I was on Twitter yesterday when Cali Lewis; star of Geekbrief.tv, decided to send a message to her 19,000 Twitter followers. Cali’s message was simply: “Is this the new MacBook Pro?” – (with a link to a dodgy looking image) This is how the ‘VIRAL PR’ Apple are so famous for always begins! Why is…
I am not usually a fan of sponsors messages. In 99.9% of cases, for me, they often ruin programming. “When I’m listening to a ‘tech podcast, I really don’t want to be sold an audio book on a subject not related to tech and of zero interest to me.” Some sponsors get it right However,…
So, Google Chrome launched last week to a predominantly positive reception. I like Chrome – but it needs work! I am not a fan of Google’s ‘near‘ monopoly of the search market – or the way their founders fly a private airliner all over the world talking about the environment – but I DO like…
Everything announced by Apple today was so heavily leaked, there’s no need to blog about it! Next!
I saw a piece of technology marketing earlier today, which clearly demonstrated the power of a well-written marketing message and how smart tech companies are at manipulating figures! It was an advertisement for an Internet hosting company. It makes what ‘sounds’ like a very positive statement; regarding the quality of their service – until you…
faceyourmanga.com has returned! Yeah, after going AWOL for around a week, everyone’s favourite manga avatar website, faceyourmanga.com is back! Yes, the website that spawned a million manga avatars on Twitter, Facebook (and my avatar for this blog) is back from the dead! We reported on the sites disappearance and have (literally) had thousands of people…
If you cannot wait to get your hands on Will Wright’s eagerly-awaited SPORE, this might help! It’s the 1up.com Spore page; including a countdown clock to the release. Props to Garnett Lee and the 1up.com gang for a great landing page! There’s also a nice preview video at CNET. (Thanks to Natali Del Conte for…
If you have a website and you want to improve your search engine optimization, there’s a chance you are not aware of the importance of linking OUT of your website! Linking out? Inbound links have long been established as a way to improve your search results. However, as this interesting post by SEO Guru Gregor…
Google Chrome – Fast, effectint, intuitive & a few beta issues too! As one of the first people to download today’s release of Google Chrome; Google’s new browser, I wanted to be one of the first to review it too. So, having had an opportunity to thrash it for a few hours – here are my first…
Here’s the link to the official Google Chrome download page! You can download Google Chrome now, here http://www.google.com/chrome Enjoy! TheTechNewsBlog (This is my first post using Google Chrome!)
