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5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for 2010

This is a guest post by Spencer Sands. He was raised in Austin and is a second year student at The University of Texas studying chemical engineering. You can contact him at spencerpsands AT gmail.com This year will no doubt be another year of technological expansion. A myriad of iPhone applications are being generated every [...]

Optimize Your Mac’s Performance

If your Mac’s running at a snail’s pace, there are a few simple things you can do to speed it up! My Macbook’s only a few years old but already I’m starting to notice a decrease in performance — windows opening slower, startup and shut down taking forever, applications lagging, etc. I decided it was [...]

Best iPhone Cases On The Planet

This is a guest post by Spencer Sands. He was raised in Austin and is a second year student at The University of Texas studying chemical engineering. You can contact him at spencerpsands AT gmail.com As technology advances, new waves of smarter, more expensive, and more fragile gadgets are released. These irresistible phones and laptops [...]

Google Chrome’s New Ad [VIDEO]

The new ads for Google chrome are a little strange. I like how artsy and creative they are, but when i think Google Chrome, I think “The future of web browsing, speed, efficiency, etc”. I definitely don’t think “Women playing harp, women knitting, crazy Rube Goldberg Machines”. Either way, enjoy these short clips. I will [...]

AT&T Ads from 1993 Predicted the Future [VIDEO]

Back in 1993, AT&T ran an ad campaign where it showed futuristic technology. It’s kinda creepy how much they actually got right. It’s funny how they portray all of the video screens as Tube TV’s, guess they couldn’t get everything right. Id like to see AT&T do this again. Make predictions for the next 15 [...]