Hitler learns that the new generation of iPod Touch doesn’t come with a camera and when he finds out that the camera instead was put into the Nano….. well, take a look for yourself 🙂 It’s a fun video and probably funnier if you understand as little German as I do.
I didn’t really plan on it, but while I saw it at the shop I decided to pick it up anyway, The Lost Symbol from Dan Brown. I was going to wait till November when it’s released in my primary language but since one of my goals with this blog, techpatio.com, is to improve my … Read more →
Facebook seems to be moving more and more into the whole Twitter thing recently and now they just added yet another Twitter like feature: “@Replies” in your status updates. It’s very simple. As you write your status update, you just hit “@” on your keyboard and you can start writing the name of the person … Read more →
iContact, my all-time favourite when it comes to e-mail marketing and autoresponders both professionally and personally, just upgraded their application with some new features. Here’s a quick run-down of the new features just added: Spell Check Now the message editor has the ability to recognize misspelled words, highlight them, and provide suggested options for correcting … Read more →
Last week, Google had a whole “All your O are belong to us” thing going on, with a UFO abducting one of the O’s within the Google logo. Today they have yet another UFO-related logo, this time it shows “Google” spelled out in crop circles, well, almost, because the “L” is missing. By looking at … Read more →
The wireless standard, 802.11n, is no news on the market, you have been able to buy 802.11n enabled devices for years now, but it’s not until recently that IEEE approved it as a “standard”. It took just 7 years… In theory, the old 802.11g standard has a max transfer speed of 54 Mbps while 802.11n … Read more →
Welcome to the first interview I’ve ever done for TechPatio – I hope you like it! Ryan Grant is a talented young individual from North West England who has a passion for developing successful websites, his latest creation is the LovingTech Webmaster Forum, which I’m personally also a member of. LovingTech Webmaster Forum consist of … Read more →
Apple’s mail program so cleverly named “Mail”, didn’t really add anything new and useful to me when I updated from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to 10.6 Snow Leopard. Sure, 64 bit is cool and might have made the application a bit snappier, but Exchange support which is the shiny new thing in Mail, is … Read more →
By looking at the picture to the right, you’d be forgiven to think that this thing is some fancy trivet, when it’s actually a real cellular mobile phone from Nokia. This new funny looking phone is the 7705 Twist and comes with a QWERTY keyboard and a design that doesn’t look too ergonomic or practical. … Read more →
If you have watched the Matt Cutts video from WordCamp San Francisco 2009 you probably noticed his mentioning of the two following HTML codes: [html] <!–google_ad_section_start–> <!–google_ad_section_end–> [/html] Most people don’t know about those two tags and so they don’t use them. Using them lets you define what part of your website (or blog) should … Read more →
Matt Cutts is often looked at as the “face of Google” among bloggers and search engine optimization people. Matt often posts information, tips, videos etc. with information about Google and other related stuff that can help bloggers and webmasters optimize their site for better ranking and readership. He joined Google as a software engineer in … Read more →
In a world where you can get pretty much anything in a “diet” version with zero calories (well, in the food and drinks category at least) we can also soon enjoy a lighter version of Facebook called “Facebook Lite”. This new version of the site comes with less features and no applications (no more invitations … Read more →
This Friday Flick Find video (what is Friday Flick Find?) is about the fastest gunman ever – he’s unbelievable fast, as you will see in this video (it has slowmotion too). But first, a little information about the shooter. Bob Munden (born February 8th, 1942) is a Fast Draw competition shooter. Bob Munden started his … Read more →
Caroline Wozniacki Breasts… that was the 4th most searched term in Google last Tuesday (September 8th, 2009) approximately 1 hour before her quarterfinal tennis match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. Apparently the Americans, who also gave Wozniacki her new nickname, Sunshine, were interested in a bit more than just tennis, at least before the game, that she … Read more →
Did you also reset your font-size in your browser yesterday when you noticed how the Google Search had grown in size? There’s nothing wrong with you, or me, it’s just Google changing things around. Google writes on their official blog: For us, search has always been our focus. And, starting today, you’ll notice on our … Read more →
I’m sure by now you must know all about the It’s Only Rock And Roll keynote from Apple yesterday, where a new iPod Nano was announced as well as iTunes 9 and iPhone OS 3.1 software. The video from that keynote is now online on Apple.com, you can watch it right here. It’s one hour … Read more →