If you haven’t tried Bing social search yet then I suggest you do so. Bing actually got it right this time around. Instead of search results being skewed or misplaced by social results, you get social interaction off to the side.
The social aspect is great for a lot of things, and I find it specifically helpful when I am trying to brainstorm different ideas. Continue reading
For those of you who do not know, the responses that you get when you ask Siri what the best phone is usually is just a programmed response meant to be funny and will never actually tell you anything helpful. However, the programmers seemed to have let a few queries slip through the cracks. More or less just adding the word “ever” to the end of your query seems to give you a real response instead of some forced programmed response.
The numbers don’t lie. For the average user the Nokia Lumia 900 is the best smartphone ever. Obviously for some people there are reasons to choose a different device but many are doing themselves and injustice by not considering a WP7 in their smartphone choices. Not just the Lumia line have awesome customer reviews. Almost every single WP7 sold has been in the top customer reviews on many different sites. Because it is simply awesome. The Windows Phone 7 operating system is beautiful, fast, intuitive, and just a joy to use.
So go get your hands on one and see for yourself. If you don’t like it all the carriers have easy return policies.
I am likely much crazier about browsers than the normal user. Many people just use whatever was on their machine or whatever someone has told them to use in the past. And they never question it or explore different options. I am a constant user of Chrome, Firefox, and IE9 with some use of IE10, Opera, and Safari. For the most part I use Firefox for my web development, debugging, and general browsing, IE for Slacker Radio, iHeart Radio, Grooveshark, Woot, and a handful of other sites that use the pinned sites, and Chrome I use for web testing and some general browsing. Then I open up Opera and Safari for testing.
For my first 6 or so years of owning a computer I used almost solely Firefox. I actually started with IE but as soon as I discovered Firefox, IE was out the door. Then Chrome comes out and I enjoyed it but not enough reason to switch over from Firefox. Continue reading
Well maybe I am just being a bit cynical but, tablets do not bring anything to the table. Seriously think about it for a second. What does a tablet do that either the phone or laptop can’t do. Not only that they can’t do but that they can’t do better than a tablet does. Today’s “tablets” are less portable cell phones that generally don’t make calls and have crappy cameras. Or if you try to compare them to a laptop then yes they are more portable but with very limited functionality and a need for extra peripherals to perform tasks almost as efficiently as a laptop.
This is just going to be a quick post about the customer ratings at ATT.com. We have seen over and over again that WP7 has been getting fantastic ratings across the board. Hopefully soon, that will lead to some market saturation for WP7. The Lumia 900 is a nice addition to the line up but I personally can’t wait to see WP8.
WP7 has Best Customer Review Ratings
Anyone out there have the Lumia 900 or the Titan II? I would like to hear from you as I have the Titan I and love it.
Not likely. The story about Katta appears to just be a rumor started to make Microsoft look bad. The challenge that Katta allegedly engaged in does not appear at all in the official contest rules. Not only is the weather challenge not in the rules but the rules clearly state that you have to win a series of 5 tasks. In other words, even if there was this weather challenge he would have had to win the 4 other tasks also before being a winner.
Basically it comes down to, is there a better chance that someone on the internet lies to get some publicity, or that a Microsoft employee and manager fail so bad that they not only do not give 5 tasks but the one task that they do give isn’t even in the list of 5 tasks (granted it could be the vague live tile one). I am voting on the nerdrager wanting some attention and trying to do so at the expensive of Microsoft. If it is the other way around though, BenThePcGuy should go to that store and slap the employee and manager for failing so hard.
So what do we think? Did the MS employees fail and give the wrong challenge or is someone lying on the internets
SEO or search engine optimization has a thin line in it. There is the good SEO that is optimizing your site for search engines with the user still in mind and having good content. Then there is the other SEO that is often paid for which is strictly search engine optimization without caring about giving some value to the end user. Google, Bing, and any other search engine are constantly working toward getting the most relevant data to the user. This can be very difficult because anyone can make a website and submit it to search engines. Google is going to try to ignore SEO as we currently know it. This could make for a huge switch in search results.
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It might sound a bit ridiculous but I honestly think this is a big part of the reason. Steve Jobs was absolutely insane and this is exactly the kind of thing that he would have done and completely forced everyone to agree with him. The small screen on the iPhone forces users to get something with a bigger screen. Personally I have no need for a tablet. I use my phone for general browsing and gaming, my desktop for work, gaming, research, and usually for blogging. Once in a while I might pull out my old Asus Eee netbook while sitting on the couch but not often.
For those of you who have not heard of the amazing little credit card sized computer that came available for order only a few days ago here is a link to the blog for the Raspberry Pi. I recommend checking out that link but in the mean time I can tell you this is a functional computer that is only about the size of a credit card. It has a nice amount of processesing power with a dandy little GPU on board as well. Continue reading
Ok so I personally have never been excited about a Windows operating system. I like Windows 7 a lot more than Mac OSX and Windows XP (Ubuntu holds a special place in my heart though). However good Windows 7 is, it could use improvements and with my lovely Windows Phone 7 user interface being in my face everyday it really shows.
Not sure about you but, I am extremely jealous of the folks that get to attend MWC 2012. And sadly I haven’t found any videos of the Windows 8 demo at MWC. If any of you know where I could find that please please shoot me a link in the comments.