Amazon Wins Patent For A Smartphone Airbag
Jeff Bezos from Amazon comes up with a smartphone airbag patent to prevent a phone from breaking if dropped.
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London Police Use Flickr to Help Catch Football Rioters
Watch out London Rioters! The police are turning to Social Media to bust you! As the the 2011 London riots moved into their 3rd day, officials began turning to Social Media sites like Flickr to identify and catch troublemakers. Can you help the Metropolitan Police identify suspects?
San Francisco Giants Get Star Wars Day. No Fair! [Infographic]
San Fransisco Giants - Star Wars theme night on September 4th.
How To Redeem a Google AdWords Code When You Already Have an Account [tutorial]
Did you get a green Google AdWords card with $100 in free advertising in the mail lately? Even though the cards are aimed at new AdWords customers, you can still apply a coupon code to your existing account if you haven't already before. We have a MethodShop.com tutorial that will walk you through the process if you want to check it out.
30 Years of MTV And How it Changed Our Lives
MTV goes on the air August 1st, 1981. 30 years later, we look back on the historic moment.
Apple Lawyers Kill iPhone Case of Steve Jobs in Carbonite
An iPhone case of Steve Jobs encased in carbonite, like Han Solo from Star Wars, was an incredible idea. Sadly, it was taken off the shelves by Apple.
Haters Use Social Media To Bash Amy Winehouse
Days after Amy Winehouse's death, social media continues to be a place to vent about drug and alcohol abuse, addiction and to defend Amy's legacy.
First Look – Mac OS X Lion [review]
Jeffrey Powers looks at how to get OSX, what is new and upgraded, finally if it's worth the upgrade price.
Spotify: A First Look At The New Music-Streaming Service
Good news music fans! Online music-streaming service Spotify is finally now available in the U.S. Jeffrey Powers reviews Spotify - a music player now available in the United States. The free service offers ad-supported access to over 15 million songs or you can pay $5 per month to listen without ads. For $10 per month, you can also listen to music offline and on an iPhone, Droid, Windows Mobile, Palm and a few other smartphones. However, the real question is... should you pay as you go, or buy music outright? Let's find out!
HP TouchPad, Pre 3, Bluetooth Keyboard Demo
Well, HP announced the TouchPad at HP Discover, which I attended this week. I put together a lot of video, but one demonstration in particular was the TouchPad. HP's tablet answer using the WebOS software.
Beer Diplomacy LIVE with Jim Louderback, David Berkowitz, Josh Harris and Peter Shankman
To help celebrate Internet Week this year, MethodShop.com sponsored the first live episode of Beer Diplomacy , a weekly roundtable discussion about politics featuring tech favorites and social media personalities hosted by Stuart Tracte. The guests for this special live episode of Beer Diplomacy included Jim Louderback of Revision 3, David Berkowitz of 360i, Josh Harris, and Peter Shankman from HARO.
Immortalize Yourself With HBO True Blood’s Video Facebook App
Are you a True Blood fan (aka Trubie)? Today HBO launched an exclusive True Blood Season 4 interactive video app on Facebook. The app pulls data from your Facebook profile in mere seconds and generates a custom video starring you, your friends and True Blood characters.
Apple Announces iCloud, OS X Lion and iOS 5 at WWDC 2011
At WWDC 2011 Steve Jobs announced several new Apple software products including a new service called iCloud, which allows consumers to store their files on "cloud" based servers on the Internet instead of on their own computer hard drives or mobile phones. Jobs showcased the service, as well as the company's new mobile operating system iOS 5 and Macintosh desktop operating system, Mac OS X Lion, in his 2011 World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote in San Francisco.
Chinese Teen Sells His Kidney To Buy An iPad, MacBook, And iPhone
A 17-year-old Chinese boy sold his kidney for an iPad 2 after seeing an online ad. An organ broker offered 20,000 yuan, which was enough for him to buy an iPhone and MacBook too. "I wanted to buy but couldn't afford," Zheng said.
MacBook Bottom Case Replacement Program
Attention MacBook owners: If you have a White Unibody MacBook with a peeling bottom, then you are able to get a replacement. Apple announced an interesting recall that allows those users who bought a MacBook from Oct. 2009 to April 2011 to get a new case bottom. Basically, even if your case bottom is …
