Klaus I guess we all knew it already, meta keywords didn’t really have any effects with regards to SEO, within Google at least. But most of us still use meta keywords from time to time and maybe even recommended others to do it. The reasons for still using meta keywords are simple: While Google might not … Read more →
If you live in parts of the world where you see a real winter, possibly with snow and icy roads, then you might already know how cumbersome it can be to control your touch screen device with gloves on. Or if you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or another device with that kind of fancy … Read more →
Twitter investor Joi Ito believes that Twitter creates so much extra traffic for network providers that somebody should pay for the usage of Twitter on mobile phones. “When Twitter grows, SMS usage goes up. Sites are now able to promote across friends’ [Twitter] networks; traffic to certain kinds of sites increases. There’s a lot of … Read more →
If you’ve been reading TechPatio for a while then you probably know that I like the “Top 5’s” from HowStuffWorks, the latest one is a top 5 on ways to make money on the Internet. In this post I’d just like to mention the 5 ways HowStuffWorks claims are the “top 5” ways to make … Read more →
In this week’s Friday Flick Find I have a real hustle video for you. I like to play poker and I like to “hustle” for fun (small “bar bets” etc. at family gatherings are always a fun way to entertain), so this video was right down the alley when I found it on YouTube earlier … Read more →
The recent iPhone OS 3.1 release just a few weeks ago seems to have made things worse for a bunch of iPhone 3G/3GS users: Their battery drains really fast (warning: almost 1000 posts in that thread, might take you some time to read through all of them…). The problem is apparently so huge that Apple … Read more →
World-known photographer Chase Jarvis created an iPhone app called Best Camera (iTunes link). It’s a $2.99 app that features 14 useful filters and effects that can be applied on top of each other. The app comes with some very simple and easy to use sharing options too. Check out his video for more information:
Lax from the TechZoomin.com blog is throwing a very interesting competition for people who like to comment on blogs, where you can win your share of $100 each month! I feel that some way or the other you’re also contributing to TechZoomIn. Right? Then you’ve all the rights to draw your share from my monthly … Read more →
With the words by Choosy developer George Brocklehurst, let’s see what Choosy is all about: Forget the default browser, Choosy opens links in the right browser. When you click on a link Choosy will do the right thing, whether that’s something simple (like using whatever browser is already running) or something complex (like prompting you … Read more →
I bet you didn’t think notebooks would ever look like this when you got your first laptop back in the 90’s, but Intel just showed a new concept they call Activedash which comes with four displays; A normal, big, display and three touch sensitive displays just above the keyboard. The three touch screens works just … Read more →
The Xperia Pureness mobile phone from Sony Ericsson is the first phone with a transparent main screen. Xperia Pureness should be available in United Kingdom sometime in November with a price tag of £530 (€600), according to the British website Brand Republic. As opposed to the usual sales channels for Sony Ericsson and cell phones … Read more →
Last week I found out that my CommentLuv plugin was broken, today I found the culprit and the problem has been fixed, so you can now use CommentLuv again here on TechPatio.com to promote your latest blog posts and receive some link love 🙂 The problem was some javascript code from Chitika that would insert … Read more →
I just found out why I haven’t seen any “xxx’s latest blog post: bla bla bla”-texts at the end of all the comments here on techpatio for the past few days: My CommentLuv plugin is broken. Unfortunately, at this time, I have no clue what is wrong with it. But at least now I know … Read more →
Today’s Friday Flick Find video is a video I made myself, yep that’s right, I made it myself so it’s brand new on YouTube and fresh out of the stove (though it’s a while back since I actually recorded it). While this video also focuses around guns (BB guns and an air rifle), it’s really … Read more →
Twitter is a rather small company with just 50 employees in San Francisco, but already worth one billion dollars, as they just received an injection worth $50 million. Twitter has not officially confirmed this new $50 million, which most of it came from Insight Venture Partners in New York, but TechCrunch reports that the employees … Read more →
Sometimes a featured post can be a good thing, if you have something you’d really want to push and make your readers aware of – like you can see on the following screenshot where I’m “pushing” the first interview I’ve ever done for techpatio.com. That post, as featured, will always appear on top of my … Read more →