Posts Tagged ‘photos’

The TiVo Stream Has Arrived [PHOTOS]

Saturday, September 8th, 2012

The TiVo Stream is out and I simply couldn’t resist the idea of streaming my recorded shows to my iPad while on the road.  The Stream was officially released on Thursday (9-06-2012) and I immediately placed my order.  TiVo wasted no time and this little gem arrived in the mail yesterday.

First impression: Wow!! This thing is incredibly small and it looks like installation will be a breeze.

Check out the images below and be sure to follow us on Twitter and/or Facebook so you can read the full review in a few days.

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Pinterest Users Beware – Scammers Crashing the Party

Monday, March 5th, 2012

The new social media phenomenon Pinterest has seen an unprecedented rise over the last few months and, based on the numbers, 1 in 5 of the women reading this article are already using the service to collect photos and link to some of their favorite products.  Daily users have increased by more than 145% since the start of 2012 and Pinterest is generating more referral traffic to websites than YouTube, Google+ and LinkedIn combined (taken from this infographic).

Impressive numbers indeed, but there is one number that you’ll need to prepare yourself for if you plan on using Pinterest any further, one! That’s the number of uninvited guests that it takes to spoil the party and in the case of Pinterest, those uninvited guests are spammers.  That’s right, your beloved Pinterest (well, mine too) is starting to deal with it’s first real challenge (other than growing so fast).

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FollowFriday – Friday July 16, 2010 – PHOTOGRAPHS

Friday, July 16th, 2010
FollowFriday : On any given Friday, thousands upon thousands (maybe even millions) of Twitter users enter the hashtag #FollowFriday (or #FF), followed by one or more “mentions.” The idea is for users to share the names of other “interesting people” that they follow and think you should too. These recommendations serve as positive comment cards for the digitally inclined.


JumpstartMyPC.com has decided to bring FollowFriday to our blog. Read on and, if you are so inclined, add these “interesting people” to your own list.

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Safer Internet Day 2010 – Think B4 U Post!

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Today is a big day, although you might not hear much about it at all.  In my research to bring you information on the Social Media Credit Score series, I stumbled across a movement from the European Schoolnet called Safer Internet Day 2010.   This event, which has been held for several years now, was organized to “promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.”  The topic for 2010 is Think B4 U post!

Although this movement was originated in Europe, and now encompasses 500 events in 60 countries all over the world, it doesn’t seem to have caught on in the US. I’m not sure why, but I know that this is something we definitely need to start teaching our children, teens and well…. everyone.  New technologies, like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, cell phone cameras, Flip video cameras, etc. have turned us all into publishers of information.  Thanks to these technologies, a photo or video can be taken, posted and shared to hundreds, even thousands of people, in minutes.  More recent technologies, like “tagging,” make it even easier to find and share photos of friends and family.

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