What will the trends say about how social media integrated with the Super Bowl? I look forward to reading the articles tomorrow morning. For me, I kept it low key this year, since my iPhone’s screen had a short in it over the weekend, which turned it into a paperweight at the worse times. After [...]
Technology
Instagram – Review: My Favorite iPhone App of 2011 So Far
I never expected my favorite social media app of 2011 would be based on photography. With all the data aggregating and mining going on in app development, I expected to fall in love with a smarter news aggregator or some other time-saving tool. After using this program for a few days, I’m impressed with its [...]
WorldMate for iPhone: My review of a great free travel app
If you’ve ever heard of WorldMate, you know it’s a popular travel planning and organizational service. Clearly looking at their home page, you can see they are proud to have expanded their mobile reach onto the iPhone and other mobile devices. I’m only going to review the iPhone app, which puts all your travel plans [...]
Satellite TV: One year later
It’s been a year now since I’ve subscribed to satellite television. I wrote a blog about this time last year asking people for their ideas (here’s the blog), and now I’m giving my one-year later scenario with my provider: Dish Network. Some goods and bads may be for other service providers as well…I’m not sure [...]
HDTV: Cable, DirecTV, Dish?
I’m going to be a newbie to the HD world soon, and when it comes to knowing which providers have the best HD selection and quality, I’m clueless! I need some guidance before I lock in a year-long commitment. Also, I’m looking into the pause live TV feature…is the HD quality as great as watching [...]
Firefox vs. Explorer
Firefox 2.0 and Explorer 7.0 were released within days of each other recently. We started using Firefox at FOX 2 to run myFOXstl.com because it was less buggy. Since then, Fox Interactive Media has modified our tools for IE7 compatibility, but I don’t wanna go back! I’ve discovered so many great add-ons with Firefox that [...]
Downloading videos…it’s not the same
I remember the days when watching videos online were easy to download and keep. I have about 5 years of great videos either sent to me through e-mail or discovered on Web sites. In fact, I was going to compile a DVD of those great videos and distribute it to my friends for Christmas! But [...]