Many years ago, I bought my first MIDI capable music synthesizer and realized that the MIDI standard was essentially the glue that would attach computers to musical instruments, opening up a world of new possibilities for musicians. Not only did it allow a computer system with a full-screen monitor, keyboard, and mouse to become the […]
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Solution In Need Of A Problem: The Facebook Button
Solution In Need Of A Problem is an irregular feature, where a Techcitement writer looks at an announced feature or product and tries to decide what the actual point is. AT&T showed off some upcoming products Tuesday at a private press event, including the Touchpad 4G and their version of the Sony Xperia Play (aka […]
Motorola Giving Out 10,000 Spotify Betas NOW
Motorola is giving out Spotify beta invites! There’s 10,000 of them! Apparently, first come first serve! GO NOW! If you really need to know more, read Techcitement’s article from earlier today. Now, GO. Thanks to droid-life.
Spotify Launches In US Today, Finally And Freeeeeeeee!
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Coming To A Netflix Near You, A 60% Price Hike
Netflix also announced it is separating its unlimited streaming and unlimited DVD plans in the U.S. to better reflect the costs of each and to give members a choice: a streaming-only plan, a DVD-only plan or the option to subscribe to both.
Google+ May Be Fastest Growing Social Network Ever
We all know there’s a lot of hype around Google+. The success or failure of social networks has never been about chatter, it’s about one thing and one thing only: how many people are on it? Now, estimates are saying that Google+ is growing at a record-breaking rate. Google walked in the door facing some […]
Voice of Objectivity: Skype On Facebook Really Is “Awesome”
Voice of Objectivity is an ongoing column meant to temper the tendency of the Techcited to run away with the most exciting or controversial ideas in technology’s near future. The opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the views of Techcitement or this writer. Someone’s got to keep a cool head around here. I guess […]
So Glad I Turned Off Email Notifications In Google+
Google+ had its first major glitch on Saturday, and many users learned why Google is calling its slow, ongoing roll-out of the service a “field trial”. It seems even Google can run out of hard drive space, and Google+’s early high levels of activity surprised the search giant. It seems that the disk that was […]
A Users’ Users Guide for Google+
Google has a tendency to create a product, then let the people figure out how to use it. I think that is a lot of the reason for the ultimate failure of Google Wave, because I still don’t know exactly what it was for. They seem to be continuing this trend with Google+. For the […]
Secret Apple Store Webcam Photos, Art Or Illegal?
Imagine clicking on a popular Tumblr blog and seeing your own face stare back at you. If you’d shopped at one of two NY Apple stores recently, it could happen. According to the Huffington Post, artist Kyle McDonald is under investigation for Fraud and related activity in connection with computers.’” Now, Mr. McDonald is arguing […]