Dave Zatz A little over a week ago, I picked up the Mophie Juice Pack Air ($80) with intentions of doubling my iPhone 3GS’s battery life… keeping it operable during a pair of transatlantic flights. (Not all United flights have power jacks in coach.) As it turns out, the combo Mophie case/battery was probably unnecessary. After about … Read more
I’ve read the posts. I’ve watched the videos. I’ve even poked around the web app. Yet, I still don’t get Google Wave. From Google’s product description: Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using … Read more
Earlier this month, rumors of the demise of Michael Arrington’s Crunchpad may have been exaggerated or fabricated. However, those prescient vaporware tales have come to pass — and it seems the $200 $300 $400 web tablet is dead. At the very least, it may launch without Arrington and/or the CrunchPad moniker in what amounts to … Read more
I can’t even tell you how many television recommendation requests I field. Unfortunately, I don’t always have a good HDTV suggestion, because I’m only paying close attention when it’s time for me to make a purchase. Generally speaking, I steer the less tech savvy/interested friends and relatives towards Costco (or similar) for whatever Vizio LCDs … Read more
This edition of Travel Tech is probably most notable for what I didn’t manage to acquire prior to my Thanksgiving journey. I was slow to act on picking up a refurbished Kindle for a low $150 to make my upcoming transatlantic flights a bit more palatable. By the time I got around to pulling the … Read more
As TiVo does, they fire off feel-good news (for investors) along most quarterly earnings calls – to possibly soften the blow of continued subscriber defections. Today, they’ve announced a deal in which Google will be mining our TiVo commercial viewing (er, skipping) behavior to enhance their television advertising initiative. Yawn. Much more interesting, via a … Read more
Later today, Wikipedia movie content (and more) joins Rotten Tomatoes coverage on Vudu partner hardware. As a refresher, Vudu began life as a peer-to-peer movie streaming service via their dedicated hardware. After some layoffs, restructuring, and refinancing, they emerged with a hardware diversification strategy and a focus on supplemental web content. Additionally, the P2P streaming … Read more
Need a Google Voice invite? Leave a comment and I’ll randomly pick at least 3 7 winners – hopefully tomorrow, before I leave on vacation. See our previous GV coverage here. If you’ve got invites you’d also like to share, let me know (dave@zatznotfunny.com) and we’ll work on hooking up even more of the ZNF … Read more