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OpenSocial Google API Release taking on Facebook

Today is the target launch date for Google's OpenSocial, a programming API targeting social networks such as Orkut, LinkedIn, Friendster, Plazo & more. This move is intended to challenge the stranglehold Facebook currently is developing with social network programmers. I'm not much of a Facebook...

Posted to Steve Holstad's "the bright lights" (Weblog) by sholstad on 11-01-2007
Apple to provide SDK & allow 3rd party apps on iPhone

Wow, it's been awhile, and I apologize for the delay in posts. I took some time off to get married and head off to Greece... amazing times. Now that I'm back, I thought I'd take a moment to pass on some interesting news: Apple is releasing a first SDK in February that will allow developers to create...

Posted to Steve Holstad's "the bright lights" (Weblog) by sholstad on 10-18-2007
New Clarity blog launched

Hey all, we've launched a new blog at Clarity: A Motorola Q phone tips & tricks blog. My colleagues at Clarity have been working like crazy to build this wealth of information...check it out: Q-Tips thanks! steve

Posted to Steve Holstad's "the bright lights" (Weblog) by sholstad on 06-07-2006
Utility List Envy....my favorite three apps

I know as well as anyone that Scott Hanselman posted the world's all-time best tool list, which I use all the time to find certain utility programs. I've whittled my favorites down to only three, but they are all free, and good enough that I put them on my relative's systems when I am doing routine maintenance...

Posted to Steve Holstad's "the bright lights" (Weblog) by sholstad on 05-22-2006
Samsung T809

Finally, after 3 years, I've broken down and purchased a new cell phone...I went with the Samsung T809 from letstalk.com . So far, I really love the display and the features of this phone...the phone's display is the best I've seen, and this weekend I compared this phone to a buddy's new Razr, and the...

Posted to Steve Holstad's "the bright lights" (Weblog) by sholstad on 04-10-2006
NCAA Live Video feeds

Not that I would EVER do this, but if you check out http://www.ncaasports.com/ , all games are available to watch for free via streaming video. i signed up as a VIP, and its pretty great... Tech wise, the video looks really good for a free service, and the audio is fine. you can even hear the announcers...

Posted to Steve Holstad's "the bright lights" (Weblog) by sholstad on 03-16-2006
Hey, your ringtone sucks. Yes, yours.

Here's my favorite website of the week: http://mobile17.com After creating a free account and specifying your phone model and provider, Mobile 17 allows you to upload any mp3 you like, specify the start time & duration, and they will create and send you your new ringtone. Did it work for me? No,...

Posted to Steve Holstad's "the bright lights" (Weblog) by sholstad on 03-02-2006
Fun with the Rebel

After almost a year of debating whether I should or shouldn't, I finally purchased my first dSLR camera - the Canon EOS 350D a.k.a. Digital Rebel XT . I've been doing a ton of photography research and kept saying that I'd get it one day. Well, I finally put my money where my mouth is. Turns out that...

Posted to Antuan Kinnard (Weblog) by akinnard on 02-17-2006
RE: The word-of-mouth killer product of CES

Scoble's pick for coolest gadget at CES. I like the fact that this is more of an educational/scientific product. It's good to see companies are still spending money to make science and education fun. Can you imagine having something like this when you were a kid? VIC GUNDOTRA GADGET ALERT!!! I asked...

Posted to Curtis Swartzentruber (Weblog) by cswartz on 01-09-2006
Great Phone First Device

I get asked a lot about what phones people should get, so I thought I’d post this proactively. When it comes to phones, I find that most people fall into one of two categories: Phone First: People that want something that looks, feels, and works like a phone first, PDA second. This primarily means a...

Posted to Rauschenblog (Weblog) by jrausch on 12-12-2005

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