Posts Tagged ‘social-networking’

Filed under: Cell Phones , Google Only sissies use voice commands on their mobile phones, and physically typing a search term is really no better than scratching a crude picture of a bison on a cave wall. Google has recognized that Android users are waaay too savvy for those antiquarian methods of search, so yesterday, the geniuses at Google Labs released the Gesture Search ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Google , Social Networking We spend a lot of time discussing the various capabilities of smartphones and the apps available for them, but the truth of the matter is that not everyone has a smartphone. In fact, the vast majority of people don't. Fortunately, though, " dumb phone " owners don't have to miss out on all the fun, ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking The religions of the world have had no choice but to enthusiastically embrace technology. The Dalai Lama is now on Twitter , the same social network that hosted the Passion story for a NYC church, Jews can Tweet prayers to the Western Wall , and there is even a Web service that will do your ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Just as touch screens are becoming commonplace on cell phones , a new prototype was recently unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2010 , in Barcelona. It'll make you do a double take -- in more ways than one. According to the Telegraph , NTT DoCoMo has created a gadget that lets users navigate their cell phones by moving their ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone , Social Networking Everybody knows that technology, particularly social networking , has done nothing more than make hooking-up easier than ever (not that we'd know from personal experience). Still, it usually involved some work. But a new iPhone application does all the heavy-lifting for you by pinpointing your nearest booty call on a map. According to CNET News ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones By now, it's pretty much common knowledge that texting while driving isn't such a safe idea. As the New York Times reports , though, even texting while walking can be pretty perilous, as well. While most injuries incurred by pedestrian texters are pretty, um, pedestrian, doctors say they've seen a marked increase in the number of patients treated for much ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Social Networking Only a fool in this era of high-level security would fake a bomb threat, let alone Tweet about it, but that's pretty much what Paul Chambers did last week via Twitter. The Inquirer reports that the 26-year-old UK native was set to the fly to Ireland from the Robin Hood airport in Finningley, South Yorkshire until he ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Social Networking Only a fool in this era of high-level security would fake a bomb threat, let alone Tweet about it, but that's pretty much what Paul Chambers did last week via Twitter. The Inquirer reports that the 26-year-old UK native was set to the fly to Ireland from the Robin Hood airport in Finningley, South Yorkshire until he ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone Everybody is always excited to add a new friend on Facebook (and if you're not, social networking probably isn't for you). But what happens when those cyber relationships turn sour? Feelings are hurt, angry Wall posts might be made, and, in many cases, one person will simply delete or "defriend" the other in order to cut off all ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking Nothing warms our hearts more than a geeky marriage proposal here at Switched, but we get a bit bored of Twitter, Facebook, and even tweaked video game declarations of love . So kudos to Raleigh-Durham resident Alex Marsh , who took his girlfriend, Susan Wilkison, out to dinner at Raleigh Times Bar to propose, via ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone , Web , Social Networking Aside from war, sex is almost always the driving force behind technological advancements. The adoption of VHS, the popularization of webcams, the ability to stream video, and the proliferation of the Internet, in general, have all been propelled by people's need to get their rocks off. So Rachel Kramer Bussel, of the Daily ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , BlackBerry , BlackBerry 101 If the rumors are true, Research in Motion (RIM) , the developer of the BlackBerry , might soon change the way users tweet from their smartphones . There are plenty of third-party Twitter apps , but according to the CrackBerry blog , more details have emerged about a Twitter app designed by RIM, which could ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone Guess what, iPhoners ? You've finally joined the 21st century -- multimedia messaging (MMS) is officially live and functioning. Plug your iPhone into iTunes , run a quick update (it took us literally three seconds), and reboot your phone to get access to all the multimedia messaging fun that most other phones have had access to since 2003. ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones France's largest telecommunications company, France Telecom, has suffered through a staggering 22 employee suicides over the last year. If that isn't enough, another 13 workers actually survived failed attempts. In an interview with Reuters, company CFO Gervais Pellissier discussed exactly why he believes so many employees have been distraught and suicidal . He attributed some worker unhappiness to the recent ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone , Web , Social Networking The Internet has put an unsettling amount information at our fingertips. Now that the Web is finally usable on our phones, thanks to devices like the iPhone and Palm Pre, we can draw on this vast well of information (that many people would likely prefer remain private) anywhere we are. One particularly creepy ... Full story

Filed under: Software , HTC , Android End users of HTC's Hero are now getting official access to the major new firmware build that's been floating around lately, with the company's Danish site being among the first to offer it to downloaders official stamped as version 2.73.405.5 (for comparison, UK visitors are still left out in the cold as of this writing). The big ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Today in San Francisco, Motorola CEO Dr. Sanjay K. Jha unveiled the CLIQ, the company's first Android phone. Running a skinned version of Android 1.5 (Cupcake) called MOTOBLUR , the new smartphone, outfitted with a sliding physical keyboard, focuses heavily on social networking via Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace widgets and an improved contact system. Much like Palm OS's Synergy system, ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Feeling a need to literally show your love, as opposed to just texting sweet nothings to a special someone? What if you could turn your kind words into a warm blanket of affection in which a cherished person could wrap themselves? Sounds like romantic talk, but this is actually the notion behind Distance Lab's newest experiment in communications . Earlier ... Full story

Filed under: Handsets , Apple Here's one way to get yourself noticed. Japanese developer FreeBit, in looking for a way to show off its Serversman iPhone app, has debuted a prototype ultra-small server rack. Perfect for when you happen to have up to five iPhones / iPod touches lying around and nothing better to do but turn them into overpriced network storage solutions -- ... Full story

Filed under: Multimedia , Software , Palm , Apple , webOS Palm itself had warned that the Pre's iTunes sync functionality could be broken at a moment's notice (and at Apple's whim), but we're pretty sure no one expected it'd happen this quickly. We've been able to confirm that version 8.2.1 of the software prevents the sync from working, meaning that you've got to ... Full story

Filed under: Software The free Comcast Mobile iPhone app just hit the App Store, and it's actually a pretty nice little interface to lots of Comcast features you might not otherwise use or care about. The 1.0 release offers access to your Comcast email, integrates with Digital Voice to provide visual voicemail, and serves up a rudimentary program guide and On Demand trailers -- ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Social Networking Annemarie Dooling, a self-described jet setter and Web producer, found herself trapped in an HSBC branch in Manhattan during a hold up yesterday. So what did this tech-connected socialite do when she realized there was a robbery taking place? Tweet the whole thing, of course . Dooling kept her Twitter -reading public abreast of the robbery -- ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Lance Armstrong's Livestrong campaign, which focuses on inspiring and assisting cancer patients, has teamed up with Nike and software developer Deeplocal to develop the Chalkbot. This robot is programmed to paint text messages in yellow chalk along the 2,200 mile route of the Tour de France bicycle race. Up to 100,000 messages of "courage, hope and action" will be chalked ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Computers , Advice , Columns , Editor's Picks , iPhone , Windows Software , Webware , Mobile Software , Mac Software , Reviews , Downloads , Web , Social Networking TweetDeck What it does: TweetDeck is a client for the burgeoning micro-blogging / social networking service, Twitter . In addition to basic functions like updating your status and delivering ... Full story

Filed under: Vertu , Accessories The Vertu Aerius never really did Nokia's luxury marque justice -- casual passers-by would stop, point, and laugh at the overpriced Jabra JX10 masquerading as a meticulously hand-built bauble, and as we all know, disgustingly wealthy people have egos far too fragile for that kind of mockery. We have renewed faith today, though, that Vertu's hard at work making ... Full story

Filed under: Software , Apple , iPhone OS Quickoffice is no stranger to the mobile Office space . Indeed, the software itself has been around in one form or another since 1998. Most recently, however, the app has strolled into Apple's App Store, and we'll be taking a closer look at what may possibly be the most serious productivity app to sashay over to ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Motorola has created a new cell phone technology that could warn users when a disaster occurs, even if most of the network is not working, according to NewScientist . Here's how it would work: In the event of disaster, a functional cell phone outside and nearby the disaster area is alerted. Using Wi-Fi , this phone creates a peer-to-peer network ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking We've already expressed our distaste for Facebook quizzes ; we're just plain tired of our Facebook accounts being bombarded with requests to 'Find Out How Well You Know Your Town' or 'What 1980s Film Character Do You Most Resemble.' After reading this story at WCPO.com , we can add one more entry to the list ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking Golf is a game steeped in tradition and etiquette. The quietest whisper or flash of a camera is usually met with piercing stares and clenched jaws, from players and fans both. So we are shocked to see LPGA Tour Commissioner Carolyn Bivens telling Bloomberg she would like to encourage golfers to use their cell phones ... Full story

When it comes to food, there's a substitute for just about everything -- cheese, milk, eggs, etc., but it may include humans as well in the near future, or so says this Denny's commercial. Video after the break Full story