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QR Codes
Ever see one of those square barcode like looking thingys? I had one hanging on my door from Google Places, but, I did not know what it was or what to do with it. It looked cool, so I stuck it up there. So what the hell is it? Well, finally getting curious I did…
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DotXXX URL’s Coming Soon
Sorry ’bout that. Just reporting the news on the technical front. And, hey, like we are all innocent here…duh. 🙂 The Washington Post reports that yesterday the Internet naming authority has approved the use of the .xxx suffix. “On Friday in San Francisco, the California nonprofit that oversees Internet addresses gave the green light to…
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Chrome 10, Firefox 4, IE 9 New Fast Browsers
UPDATE 12/9/2011: Chrome printing is WAY improved, IE is shit, Firefox is still not as fast as Chrome. Chrome started the lean fast browser thing. As soon as I tried it, I was hooked, and I have not left since. Now Firefox 4 and IE 9 are available and both are significantly faster (and leaner)…
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AT&T To Cap DSL Usage
` I was surfing this morning and came across this bit of disturbing news from the good folks at Mashable (and also at Broadband DSL Reports). AT&T will cap DSL users to 150GB (I assume Bytes…not bits) and Uverse users to 250GB per month. If you go over that cap more than 3 times you…
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VGo Robotic Video Conferencing
Here is another robotic video conferencing device. VGo. In the video they call it: “Robotic Telepresence”…how errrr, interesting. Gotta love those Marketing folks…gettin’ the buzz words down. 🙂 I will try to get the VGo at AltamontCowork to test (the others (Giraffe, and AnyBots, have failed to remain in touch or get me a…
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Cisco UMI Price Cut
Well I could have told you this would happen….hmmmm, maybe I did. The high and mighty are finding out (I spotted this article by Marguerite Reardon, CNET) that HD video conferencing is not all it is cracked up to be for the average person sitting at home. Sure you can over-charge those companies with unlimited…
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Future of Video Conferencing from Corning
Got this Youtube link in an email this morning….although it is a Corning glass “infomercial” it shows us (at least partly) how video conferencing might evolve in the near future…using glass. VERY COOL. We already have videoconferencing on mobile smartphones, and on large walls in conference rooms, so the vision put forth by Corning, although…
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Vidyo Integrates with Microsoft Lync
June 2023: Another videoconferencing HISTORY lesson. Enjoy! Facebook friend Ckristian Zoli (he works for Vidyo) posted this announcement on Facebook this morning. Not being in the corporate world anymore, I had never heard of Microsoft Lync…how funny. (Gee, I feel so left out…..NOT! 🙂 I grabbed this from Microsoft: Microsoft Lync 2010 is truly a unified…
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Google Changes Search Algorithm
A few days ago Google changed it’s search algorithm. Surfing the web today, I see that that change has had an impact on “content farm” traffic to the point where some have even started laying off people. But…..I’m not complaining…in the past few days…this blog, and TracyReaderDad.com, have both seen INCREASED views. If I calculated…
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iPad 2 and Video Conferencing
UPDATE January 2023: A HISTORY Lesson from 2011……enjoy! Steve Jobs (YES!) announced today that the iPad 2 will be released March 11th. I went to the spec page, grabbed the screen shots, and tried to learn a bit more about the cameras (yes there are now two) and video conferencing capabilities. The iPad 2 will come…
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