Motorola Droid Phone (Verizon)

The Motorola Droid smartphone, which runs the Google Android OS, will be coming to Verizon on Nov. 6.

My Top Ten Software Tools

Social Media Automation, Free Goodies, Free WordPress Templates

Free Stuff

Optimizing Social Media Automation

Mike Troiano writes convincingly that automation in social media is something that should be handled with care. Read More →

Free Goodies

I always like to get something  for nothing. Here are some services, downloads and sites that are 100% free. Free Goodies Here →

Free WordPress Templates

Here a few gorgeous free WordPress templates. Free Templates →

Twitter Child

Twitter Child

Are you new to Twitter? Maybe you ask yourself “Why should I care about what all these strangers are chattering about?”or “This doesn’t make any sense” and “What am I supposed to say to these people?” Don’t worry about it! Just about every one of us on Twitter felt that way at the beginning. Relax, grab a favorite beverage, take off your shoes, and get ready to have a blast on Twitter, one of the fastest growing social networks in the world.

Video: Getting Started on Twitter

Beginner’s Advice

Would you care for some tips for getting started on Twitter? Get Twitter Started>>

Intermediate/Advanced Users

If you are an intermediate or advanced Twitter user, this extensive list of Twitter applications should provide you with hours of geeky discovery goodness!

“Surf Fast, Surf Free!”™

Happy Birthday Neo!, Uglier Firefox?, Google’s Secret Fortress

The Matrix

The Matrix is Ten

It’s hard to believe the movie The Matrix is ten years old!? I remember going to the movies to see The Matrix about ten times. No Movie before or since has hypnotized me like The Matrix. Remember The Matrix>>

Uglier Firefox

Personas is a set of themes for your Firefox browser. I am trying it out right now ( It is messing up my PimpZilla theme – it may have to go!).  Look at Personas (Blog Article). More on Personas ( lifehacker)

Google’s Secret Fortress

Google recently unveiled some of the server hardware secrets it has used to become the king of internet search. Google Secrets Unveiled!>>

YouTube “Flips Out”, Nokia E71x, April Fools!, To Linux or Not to Linux

Court Jester

YouTube

YouTube has played a naughty joke on us for April Fools Day; they flipped images and video upside down and  most of the descriptions and comments on Youtube have been written backwards! Metro.co.uk has an article on this situation. Note: The Youtube home page appears to be normal, you won’t notice anything is different about the site until you click on a video (it can be any video).

Nokia E71x

The Nokia E71x for AT&T has recently become available. This all metal smart phone is sleek and sexy. It runs on the Symbian OS.  See The Video>>

April Fools Day

Happy April Fools Day! Let’s get things started the right way with this prank you can play on friends, family and coworkers. Muahahaha!

Linux

I have long been curious about Linux. I have been hesitant to get my feet wet because I am afraid it will be too complicated and time consuming to learn and use. I am really not that satisfied with my current OS (Windows); but it runs out of the box, without a lot of input from me. I guess I want the best of both worlds: I want my OS to run well without me having to be too involved in the process (Windows), yet I want to be able to have a customized system that has the features I deem necessary, and, more importantly, said system should not have/do things I don’t want (Linux). What should I do? Why must I always be faced with these tough decisions? Maybe if I take a nap, this problem will go away – when I awake, everything will be as right as rain! While I try to figure my next move, I think I’ll take another look at this Linux promotional video that I like: Linux Promo Video

HostMonk, Skype on Mobiles, ColorSplash, HomeMade Pizza

Homemade Pizza

HostMonk Compares various web hosts according to price, platform, bandwith, memory, CPU type, and management. The original article for this information came from the good people at makeuseof.com. lifehacker has an article on this ( via makeuseof.com) Read Lifehacker Article Want more on reliable, affordable web hosts? Read More Here>>

Skype Comes to iPhone, Blackberry: phonescoop and Reuters have the news on this development. The application for putting Skype on the iPhone will be available Tuesday, March 31st, 2009. The Blackberry application will make its debut in May. Free long distance phone calls anyone?

iPhone App ColorSplash: This app allows you to dress up pictures on your iPhone with vibrant colors. ColorSpash sells for $1.99 Read About ColorSplash>>

Make Home Made Tasty Pizza: I haven’t tried this recipe yet; I’m on a special diet. When the diet is over in a day or so I may just have to fire up the old oven. Make Pizza at Home>>

Who’s on Crack in Tech: 03.27.09, Browser Wars, TwitterSheep

Browser Wars

From Gadgetell: Who’s on Crack in Tech

• Best Buy = Best FAIL
• China hates Chad Vader?
• April Fools’ Worm is hungry
• Facebook just messes with us
• Surveys – Hate ‘em

Read More Who’s on Crack Here>>

Browser War: IE8, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Read More Here>>

TwitterSheep is a handy app that works with Twitter to form a tag cloud of subjects your Twitter followers are talking about. I just discovered that marketing is the most popular subject my followers talk about . . . even though I’m not a marketer. That’s what I get for following back all those marketing types that follow me!

Palm Pre Battles

Palm, the maker of the soon to be released Pre, has put all its eggs in one basket. The failure of the Pre  would sound a death knell for Palm. Despite a gloomy economic forecast, the Pre is poised to turn the tide for Palm, where an outdated OS and inefficient business practices led to huge losses in revenue. There seems to be a lot of support and goodwill in both the business and developer community towards Palm; many developers are excited about creating features and applications for the Pre’s new operating system, WebOS. Read More Here>>

Low Down,Dirty Best Buy?, MixTape.me, Mac Apps Galore

Cool Music

Hey Mama by Black Eyed Peas

Oh say it ain’t so Best Buy! Tell me it’s not true you lure unsuspecting victims customers into the store with the promise of honoring price matches, only to pull the rug out from them when it’s time to pony up. More Best buy Shame>>

When I found out there was another music service on the internet, I groaned: not another one?! I was skeptical till I tried out MixTape.me I was B L O W N  A W A Y!! The  MixTape.me UI (user interface) is slick, the music is CD quality – crisp and clear. MixTape.me is a music mashup: it integrates artist bios and album art from Last.fm, song lyrics from LyricWiki and music videos from Youtube. MixTape.me is most definitely worth your time: take a few minutes to look around – don’t be shy about registering for a free account, as I did. ReadWriteWeb has an informative article on MixTape.me

Alright Mac-Heads, this one’s for you. 100 Free Mac Apps to die for Pt. 1 and here is Pt. 2

Beware The Twitter Worm! This worm is only a proof-of-concept right now, if it isn’t addressed soon, it may become reality. Read More Here >> (ReadWriteWeb)

Too Many Reviews?, Uncle Sam Wants You!, Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

Uncle Sam

Can there be too many reviews for a product or service? I don’t think so. Read More Here>>

Uncle Sam needs your help: How can we improve U.S. broadband? The FCC wild hold a meeting in April that is open to the public. You can weigh in with your ideas for improving U.S. broadband capabilities. The FCC will take the input, and along with it’s internally generated input, come up with a plan that will be submitted to congress. President Obama has already recommended setting aside a considerable amount of money to improve America’s technological infrastructure. Read More Here>>

As a Firefox fan, I’m happy to share with you these Firefox keyboard shortcuts. If you are still using Internet Explorer, I have but one question: why?

Do you prefer links to open in a new window or in the same window? I would like to know what you think. As always, you can leave a comment or email me at: asktonyc[at]aol.com

“Surf Fast, Surf Free!”(TM)

lifehacker’s Top Posts of The Week, Twitter Personalities, Pirate Bay RSS Feed

From lifehacker: Five best Linux distributions, The five minute prison workout, Android vs iPhone 3.0, and much more!

What type of Twitter Personality do you have? The 14 Types of Twitter Personalities

Download torrents remotely with Pirate Bay’s personal RSS. Read More Here >>

IE8 – What You Should Know, Companies for Early Tech Adopters

Internet Explorer 8

The final build of Internet Explorer 8 has been released. It is a major departure from IE7, with improved security, faster rendering of web pages, and it is more standards compliant. Disclosure: I’m a fan of Mozilla Firefox; when I see someone using Internet Explorer I roll my eyes and shake my head. Read More Here

If you want to improve your bottom line by making your blog, website, or online business more profitable, you may wish to take a look at this article by the guru’s over at ReadWriteWeb.

“Surf Fast, Surf Free!”(TM)

Palm Pre vs iPhone OS 3.0

It just got more difficult to decide which phone has more to offer: the Palm Pre or the Apple iPhone OS 3.0. The iPhone OS 3.0, scheduled to appear this summer, will address several shortcomings of its predecessor: cut and paste functionality, MMS messaging (for sending audio and images with messages), improved search using spotlight (borrowed from Apple’s desktop OS X platform), and improved synchronization – iPhone 3.0 adds CALDAV and .ics to its Exchange support to give users the choice of working with Google Calendar, Yahoo! Calendar, and to allow for sharing calendars.

The Palm Pre has a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus; the iPhone 3.0 OS has a 2.0 megapixel fixed-focus camera. Palm Pre has GPS navigation, Apple says it will open iPhone 3.0’s GPS functionality to third party developers. The Pre allows multiple applications to run at the same time – iPhone OS 3.0 does not.

My thoughts: With  OS 3.0, Apple will keep a lot of it’s previous supporters happy – many of them will stick with the iPhone. The Apple App Store is very popular and well stocked. The Palm Pre uses a new platform, webOS. As such, applications for the Pre are being made from scratch. Only time will tell if the Palm Pre can start to catch up in the applications area. I am curious about the Pre’s battery: with a large display and the ability to run multiple applications, will the Palm Pre’s battery last throughout the day? At least I can replace the Pre’s battery – I can not replace the iPhone OS 3.0 battery. The iPhone OS 3.0 is a free upgrade for those of you who already have the iPhone OS 2.0. For the iPod Touch owners in the crowd, the upgrade to OS 3.0 will cost $9.95

Read more Palm Pre vs iPhone OS 3.0

Palm Pre 4X Faster Than iPhone?, The Death of E-Mail, Nigerian Gets 19 years in Internet Scam

There are some who claim that the rumored copy and paste feature coming soon to an iPhone near you is in response to the soon to be released (allegedly) Palm Pre smartphone. The Palm Pre lets you cut and paste. A cnet UK article claims that a site, which took 30 sec. to load on the iPhone,  displayed on The Pre in 7 sec.

I still use email, but not the same way I did a few years ago. I have multiple accounts; I use Trillian to manage them. I only toggle Trillian on a few times a day, the rest of the time I am blissfully unaware of my inbox’s contents. I do the same thing with Gmail via Google Talk: on twice a day for a quick check, after that it stays off. John C. Dvorak thinks email is dead. Do you deal with your email differently these days? Is email dead?

I’ve gotten my fair share of emails from someone in Africa who promises that they have something really cool they want to share with me. If I could only find a way to send them the bulk of my life savings, they promise to give me something of far greater worth. When I read a story like this, I get a big old grin pasted on my face (for a few minutes, anyway).

Technologizer’s 5Words, Beware of Internet Thieves, Twitter Visualizations

Internet Thief

Technologizer’s latest big tech news stories. 5Words

ReadWriteWeb has an interesting article on PC security: “Is Your Pc Part of a Botnet?” The things criminals are able to do these days are quite scary. Please stay safe: Use a firewall, antivirus, antiphishing and keep your software updated regularly. Remember, the biggest threat to your online security is between the chair and the computer – you! Don’t click on links sent to you in an email from someone you don’t know.

I like playing around on Twitter. I have used Monitter before. I also tried something similar to Twittearth. I look forward to trying out the other Twitter visualization tools. 6 Unique Twitter Visualizations from Mashable

Friends With Benefits Wedding. I always enjoy a wedding. This video is hilarious! FWB Wedding (contains mature language)

Cruxlux, Apple Takes Advantage?, Revolutionary Baldness Cure

Male Pattern Baldness

Cruxlux, currently in beta, looks at the current web page you are viewing and scours the web for related material. It then summarizes the material it found and presents it to you. The nice thing about that is that you never had to leave the web page you were working on initially. More About Cruxlux

Is Apple taking advantage of the consumer? There appears to be a tiny chip on the iPhone Shuffle’s headphone control system that has been installed for the purposes of DRM (Digital Rights Management).  iPod Shuffle Uses DRM? boing boing has more on this. boing boing article

Revolutionary Baldness Cure: Male Pattern Baldness Finally Meets its Match. Silly Video