The keyword today in the mouth's of many Illinois politicians was the word 'tax'. Along with proposing an income tax hike from 3% to 5.25% and a $1/pack increase on the cigarette sin tax, Illinois legislature passed a bill to impose what has become known as the "Amazon Tax". The Amazon Associates program, which has previously disabled accounts in North Carolina, Rhode Island, … [Read more...]
CES 2011 – Day 1 Wrap-Up
It's hard to wrap up things that don't seem to end but here are some of the biggest stories that came out of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show today. Unfortunately, the cleanest and greatest source of information comes from Press Releases which are cold, factual, and plain, the complete opposite of the buzz CES intends to generate. From around the web, here are those … [Read more...]
The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show – What You Need To Know and What You’ve Already Missed
The Consumer Electronics Show starts tomorrow, January 6th, and goes through January 9th. It's the largest consumer technology tradeshow in the world. In addition to various vendors announcing their latest devices that will be talked about for the rest of the year, there are also awards programs, concerts, competitions, and celebrities. For those of us that are all about the … [Read more...]
Too Long; Didn’t Read Terms and Conditions
Well, here you won't have to read because it's a video blog discussing those Terms and Conditions or Acceptable Use Policies that everybody just clicks through and maybe shouldn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIlTB84-Ho On April 1st this year British video game company Gamestation put a joke clause to their terms and conditions granting them ownership of the soul of those … [Read more...]
iPhone Alarm Rings In 2011 By Not Ringing
If you missed church yesterday, you can blame your iPhone alarm for not going off thanks to a glitch. You'll have to start working on those New Year's resolutions next week. People around the globe complained of being affected by this problem on Facebook and Twitter and news agencies have also picked up the story. From Yahoo! News: Apple said in a message sent to Macworld … [Read more...]