Through Foursquare, VH1 Raises $35000 for ‘Save the Music’
Three months after teaming up with location-based service Foursquare to raise money for the Save the Music Foundation, VH1 has met its funding goal of $35,000 for the campaign. People following VH1 on Foursquare who checked in into any music venue starting on March 1 unlocked a badge (see above), and Save…
Google Announces Google Drive for iOS and Offline Editing for Google Docs
Google kicked off the second day of its I/O conference by announcing offline text editing for Google Docs, and a version of its Drive storage service for Apple’s iOS. The search giant also announced a version of its Chrome Web browser for iOS, and demonstrated it running on Apple’s…
Google+ To Add Support For Past Twitter, Foursquare, Other Social Network …
Google will be adding a feature called Google+ History in which users will be able to add past statuses, updates and more to their Google+ timeline from a variety of social networking and mobile services including Twitter and Foursquare. (Photo: flickr.com / Magnet 4 Marketing dot Net) While the Google geeks…
Vizio’s Google TV Product Priced at $99.99
The Vizio Co-Star Stream Player is being touted by the company as a way to merge live and streaming entertainment into one “intuitive” experience. The set-top box has thousands of apps available for it and can also browse the web in full-screen mode on any HDTV using Google Chrome. Adobe…
Alabama A&M prof hopes her robotics modeling will find its way to the ISS The Huntsville Times
DENVER, Colorado An Alabama A & M University professor who made a robotics presentation Wednesday at the first annual International Space Station R & D conference in Denver says she was somewhat surprised when her proposal was accepted because her model isn’t currently being used in ISS robotics programs. In…
VIRGIN MEDIA INC. : There’s a Star Trek TiVo App off the Starboard …
27 June 2012: Virgin Media’s revolutionary TiVo service today sees the arrival of a brand new interactive Star Trek app courtesy of CBS Action. The app will thrill aficionados of the legendary show as well as take newcomers behind the scenes of one of the world’s most successful television franchises. Every episode…
BlackBerry Users: Foursquare Update Now Available
Now BlackBerry users can experience checking in and earning badges on the latest version of Foursquare. On Tuesday, Foursquare announced on its blog that the new update of the app (which has been out for more than two weeks for iPhone and Android users) is now available for BlackBerry owners….
Thefts reported at Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center
FELTON – Cash and electronics were stolen from two rooms at the Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center Monday, deputies said. A deputy was dispatched to the center about 1:45 p.m. for a reported theft, deputy April Skalland said. A couple said they had left their room to go to lunch…
Cablevision launches iOS app to track down Optimum WiFi hotspots …
Some internet purveyors make a big fuss over having public WiFi. It’s not often that they go out of their way to help you find that WiFi, however, and that’s where CableVision’s recently posted (but just now official) Optimum WiFi Hotspot Finder comes in. If you’re one of the cable…
COLUMN-Facebook’s board needs more than Sandberg: Marcus
LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) – When news emerged in May thatFacebook had hired an executive search firm to look for awoman to add to its board of directors, I had hoped that withthe appointment would come a great deal of diversity of thoughtand experience and an independent voice. Facebook has Having…
