Isn’t there something magical to the number 3: Three Stooges, Three Blind Mice, Three’s Company, Three’s a Crowd?  Well, Google Chrome is joining the Three’s Crowd with version 3.0 of its famed Google Chrome Web Browser. Alas, most people still ask, “What’s a browser? Is that Internet?”  Sigh. I was visiting my sister’s family a few weeks ago, and she [...]

There’s been a Google Voice app for the Android phone for a while now, but recently, Google released an update that makes it even more useful. Long press on your Android home screen and select Shortcuts and then select Toggle Google Voice (this is assuming that you have the Google Voice App Installed). You can now Toggle the following options [...]

Well I just received the invite that I’ve been waiting for to enable Google Voice.  If you’re not familiar with Google Voice, the following short animation will surly help and most likely peak your interest: In a nutshell, here’s what Google Voice can do (given to me in my first voicemail from Google): Welcome to Google Voice! Google Voice gives [...]

I stumbled upon some hilarious images at Worth1000.com today, and saw an interesting add for the first online vector editing program. Hmm…I’ve had need for some vector image creation, and I thus got my first look at Aviary. Aviary, in a word is AWESOME. Basically, Aviary offers a suite online tools for image editing and graphics creation. Below are some [...]

Just a handful of years ago, this concept would have been very difficult to achieve, but with the Web, it’s easy.  LogoTournament.com lets you create a logo creation contest for about $250.  You have 30 or more graphic artists start creating logos for you business, website, organization, etc.  You indicate general ideas about the look and feel of the logo [...]

I find myself taking notes on just about everything.  I’ll grab receipts, scraps of paper, etc. to write down very important things…and then…I lose the paper.  Who’d-a-thunk? A while back, I started using portfolio pads, and they were great except for the paper flipped vertically and it was hard to look up notes when you used both sides. Now I’m [...]

Does anyone remember a certain android watching a tea kettle steam/boil and commenting to his friend that he’s just myth-busted the idea that if you watch the kettle, it takes longer to whistle? His friend suggested that he turn off his internal clock, and at the whistle, he gave a quizzical look to the kettle. Any takers? Well if not, [...]

When I found SkyMap, I thought it was the coolest thing. The only problem was that the week that I downloaded and installed the app (for free), it was overcast and precipitating. The application makes use of the compass, GPS, date and time, and phone oreintation. Below is a video from Google about SkyMap. I didn’t know until I saw [...]

Microsoft has released it’s newest version of its operating system Windows, and you can download it for free. What’s the catch? None really, Microsoft is offering RC version for testing. I downloaded it today and will begin testing soon. The download will be good for one year. After one year, the computer will start to automatically shutdown every two hours [...]

Of course there are applications that you can use on your mobile phone to check your Gmail, but why enter all those settings, when you can point your mobile web browser to gmail.com and get the whole kit-n-kaboodle. The new version of Gmail for mobile devices is much improved. It works on Android, iPhone, and probably other mobile devices. The [...]