Does Microsoft Have to Listen to Sour Apple?
July 17, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
I’m sure you’ve seen the Microsoft ads that have been airing on TV lately. They show an individual who’s in need of a new computer and they offer them to buy the computer for them if they find what they want for less than a $1000 dollars.
What you may not have heard of coming out of this advertising is that it appears to be working. Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer got a call from Apple’s lawyers wanting him to stop running the ads. Yep, that’s right, Apple called Microsoft and asked them to stop running the ads. They …read more
Facebook Quizzes Be Banned!
June 1, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately trying to get rid of all the quizzes that have been hitting my Facebook pages from people. I’ve blogged about one way to get rid of them, which has been working well for me, but today I got another suggestion on how to ban them from even displaying on my page in the first place.
You can follow the instructions below that were given to me by Papa Roux on Facebook. He operates a cajun restaurant here in Indianapolis, but he’s serving up more than great food with this tip.
If it’s not enough …read more
Tech Channel Roundup of Year End Retrospections and Forecasts
We are still more than ten days from the new year, but a majority of the world has already started retrospecting the last twelve months and forecasting the next twelve.
Jayvee inspects the culture of FAIL on the Internet and finds that video advertising is going to decline. Actually, the rate of growth of online advertising has reached a saturation point even though online advertising itself is continuing to rise.
In these tough times, when the economy has been slowing down, Clair suggests that choosing Linux and open source software has become more necessary. For those who are already in that path, there …read more




