According to the press surrounding its launch, the MacBook Air is useless, a crippled computer with just one USB port, no optical drive, a high price tag and — above all — a battery that can’t be switched out. According to customers, however, it is a slim and lightweight Mac, easy to carry anywhere and…continue reading.

I’ve been getting a lot of “What is this?  This is awesome!” lately and it is all because I have no business cards.  So I decided to let you all know of an amazing product called Contxts.  It is currently in public ‘alpha’, the service lets you share contact details using just your mobile phone…continue reading.

  Missed out on the Live stream?  Well we have the entire talk and all its goodness ready for you to digest. The focus will be around the evolution of a business and if need be the change of a business model to go with the changing times.     In this Strategy Series, we’ll…continue reading.

Google Apps can now be linked with corporate data behind the firewall, through the Google Secure Data Connector. the tool allows developers to create applications that allow various Google Apps to access corporate databases. The Secure Data Connector is just one of multiple enhancements to the Google App Engine that were announced this week. For…continue reading.

In the location-based social network arena, BrightKite has made quite a name for itself. The BrightKite product is so strong that the company is merging with another social network, Limbo, and moving to Limbo’s offices in Burlingame, CA. The combined company gets BrightKite’s service and brand name, and adds Limbo’s engineers and offices. So, what…continue reading.

Microsoft came out swinging as reports on Major League Baseball’s use of Adobe’s Flash technology re-emerged to coincide with this season’s Opening Day. Microsoft came out swinging as reports on Major League Baseball’s use of Adobe’s Flash technology re-emerged to coincide with this season’s Opening Day. At issue is that MLB.com contracted to use Microsoft’s…continue reading.

Microsoft announced a new larger format 92 megapixel camera for aerial photography. You may not have even known that Microsoft makes cameras, but this is how they get the really good quality from the Bird’s Eye view on Live Maps. Stemming from an acquisition of Vexcel several years ago, the UltraCamLp is the latest in…continue reading.

AudioMicro.com announces the addition of the Blastwave FX sound effects library, adding over 32,000 professional quality, royalty free sound effects to its online archive. Headed by Ric Viers, author of the “Sound Effects Bible,” the Blastwave FX collection is well known for being a comprehensive, progressive, original collection. “Blastwave FX pushes the envelope in sonic…continue reading.

Tonight at 6:00pm PST we will be ‘Live’ streaming from the Clearstone Venture Partner office. The focus will be around the evolution of a business and if need be the change of a business model to go with the changing times. Click here to join us. In this Strategy Series, we’ll discuss: * Timing is…continue reading.

  For the March event there was quite the heated debate happening at SMCLA with the panelist and the audience.  All in the good name of Social Media of course.  In this panel will hear from people who have successfully used social media to help build their brands. Learn about best practices, how to build…continue reading.