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Soon Your Smartphone Will Know Your Mood

Dan Seitz — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:53:49 +0000

Imagine a world where your smartphone can realize that you’re angry or sad, and react accordingly. Thanks to the University of Rochester, it’s not as far away as you might think. The app is designed to measure twelve different factors, such as the pitch of your voice, and determines whether you’re in one of six [...]

Rudy Parris ("The Voice") Interview

Skeeter Nash — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:28:54 +0000

Skeeter talked with his friend of many years, Rudy Parris, who is a member of Blake Shelton’s Team Blake on NBC’s The Voice. You can listen to the entire interview on demand. Click the Play button to listen.

Windows 8–Microsoft Accepts Orders For Upgrade-TECH NEWS

wcampise — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:50:45 +0000

It’s won’t be delivered until October 26, however Microsoft Corp. began accepting orders for the next version of their computer operating system. If you own a personal computer running earlier versions of Windows you can buy the revamped system for as little as $14.99 to $39.99. That is if you purchased a machine powered by [...]

Social Media And Your Business

Rob Garrett — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:45:34 +0000

There will be a seminar to learn about setting up a social media strategy for your business on Thursday May 31, starting at 3 pm. It will take place in the SBDC Training Room located at 3402 N. Ben Wilson. It will be a free event for Chamber Members and $100 for Non-Chamber participants. Learn [...]

The Greatest Soda Discovery Ever!!!!

Rob Garrett — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:55:55 +0000

If you have been to Double Daves Pizza Works then you know about the new Coca Cola Machine they have which is amazing! It’s a soda machine with many different flavors to choose from which makes combining different flavors really fun and experimental. My favorite is the Peach Mello Yellow, orange Mello Yellow, and orange [...]

Where To Find The Biggest Garage Sale Of The Year

Rob Garrett — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:23:35 +0000

The Junior League of Victoria will be holding their 5th Annual Rummage Sale on Friday from 8a.m. – 1p.m. and on Saturday from 8a.m. – 12 p.m. at the National Guard Armory. It is located at 106 E. Mockingbird. Today is the last day to donate items and you have until 6 to take those [...]

How To Calculate Miles Per Hour

Rob Garrett — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:37:55 +0000

This woman obviously doesn't get it. She says smaller tires make you go faster (because they turn faster), heavier trucks make you go slower, there is a speed difference between manual and auto transmission, cops keep their tires full so you can't go faster than them on your flat tires, and to be in really good shape expect 7 minutes to take you a mile

Even Grandma Is On Facebook

Joe Bob — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:29:57 +0000

I can remember my Dad asking me about the internet. No specific questions… it was more like “what is the internet?”. Think back 10 years… would you ever have imagined that facebook would be the phenomenon it is today? It has become so huge that even Grandma is using it. Edens Edge is [...]

Predictions of 2011 from 1911

Rob Garrett — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:48:30 +0000

Everyone has had some input into what life will be like in 10, 20, 50, even 100 years. There is a newspaper that published an article in 1911 about what life would be like in 2011. Boy I bet those people would be disappointed. I’m sorry but we don’t have strawberries as big as apples, [...]

Angry Birds Vs Misunderstood Pigs

Rob Garrett — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:40:16 +0000

There is a brand new game in the app store called “Misunderstood Pigs” and personally I am looking forward to this download. What if the pigs were really the good guys and the angry birds were just a bunch of bullies and secretly acting like the victim. In this game you basically build a fortress [...]

Angry Birds Cartoon!

Rob Garrett — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:28:56 +0000

Angry Birds creators made a short film to commemorate the release of a new level called “Wreck The Halls”. I will be downloading it after work as I ran out of levels to play in Angry Birds! Also how many of you purchased an Angry Birds item for Christmas this year? They are everywhere now!

Human Like Robots. Creepy Or Awesome?

Rob Garrett — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:03:25 +0000

These robots have came a long way since R2D2, C3PO, Robbie the robot, Robo Cop, The Terminator, Rosie the maid, Wall-E, and of course one of my favorites, the Fembots from Austin Powers! If these human like robots are for real, I totally want one that looks like the ones in Austin Powers. That would [...]

Do You Plan On Getting An Ipad For Christmas?

Rob Garrett — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:18:15 +0000

I purchased the ipad2 on Black Friday and received $50 off during that discounted day. Apple really doesn’t offer many discounts on days like that so I was fortunate to at least get $50 off. I absolutely love this thing and I highly suggest getting one. Of course you know about applications. Especially if you [...]

"Red Solo Cup" By Toby Keith Passes 3 Million Views Online

Joe Bob — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:41:16 +0000

The music business has changed by leaps and bounds over the past ten or fifteen years. It used to be all about selling records and concert tickets. And, though these things still play a huge role in the equation, there are now other factors involved… like “digital downloads” and “online views”. There are many artists [...]

Hard disk shortage will get worse: Piper Jaffray

wcampise — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:48:47 +0000

The scarcity of hard drives will only get worse in the coming weeks and months, according to an analyst at Piper Jaffray. "We could run out of drives by the end of November," Piper Jaffray analyst Gus Richard said in an interview this week while discussing the shortage in the wake of the severe flooding in Thailand, where half of the world's production of HDD's takes place