Coolest iPhone App

Here’s a great app from DishPointer, released in August:
Very surreal, this is the next generation satellite finder: Point your iPhone anywhere towards the sky and see all the satellites lined up, on the live video screen! At a glance, you’ll see where the satellite is and whether any trees or buildings are blocking the line [...]

Music, Surviving and Thriving

Good-bye, satellite radio. I cancelled my subscription last month, a service I loved from the get-go. Had it for four years and I’ll admit it saved me from going nuts while listening to commercial radio stations on my way to work.
Today, in our “reset economy,” I looked for costs to cut. Radio seemed a likely [...]

Kindle Advertising

Showtime, a subscription-based television channel, is not afraid to try new media and/or techniques to promote new shows. Ad Age reports they’re using Amazon’s Kindle to promote “Nurse Jackie,” a new series that starts next week:
Showtime may have finally cracked the code on using Kindle as an ad medium. Starting today the cable network is [...]