Amazon e-books now outselling print books

Last Thursday, Amazon announced that their buyers are now buying more e-books for the kindle, than all their print books. Since people have been using technology more, this would naturally happen but this still shocked Amazon. Amazon released its Kindle in November of 2007. Although this only applies to all the books and e-books sold on Amazon, it is still shocking that the sales have been rising so quickly.

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When i store documents, pictures, videos, and other files, i organize them in a nonhierarchical way.
A tag is a nonhierarchical ladel or keyword.
Social bookmarking is a way to organize data online.

RIM cuts profit forecast on weak BlackBerry sales

On Thursday, Research in Motion cut its earning forecasts because of low BlackBerry sales. It also reduced its revenue guidance, because the income will be slightly below the 5.2 billion that they previously estimated. RIM is expecting to sell 13.5 million to 14.5 million BlackBerrys in its ongoing quarter which will end on May 31. It is strange that the BlackBerry was once at the top of the market and is now fighting to stay in the market.


http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/28/technology/rimm_earnings/index.htm

Tech article 4/15

HTC unveils Sensation 4G Smartphone on Tuesday but the price has not been announced. The Sensation includes the HTC Watch video feature, an app that provides access to a library of recent movies and television shows. The app's technology lets users begin watching a video without having to wait for the entire file to download, according to HTC. The feature also lets users buy or rent videos and play them across multiple HTC devices.

Do Now 4/11/11

A podcast is like a webcast. It can be an audio or video media file.
People make podcasts so other people can get information.
I have never created a podcast or downloaded one before.
Some tools that can help you create podcasts are software for it, and camera, microphone, and a computer.
I would create a podcast for current things in fashion and media.

Tech Article 4/7

Mobile users more vulnerable to e-mail phishing scams

     Last week the news spread that an e-mail marketing company, Epsilon, was hacked. Email adresses and names, such as those of large companies, have been stolen. These companies have sent emails warning costumers of the fake emails. John Sutter from CNN has reported that these phishing attempts are sneakier and more affective way of hacking people. This is becoming a big problem for mobile email users, as they are more susceptible to this. People are trying to stop this problem by not opening emails that look suspicious.

Excited to do our project...

Spring Break

During my spring break, I plan on doing a lot. Four of my friends and I are going to rent an apartment in Seaside Heights. I will probably be spending most of my time there. I also plan on going shopping. I will be working at my friend's restaurant soon so i can get some more spending money (:

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

Tech article 2/25

Netflix and Amazon are collaborating to have free, instant movie and TV show streaming for people who pay for Amazon Prime service. Amazon had already had and "instant video" option, but charged. Amazon says that 5,000 TV shows an classic movies will be offered in this feature but this is not a great variety. With all of the cheap and free streaming services available, some people think this is unnecessary.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/22/technology/amazon_streaming/index.htm

Tech Article 2/16

Dell has reported that desktop PC's have risen in sales by 4% since last year. Also, Dells' stocks have risen 11% on Wednesday. Also another company called PC Mall has promising results. Their sales have risen 26%. Dell and HP are going to benefit from this, although its not a large increase in sales. With all the new smartphones on the market, its surprising that PCs are still doing well.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/16/technology/thebuzz/index.htm

My Weekend

This weekend i was grounded, except for Sunday. On Sunday I went to Jakes house with Sabrina. Then Sabrinas sister took us to subway. After that i went home and watched the Grammys. 

Tech article 2/11

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At a recent press conference, HP announced that they are unveiling their new TouchPad tablet. The Touch pad has a 9.7 inch touch screen and weighs 1.6 pounds. Unlike the Apple iPad or the Motorola Xoom, it uses its own operating system called webOS. HP says that this gives the TouchPad many advantages over the competetors. The TouchPad can run several applications at once and is said to run extremely fast because of its 1.2 gigahertz processor. Unlike the iPad, the TouchPad can play Adobe Flash Movies. It is also great for video conferencing.

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