions company specializing in system and circuit design and test. To complement their design teams, they have a group dedicated to providing leading edge test automation and design validation solutions. They provide solutions to industry sectors ranging from Telecoms/Cellular to Integrated Device Manufacturers to Automotive The Role: RF Design Engineer The principal duties of the RF Design Engineer include; • RF System Performance Calculation

This article is courtesy of Marketing. It has already been established that affiliate marketing is one of the quickest and easiest ways to make money from your own home based business. The products creator erases the need for research and development. You, as the affiliate, have only to deal with the marketing end. In most cases the merchant will even provide sales material for you. This is great for fast profits, but what about the long term? Think about this for a minute. The affiliate

With help from PDP, third-party developers offer applications that provide financial market data, streamline home care processes, offer golf tips and more to Sprint customers
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If you are a big fan of social networking services and can’t live without them, you may need this applications for you mobile device. Trutap today announced the roll-out of it’s next generation application, which gives users live updates from all their friends.

Key features include: a personal newsfeed, ‘who’s online’, status & location, extended profile, searchable user directory, private messaging, email, SMS, blogging, photo-sharing and mobile IM, providing a compelling mobile social networking experience.

Trutap is one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile social networks. Anyone can download the Trutap application to their phone for free and start chatting with friends immediately. Today, the service has 250,000 users around the world, sending millions of messages every week.

The much-awaited voice-activated Google Mobile App for iPhone is at last available - and it pretty much lives up to its hype.

Documents recently uncovered by the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation show that the federal government has the power to locate mobile phones without having to ask cellular network operators for help. Typically, the government needs to ...
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Cell phone watch reviews-get information on the new C-Watch right here!

Keep track of your blood alcohol with this boozing app! (video)

Review of cell phone service and hardware by an office worker in love with pink.

Are US GSM/HSDPA carriers running out of bandwidth?  It sure looks like it.  First AT&T killed the "unlimited" data package for GoPhone pay as you go users, then they took away the option to sign up for unlimited data for users on GoPhone hybrid prepaid plans.  Now T-Mobile has raised data prices across the board for postpaid and hybrid users. Data has never been offered on T-Mobile pre-paid AT&T's actions will decrease revenue so I can't see any reason they did other than to cut data

Many thanks to my friend, Donna Swain, for pointing out the continuing story of Yelp’s confusing pitch to Small Business Owners, as featured in Sonoma County’s Press Democrat. Back in August 2008, Greg Sterling brought my attention to the controversy surrounding Yelp’s negative review policy when a business owner claimed he was falsely led to believe that he could pay money to Yelp to have his negative reviews moved to the bottom of his profile. I blogged about this and the business owner feat

I think I'm the last person on Earth who used an HP iPaq 6315 on a regular basis. In its time it worked well for me as a phone, PDA, email, and web browsing, and had just enough bells and whistles to help me stay productive in or out of the office. I even used it to post to this blog during Hurricane Ike. But last week I finally put the 6315 out to pasture in favor of a Blackberry Curve 8320. Let me just say that I thought I was hooked on the 6315. In less than 4 days I've become hopelessly add

The next generation of action puzzlers has arrived. This makes Tetris look so 1990. (video)

I think I need to add a new trigger phrase to my proposed Celestial Autodubber: “I know this sounds really racist, but I’m not . . . .” Actually, BBC personality Sam Manson, you are. Mason: “I know this sounds really racist, but I’m not being - please, don’t send anyone like, you know what I mean. An English person would be great, a female would be better.” Operator: “We would class that as being racist. We can’t penalise the Asian drivers and just send an English one.” Mason: “You’ve man

Get Smart DVD Review Posted by Alex Dorn on 11/17 at 02:23 PM There was something so wonderfully and hilariously… Cheap about the original TV version of “Get Smart” with Don Adams. It was a take-off on the slick and lavish Bond productions of the time, with their exotic locations, shiny cars and beautiful women. It was the funny low budget TV stepbrother of Bonds that goofed on its older brother by pointing out how silly it was to hide anything inside anything (shoe phone) or pondering wh

Slydial is a service that I’ve been looking for & wanting for quite awhile now. It’s a FREE voice messaging service that allows you to call someone & go straight to their voicemail without having to talk to them at all. Slydial is one of the most clever yet sneaky services I’ve come across in awhile & it’s definitely something that I can benefit from & can see myself using on a regular basis. Welcome – slydial via kwout I know I’m a weird case but I don’t like talking on the

Taking into account the call to utilize its current mold of filter cartridges, Brita has taken such into consideration and has announced that all recycling pitcher filters will taken back by January 2009. A careful study revealed that the standard plastic cartridge of Brita can be further put to good use, lowering the probability of adding to the plastic waste problem and yet be surrendered for future use. the campaign started a petition to urge Clorox to redesign its Brita filter cartrid

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While we may not know it, old wood or materials that are often discarded and laid to waste in the usual junk piles can really be of use if placed in the right way of using it. Biomass power has been gaining attention and for the boilers to function properly, the use of waste wood is sufficient. This is a revolution that is being used in Northwest United States, a region filled with forest-rich trees. So in this time of growing demand for power, the growing popularity of Biomass power is ind

A couple of weeks ago I posted that Gary Taubes had agree to answer questions from readers of this blog.  Over a hundred readers sent in questions through the comment section.  Many of these questions were actually multiple questions, so Gary ended up with probably 200+ questions to deal with. I’ve gone through and compiled a list of the most common questions and presented them to Gary.  Here are the questions followed by his responses. The most commonly asked question was how do Asians and o

The chalkboard outside the newest store in my neighborhood reads simply, “Stay Cute.” But even with that curiously tempting message I stayed away. The storefront looks boutiquey, which usually means pricey. Then I read a review of the store, Fred Flare, in the New York Times. It was like the writer was speaking directly to me, “…the well-selected, fun merchandise and carbonated energy of Fred Flare will bring a smile on your cautious, crabby face.” I immediately checked out the merch online, a

“To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.“ Sherlock Holmes in “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” Too many entrepreneurs stress about their competition without having enough information to make informed decisions. They need to move beyond the emotional aspects of competing and develop multiple, largely free, sources of competitive information. There is no need to hire an expensive consultant. As noted in, “Competing From the Fri

cat video bandwagon, I thought I'd throw this one into the mix. This is from the 1973 movie Sweet Sugar, which, after watching this clip, I'd put just above Shawshank Redemption on my all-time favorites list. Leave a comment on this story. A behind-the-scenes Flickr slideshow of the Obama family on election night. I continue to be VERY impressed by the way Obama's team has completely embraced every tool in the social media palette. It's such an amazing feeling to have someone who's go

Last year at the Blog World Expo, Brian and I got the chance to play with a Wii. It was FUN! I immediately thought that this would be the thing that might just break us down on the no game console line of thought. A year and a half later.. we still don’t have one. I still think it would be fun to! It would be even more fun to win one! Can you help me out!?! Take a minute to go vote for me at the Classy Mommy site! It’s a really nice mommy site and they are giving one away to the Mommy who g

Traditionally, Symbian Smartphones came in three varieties: S60, UIQ and FOMA. While S60 and UIQ are covered and used all over the world, Foma phones (also known as Raku-Raku, whatever that means) are limited to selected Asian markets. The recent Symbian Smartphone Show had a Renesas booth showcasing a few devices…an opportunity we used to bring you this mini-hands-on: FOMA devices come in a variety of form factors - here are a few shots of the three sample phones: One of them has a fli

Concussions suck. Sure, that statement seems rather rudimentary, but it is the honest truth.  I have suffered one, and many football players suffer multiple concussions before they eventually retire.  Recently, I covered a very good law review article, which you should check out before reading this post if you have not seen it yet.  Over the weekend I was sent the following press release, which I am re-publishing because I believe that if there is any method that we can embrace that may help pr

Should the automakers be bailed out or not? In this Guest Voice interview, columnist Bill Steigerwald interviews Dan Ikenson, associate director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies, who says no. Guest Voice posts do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers. Don’t Bailout The Big 3 by Bill Steigerwald Is the impending collapse of America’s Big Three automakers the next “crisis” that must be solved by a massive federal bailout? Most politicians of a certain

Alltel is offering Alltel Navigation and XM Radio Mobile free for one month to buyers of new phones. The promotion lasts until December 25.

We’ve been reviewing Telltale Games’ latest episodic game series since the first entry, and Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People has certainly been an interesting experience to follow. As we’ve mentioned before, episodic games enjoy both a unique privilege and challenge: Once the initial episode has succeeded, demonstrating that its gameplay and characters are worthwhile, the subsequent entries in the series are freed from the responsibility of inventing an all-new game. However, they a

Alltel has just announced that it is offering free GPS navigation and XM Radio Mobile to customers for Christmas.
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Google’s Voice Search is about be integrated into the Apple iPhone as a free app capable of performing Internet searches by voice command. The iPhone will be the priority recipient of Google’s new technology, than the devices running the Google Android platform. For LG VX9100 enV 2 enV2 Hard [...]

A poll by Reuters show that eight of 22 analysts foresee the collapse of the cellular phone market by 2009. This collapse, if it happens, will be the second that the industry will experience since 2001. FOR NANO VIDEO BLACK NEW IN-EAR HEADPHONES EARBUDS NEW [...]

Sprint Nextel Corporation lost another 1.3 million wireless subscribers to its competitors namely AT&T and Verizon Wireless. It was in 2005 when Sprint acquired Nextel Communications Incorporation. And since then, problems, like technical difficulties, unfocused marketing, and difficulty in integration, have been rocking the company. *BLACKBERRY* CURVE 8330 *SMARTPHONE* [...]

VMware, with its new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, announces its plans to bring virtualization- the method by which a guest operating systems is run using a host operating system with little no modification done with the guest operating system, to mobile phones. NEW FULL COVER HARD CASE FOR APPLE [...]

Torch Mobile has launched the second beta of its Webkit-based Iris web browser for Windows Mobile-powered smartphones. The new beta promises over 100 bug fixes, as well as improvements to use less resources.
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ARM and Adobe have announced that the two will be working together to ensure that future mobile devices, including cell phones, are better optimized for internet services like Flash.
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