4 May, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
Many people know who Jay-Z is, and know that he is a rapper who has been pretty popular over the fifteen or so years, and that he is married to one of the most beautiful women on the planet. However, most people are surprised to find out that he is an entrepreneur, and a very [...]
I was doing some reading on news sites about recent stories involving Facebook and found some disturbing stories about Facebook. By now everyone is familiar with the ridiculous things that are beginning to happen on Facebook, such as the countless pages that you can become a fan of, or the many different games that you [...]
I was browsing through Tech news articles on Google when I cam across a very interesting piece from the Washington Post about the popularity of the relatively new chat website called ChatRoulette. I have never used the site, nor do I really plan on ever checking it out, but I found the information in the [...]
11 Apr, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
The other day I was searching around the web looking for something to write about and decided to check out StumbleUpon.com. I had heard a lot about the site but had never actually used it. StumbleUpon is a website that allows you to select your areas of interest and then begin “stumbling” onto random web [...]
9 Apr, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
An interesting thing is happening on the internet. New statistics are arising which show that the number of search queries in the United States are declining at a remarkable level. Search traffic on the web is slowing down as people re beginning to search for less and less. There are a few different theories as to [...]
9 Apr, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
I recently upgraded to a smart phone, the Motorla Droid from Verizon Wireless. Last week, Verizon Wireless released an over the air update to the Android 2.1 operating systems, and some really cool new features were added to my phone. However, along with these was a piece of software that kind of baffles me.  It [...]
9 Apr, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
Creative Commons is a non profit organization whose purpose is to increase the amount of creative works that are available to the general public for “free and legal sharing.” The company’s goal is to expand the amount of these works so that members of the public can build and expand upon them. Creative Commons does [...]
8 Apr, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
Digg, Inc. prides itself on being a website where people can share content they have found on the web with other users, and then have other users vote on the content which they find the most entertaining, useful, helpful, etc. This content can be anything that is of interest to Digg’s users, be it news, [...]
4 Apr, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
For awhile, Kiva existed as a internet company which allowed people from all over the world to lend entrepreneurs in third wold countries money to startup their businesses. The loans ranged anywhere from $500 to over $1000 dollars, with the money being provided by many different people, usually at around $25 a person. Recently Kiva owner [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by LPAnips76  |  under Misc.
My last post was about the new service that YouTube has just added, VEVO, which fixes the various problems of music and video quality, and copyright infringement. Well, honestly, none of that stuff even matters due to the fact that there is a website that allows for much easier music listening than anything YouTube could [...]