Create Your Own 360 Degree Videos with Kogeto Dot
The Kogeto Dot is a clip-on attachment that let's you easily create 360-degree interactive videos with your iPhone 4/4s. When you want to shoot a video, clip the Dot onto your iPhone, launch the free Dot app and start recording. When you stop, the video can be uploaded and shared on the Kogeto … [Read more...]
Caching, CDNs and Performance (Oh My!)
We've rolled up our sleeves and been tinkering in the garage again. This time, we're up to our eyeballs in performance optimization for the site. We've put cacheing in place as well as a content delivery network to help serve images and other essentially static content faster. The net result? You … [Read more...]
Join the Conversation and Win an iPod Nano + TikTok Watch
BigBlueBall is giving away an 8 GB iPod Nano with a super-cool, black TikTok watch band that turns the Nano into a wearable watch. I've been wearing one of these for a few months and love it. The TikTok watchband allows you to quickly snap the iPod Nano in or out depending on how you want to use it. … [Read more...]
Steve Jobs, Apple Visionary, Dies at 56
Steve Jobs, the visionary leader of Apple has died at the age of 56, just a few months after announcing his retirement as CEO. Jobs had been battling pancreatic cancer for eight years. The Apple website has been replaced with an memorial for the man who not only co-founded the company, but helped … [Read more...]
Happy 8th Birthday, Skype!
It's hard to image that Skype was born just eight short years ago. While they weren't the first, and they have more competition today than ever (FaceTime, Google Huddle), Skype did a lot to take video calling from the stuff of science fiction to an everyday reality. To celebrate, they are … [Read more...]
Pew Report: Social Media Adoption Up Over 50%
A Pew Report released today shows that social media is used by over 117 million adults in the US, up over 50% from just three years ago. How do they view their social media experience? When asked, "What is the one word that describes your experience using social networking sites?" the overwhelming … [Read more...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
The news is buzzing about Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple. The iconic leader is credited with turning around the company when he returned, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world. In the 90's everyone knew about the Walkman. Where is that today? The iPhone changed the … [Read more...]
Twitter Adds User Galleries
Twitter today announced an image gallery and browser that makes it easy for you to browse all the images ever shared by any user (at least up to 100, and only back as far as January 1, 2010). It works in conjunction with a number of popular image sharing services, … [Read more...]
Skype Purchases GroupMe
Group messaging startup GroupMe has agreed to be acquired by Skype. GroupMe was started just a year ago by Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci and has already raised over 11 million from investors. What is GroupMe? GroupMe allows you to create on the fly private phone groups with others, and then … [Read more...]
The Twit Network – Spoof Movie Trailer
You may have seen last year's The Social Network which chronicled the dramatic rise of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Now comes The Twit Network. It's the story about a website and two guys who understood the way of the future when nobody else seemed to, and kept at it even though it … [Read more...]