New and notable for May 16th 2011 through May 18th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 16th 2011 through May 18th 2011: For Buyers of Web Start-Ups, Quest to Corral Young Talent – nytimes.com – By MIGUEL HELFT Some companies want talent so badly, they buy start-ups for their employees and…  show all text   BBC News – Microsoft’s Bill Gates says he advocated [...]

New and notable for May 13th 2011 through May 15th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 13th 2011 through May 15th 2011: Belvedere Automates Your Self-Cleaning PC – Lifehacker – Use Belvedere’s friendly interface to create advanced rules to move, copy, delete, rename, or open files based on their name, extension, size, creation date, and more. From Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/3v5batd Google I/O 2011 Keynote [...]

New and notable for May 12th 2011 through May 13th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 12th 2011 through May 13th 2011: Speaking Up in Class, Silently, via Social Media – nytimes.com – By TRIP GABRIEL A small but growing cadre of educators is trying to exploit Twitter-like techno…  show all text   From Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/5we2n7j Watch Netflix on unsupported Android Devices From [...]

New and notable for May 11th 2011 through May 12th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 11th 2011 through May 12th 2011: Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear Attempt on Google – The Daily Be… – thedailybeast.com The social network secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative stories about the…   Android Atlas – CNET – Android Atlas, home of all Android news/info/how-to Why [...]

New and notable for May 10th 2011 through May 11th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 10th 2011 through May 11th 2011: CDN In A Box: Your Site, Only Faster – CDN In A Box is a site acceleration and scalability solution which allows for near infinite dynamism in website scaling. Dynamism in cloud computing is the ability to scale up and down quickly, [...]

New and notable for May 7th 2011 through May 9th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 7th 2011 through May 9th 2011: The Ultimate Guide to Twitter Marketing | Copyblogger – copyblogger.com – Gabrielle Conde I’ve probably approached Twitter marketing in fifty different ways. And in an a…  show all text   Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Skype for Nearly $8 Billion – Microsoft [...]

New and notable for May 6th 2011 through May 7th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 6th 2011 through May 7th 2011: The Class That Built Apps, and Fortunes – nytimes.com – By MIGUEL HELFT In 2007, the “Facebook Class” at Stanford created free apps for millions of use…  show all text   From Twitter – RT @chrisbrogan How to set up Facebook insights [...]

How to Fix Google Chrome Update Error 3 on Windows 7

This morning I wanted to check to be sure I was running the latest Google Chrome. To do that, you click on the wrench icon in the upper right and the click ‘About Google Chrome’. The dialog box will open and it should check Google’s update servers and come back and tell you if you [...]

New and notable for May 5th 2011 through May 6th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 5th 2011 through May 6th 2011: From Twitter – RT @akipta gHacks Editor’s “Windows 7 Power Users Guide” eBook is now FREE http://goo.gl/fb/ZjNxk AOL Launches “Incredibly Easy” Video Chat Service Internally; We… – techcrunch.com – MG Siegler Earlier today, AOL’s Head of AIM Products Jason Shellen sent an [...]

New and notable for May 3rd 2011 through May 4th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for May 3rd 2011 through May 4th 2011: The last post – Penmachine – Derek K. Miller – penmachine.com   Social Media Gets Professional – WSJ.com – online.wsj.com Online networking has already revolutionized personal life, but it is now havin…   From Twitter – RT @wbaustin Nintendo repackages Wii, drops [...]