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Category: Technology

  • Taking A ScreenShot with Android

    Taking A ScreenShot with Android

    Got a Samsung (I have an S4) Android phone and need to take a screenshot? Here is how you do it. Hold the power button down and  the main / home button on the bottom of the phone…SIMULTANEOUSLY Look in your pictures….. Easy as 3.14. Here is a GREAT video from Android Authority that covers more…

  • TechyMike Resurfaces in Tracy, CA

    TechyMike Resurfaces in Tracy, CA

    BREAKING NEWS Back from the ashes of TelBitConsulting, YeOldeTechy, and AltamontCowork, the technical wizard we all know, and sort of love, Mike Pihlman has once again resurfaced in Tracy, CA. Mike was spotted yesterday at Orchard Supply wandering the aisles. While he looked confused and disoriented, don’t be fooled.  Mike’s brain was actively thinking of the…

  • WordPress Free Themes

    I am going to be playing with some WordPress FREE themes on this web site. Comment below if you like or don’t like. The first one installed July 25, 2014 is “Academica”. I will keep it up for a couple of weeks and play with the options until I get tired of it. So far,…

  • Internet Speed Testing

    Internet Speed Testing

    I spent a few minutes doing some Internet speed tests here at AltamontCowork. I tested various configurations (wired vs wireless vs different wired jacks vs different wireless speeds). In other words I did a lot of testing……and had some FUN. Here are my tests from this morning (the various options all worked about the same, or,…

  • TechyMike

    TechyMike

    A year or so ago, I pretty much gave up on TelBitConsulting (my video conferencing centric technology blog) choosing to concentrate on AltamontCowork (a coworking location in Tracy, CA) instead. Two weeks ago, a friend of mine fired up his new videoconferencing related site, so I paid $13 to WordPress and redirected all of TelBitConsulting’s…

  • Blast From The Past: HDTV Tutorial

    One thing really great about a blog is that everything you have written is available FOREVER (barring asteroids, etc).  Here is my VERY FIRST blog post from way back in 2006 (on TelBitConsulting.com). We had recently purchased our first (and still current main HDTV) and Tracy, CA had just gotten HDTV service.  It is interesting…

  • ReadyTalk Announces Video Conferencing

    Video conferencing has been added to ReadyTalk (for some reason I thought they already had it….oh well.) I like press releases.  No work for me….a new blog entry for you.  Call me lazy!  😉 – We are pleased to announce the availability of ReadyTalk video conferencing, enabling you to get the most out of your…

  • Blue Jeans Changes Cloud Video Conferencing Again

    – – Hot off the heels of Enterprise Connect where the WebRTC Conference-within-a-Conference drew overflow crowds, Blue Jeans Network will announce it’s newest product: Sniff RTC.  On Monday, April 1, the cloud-based video conference service and unofficial work from home sponsor will unveil the newest feature enriching the video conferencing experience to better connect users around the world. The Sniff TRC patented olfactory technology…

  • Cloud Based Video Conferencing Adds Features

    Here is a VERY important announcement from the good folks at Blue Jeans Networks. ******Copy this URL and share it with ALL of your friends and colleagues **** This is TOO IMPORTANT to ignore!  Whooops!!!!   On the ADVICE of my LAWYER….. (Click here on Monday after 8 AM EST to read the announcement….my bad)  …

  • Blue Jeans announces bi-directional HD desktop sharing for Microsoft Lync users

    Update August 2023: Consider this a HISTORY lesson in videoconferencing. Enjoy! 🙂 I love cloud-based multipoint videoconferencing, but, you already know that. Here is a SCOOP from Blue Jeans Network that I just got permission to post. I was told that Blue Jeans has been interoperating Skype and Lync since 2011 (even though the press…