The Core

Virtual assistant.  Rec'd generally good reviews in the tech journals I read.  Currently free.  Iphone only, probably forever that way since Apple bought the developer.

http://siri.com/

chief investigative officer for viaForensics, said that only one of the seven applications his group examined contained no such security flaw. That application is distributed by the Vanguard Group.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/bank-apps-for-phones/

paypal had exposure

http://www.facebook.com/LoveUK

"Toy [noun]: A technological product which is simple and fun to use, and which may be criticized by some people as being weak and not suitable for serious work."

(BTW, this is closely related to Ugly Sells.)

"On the other end of the spectrum we have 'enterprise products.' While toys take pride in how small, fun, and cool they are, enterprise products take pride in how big and serious they are."


http://blog.garlicsim.org/post/1495459004/technology-principle-the-toy-will-win

"Google Inc. is upgrading its shopping site as it steps up efforts to compete in Web comparison shopping, a move to become a key player in a market dominated by sites like Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc."

"...adding features to its separate service for shoppers, Google Product Search, that, among other things, will make it easier for users to look for soft goods like clothes"

"The image-recognition technology used to deliver those features for the Google shopping service comes from Like.com, a comparison-shopping site Google purchased in August that has a 'visual search' feature."


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704506404575592420335177184.html

Sounds like Google Place Search except for products.

Not an Ipad, but not an Ipod either.  At $145, it's a throw-away.  There are cheaper android tablets out there, Walgreens recently had one for $99. BUT it was an earlier version of android and supposedly couldn't be upgraded.  This one is Android 2.1 Eclair (upgradable to Android 2.2 Froyo when released).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16855501056&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-55-501-056-_-Product

"The global online survey showed that people who received news content from a friend or associate via social media, were 19% more likely to recommend the brand that advertised around that story to others and 27% more likely to favour that brand themselves." (emphasis mine)

http://cnninternational.presslift.com/socialmediaresearch


Huh!?  I wouldn't have thought the peripheral advertisers would pick up much status unless their brand was generally and positively associated with the topic of the story.

At the bottom of a members profile there is link "Show the last posts of this person."  I use this to find a post I know someone made but don't really recall the specific forum or thread.

For example:
Members > Rumbas > Show the last posts of this person