Jason Kincaid currently works as a writer at TechCrunch. He grew up in Danville, California and later relocated to UCLA in Los Angeles, California, where he studied biology with a minor in ‘Society and Genetics’. You can reach him at jkincaidtc@gmail.com (he has other addresses too, so don’t worry if you have a different one). [...]
YouTube’s Now The Latest Place To Start Your Hangout
August 19th, 2011 · No Comments
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Codecademy: A Slick, Fun Way To Teach Yourself How To Program
August 19th, 2011 · No Comments
You’ve read the inspirational posts on Hacker News. You’ve purchased the recommended books. You’ve bookmarked the online tutorials. You even plopped down $80 on a set of instructional videos, promising yourself that the investment would only make you more motivated. And for some reason, you still don’t know how to program. Codecademy, a new site [...]
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Activision: Social Game Company Valuations “Out Of Whack”
August 19th, 2011 · No Comments
With skyrocketing valuation numbers for upstart tech companies, it’s not just naysayer pundits crying “bubble.” Activision (Activision-Blizzard, to be precise) is skeptical of the numbers being put forth for competitors like Zynga and Rovio, whose billion or multiple billion dollar valuations put them out of reach for easy acquisition. Perhaps they’re hoping to pick them [...]
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RIM to launch BlackBerry music service?
August 18th, 2011 · No Comments
By George Wong – 08/18/2011 14:19 PDT While RIM’s BlackBerry market share might be on its way downhill, it’s not too late for RIM to make amends while it still can. In order to capture a larger market beyond the enterprise sector it’s so familiar with, it looks like the company is going to take [...]
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Acer Iconia Tab A500 Wins European Tablet Award
August 18th, 2011 · No Comments
The Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet may have hit some snags when it comes to Android updates, in some areas at least, but this doesn’t seem to have prevented it from gaining international recognition. In this instance, it is EISA (the European Imaging and Sound Association) that has chosen to give it the award for [...]
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Razer Tiamat 7.1 Audio Headset Has 10 Drivers
August 18th, 2011 · No Comments
Headphones and headsets rely on those things called drivers (not the software) to transmit sound, and Razer created the first product of this sort to pack 5 of them in each ear. Speaker systems must have a number of satellites and a subwoofer if they are are to properly render surround sound. This is harder [...]
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