“TV meets web. Web meets TV”

Essentially this will harness the power of the web like the ability to watch youtube , netflix , hulu videos whenever we want and stuff like photos , email , etc and bring it to our big television screens .  Quoting directly from googles site on google tv  “Google TV is a new experience made for television that combines the TV you know and love with the freedom and power of the Internet. Watch an overview video below, sign up for updates, and learn more about how to develop for Google TV.” It’s set to come this fall and has already a wide set of partners like Sony & Logitech.  Not only will watching videos , checking mail and browsing be available but since it’s built off of android applications will also make an appearance on the new google tv. Developers will soon have access to develop android apps built for the tv screens much like developers had a chance to port apps from iPhone to iPad google will do the same in taking existing apps like Pandora etc and port them for google tv. Web developers will also have time to make their site google tv friendly.

If your interested in developing android apps google provided a page located at

http://developer.android.com/

and

http://www.google.com/tv/developer/

for web developers.

The browsing experience will all be based off of google’s chrome browser a fast and web kit built browser that will be ported for ease of use on television screens worldwide. This type of device will revolutionize technology as we start to see the integration of old technology with the web 2.0 era it opens up a whole new experience .  A video summary can be viewed below on Googles TV

Also the whole Google I/O video conference can be viewed at

http://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers

If you want to keep up to date on Google TV check out https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googletvinfo/ for a subscription to get latest news and information on the upcoming product. Mores to come from Google’s I/O conference but this rings in a new era for technology as we know it and for sure the tech-world blog will cover this product more on release.

Steam a great program for PC gamers. Now all the Macintosh users can join the Steam Community! Steam for Mac has been released last May 12th, the same day Steam showed the free Portal game. They had planned to release both in the same day to promote of course Steam for Mac and the upcoming sequel to Portal, Portal 2.

You may be wondering “What is Steam?”. My answer: “Well, little noob, Steam is a program that let’s you connect with your friends while you game. You can also buy full games on the Steam Store or you can just download demos.”  So there you go a short description for Steam.

With Steam for Mac is here now for the other news. Portal is now free on Steam! And it’s not only for Mac users but for those PC gamers too! This trailer uploaded by Machinima is the Steam Portal is Free trailer:

Portal is Free Trailer

The free game is available for download until May 24 better get one before time runs out!

LINKS:

Steam for Mac: http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac

Portal: http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/

Blog: http://getmewater.tumblr.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/beeesel / http://twitter.com/getmewater

YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/bambronzo

http://vpfactory.com/

They promise Easy & Affordable video solution ,

” Publish your video content on multiple websites, blogs or social networks and manage it from one place. No downloads. Fast integration. Intuitive UI.”

The pricing breaks down into multiple plans :

FREE plan gives you options like

————————————

Player views ?	10,000 / mo
Videos managed	unlimited
Customizable skins	4
Your watermark
Sharing
Access to Extras
Stream videos from
Stream videos from your server

——————————————

Start

Player views	100,000 / mo
Videos managed	unlimited
Customizable skins	8
Your watermark
Sharing
Access to Extras
Stream videos from
Stream videos from your server
BONUS: Bandwidth	10GB
BONUS: Storage	5GB

and even offer custom plans to suit your websites needs and bandwidth etc.

An example of the player can be viewed at : http://www.adrianstech.com/advertise

The full VP factory how to video can be viewed below feel free to leave your feedback and comment , rate , subscribe if you enjoy it.

PRICE: 10$

Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch , iPad

To Do is a great application for you productivity users out there who really want a GTD (Getting Things Done ) type system integrated into a To Do App. Appigos really made one of the best apps in the market for making a simple to-do list while having a whole set of extras and additional features to make it worth the 10$. Making projects, check lists , normal to do’s are all available in the app while maintaining a great simple to use touch-interface . You can quick to-do’s or more featured packed ones with options like due dates , repeated tasks (monthly bills  etc) and many other options like call a contact , email a contact , or visit a website. The application also has the ability to sync with other services like remember the milk and sync across other multiple applications it also has the option to send alerts not only to the phone when something is due but also send emails to an account to warn you of a due or overdue item. To really organize your life and common tasks with the iPhone appigo’s to do app , it really provides you with the tools to do it .

Check out my full video review below , please leave your feedback and show support by dropping a comment and rating or even subscribe .

Tech-World App Rating: 4.5 / 5

You can get at the moment a free .COM domain from 1and1.com for 1 year. You don’t need to pay anything else, it’s all free!

Go to here, and just select the .com domain.

NOTE: You need a credit card.

The embed tweet looks like this:

This new feature will be available tomorrow May 4th. You must have read the blog on media.twitter.com posted on April 20, 2010. If not you might want to see it: http://media.twitter.com/291/ash-cloud

The blog is entitled: Tweeting from the ash cloud. Basically the blog post shows a example of a embedded tweet which is the image shown above. Tweeted by theashcloud.

No more copy and paste of tweets and quoting it just a single tweet to show. Upon observing the example of the embed tweet it is just a simple box with text within it. Showing the user, user picture, time of post, and the tweet. The embedded tweet still shows the follow button and the latest tweet of the user when of course your mouse rolls-over the user picture. This would be an amazing new feature from twitter.

I’ am hoping to see this tool used very often on blogs and sites. Sharing tweets is being broaden once again.

If you have any questions feel free to email me: contact.bambronzo@gmail.com

Recently I’ve just started uploading gaming videos mainly MW2 game footage of me playing a variety of matches and adding in some commentary + tips for the video. This game footage is some game play of Hardcore S&D on the new stimulus package map Bailout.

Enjoy the game play , look forward to more footage and other games upcoming.

I usually use alot MagicDisc to mount my .ISO files, since I backup all my CD’s onto a Drive, to avoid them breaking, and not having any saved copy, but MagicDisc takes too long in my opinion, it should have a Context Menu option to make it easier.

WinCDEmu is an opensource software that supports .ISO, .BIN, .RAV, .CUE, .IMG and .SMB. After you install WinCDEmu, uou will only have to double click the file you want to mount, and it will ask to choose drive letter to mount, choose it, and click OK, and it will be done.

To unmount the file, just right click the Drive on “My Computer”, and select “Eject”.

WinCDEmu is a Windows only application, and you can download it for free here.

Pandion is a free IM client, which uses the XMPP protocol, which is compatible with Windows Live, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, and many other services. This is a very simple and light IM Client. It has several emoticons, and the convos are separated by separators. You can also install extra themes onto Pandion.

This software is only compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. Mac and Linux are not yet compatible.

If you want to try Pandion, you can here.

Now note this is not 100% confirmed by apple as the new phone or  final model, it could very well be a test phase prototype.

CREDIT: GIZMODO

The design for the new phone has changed dramatically from the curve/ergonomic design to a flat and more rounded device while still keeping its same front design. The screen has a higher resolution than the previous models and now has an integrated front-facing camera for self portrait shots and video.  As for the buttons on the side the volume rocker is now split into two separate buttons while the same silent mode switch is still in its original location and the traditional sim card slot is now a micro-sim slot. The top features the same power/sleep button a 3.5 mm headphone jack with an additional mic on the top as well as bottom though the top could possibly be used for noise-cancellation while in phone calls.

Some other extra features on the phone include a flash on the back camera though no megapixel rate has been stated yet, the phone also has a 16% larger battery and is about 3 grams heavier.

The internals were also dissected by Gizmodo and a picture of the hardware and new thinner bigger battery can be seen from the picture below.

A quick video pan over the phone was featured by Gizmodo on youtube which can be viewed below:

Personal Opinions

My thoughts on the design is while it just at first doesn’t seem apple like or something that would meet Steve Jobs standards , with the seams and extra buttons , apple is all about simplicity and almost never adds more physical aspects as they upgrade more likely they make the internals faster and smaller while keeping the outside simplistic. I also will have to get used to the new shape of the device if this really is going to be the new 4g phone its something I’ll have to hold to actually get the feel of the rounded shape. Though I do agree that with these new buttons that they will integrate well with the 4.0 OS and updates to the iPhone operating system to come as they can play an additional role in applications like games etc which would add to the flexibility of the device.  Internal component wise  heavier by 3 grams doesen’t bother me much as the new battery should finally add more life to the device that I’m constantly charging .

What I’m looking for mainly hardware wise  in the new phone that isn’t yet confirmed is:

- Better quality camera 5+ megapixels

-2 or enhanced bottom speakers whether they keep one or add another speaker I just want better audio quality out of the device

-HD screen and hopefully the new material on the back isn’t as fingerprint attractive and more protective towards the phone

Bundled with the new upcoming 4.0 OS this device can really reinvent the iPhone and start a new spark in the phone market. Though again do realize that nothing is 100% confirmed as of now its still rumors and speculation we’ll have to wait towards the future on further announcements.

To read up more on the iPhone 4G check out the article below

http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphone4

Hope you enjoyed the post feel free to leave your feedback below in the comments and support us by retweeting the post and or posting it out to your social networks.

Terrific response to our news today about Netflix on the iPad. For those of you asking whether Netflix will be on the iPhone and iPod Touch: We wouldn’t invite you to dinner without planning to serve dessert. In other words, we’re working on it so stay tuned.

This is awesome news for anyone with an iPhone and netflix subscription!

Windows users are maybe used to little errors and bugs on the OS. Microsoft Fix It is a little tool developed in July 2009 by Microsoft to protect the Microsoft Office users from hackers.

Quickly it became an application that protects you against all errors, from Internet Explorer to even CD/DVD Drives.

When you install Microsoft Fix It, he automatically detects all the errors that need to be fixed, and it let’s you choose if you want to fix it or not. After searching for all the errors on your PC, the software shows all the errors on it’s simple interface, with an (also) simple description. For more indepth, you can click the “Detail” button.

When you want to fix the errors, just click the “Run” button, and it will fix them, so just reboot the PC after that.

If you want to get Microsoft Fix It (it’s a free download), you can here.

ArtistX is a Linux distribution that “transforms” your PC onto a multimedia studio. This is a distribution based on Ubuntu (so it uses the Gnome Interface), and it comes with more than 2000 music/photo/video related software, all free.

It comes packaged with software like Blender, GIMP, Audacity, Kdenlive, Last.FM, VLC, and much more. It also comes with CD/DVD burning software, so nothing is missed in there.

You can also install all the software you can install on Ubuntu/Kubuntu, etc since it uses the same engine (like I mentioned above)

Of course, this is a free Linux distro, and you can use a live CD to try it out (like you can do with most distros), and you still can use the cool eyecandy (Compiz-Fusion).

If you’re a video editor, or any kinda of multimedia user, I recommend using this distribution, since you don’t have to pay for it, and you don’t need to install extra software, and if you’re a dark themes fan, this is even another reason for you to use it, since its default theme is a black one.

If you want to try out ArtistX, you can try the live DVD here. (Note, ArtistX doesn’t have Wubi support.)

Finally, Microsoft Office 2010 was recently RTM’ed. Office 2010 will be in stores in probably July 2010, and soon to be on Torrent Trackers. Office 2010 has several new features, and a new design that has a similar look to Office 2003.

Office 2010 also has fixed the RAM hogging problems that Powerpoint and Word 2007 had. Let’s see if this suite will be better than 2007, like Windows 7 was better than Windows Crapista (sorry, Vista).

Multitasking

The feature of multitasking was a long awaited feature to be added but apple finally unveiled it during the keynote . They did all while maintaining battery life and current state of apps , for example when your in an app like Tap Tap revenge and have to check your mail you can simply double tap the home button and up pops the multitask menu then simply open up mail and once your done can do the same thing and resume your current tap tap game.

Folder App Management

Another feature highly requested in the community and another of which is available on the jailbroken side has now been released for the 4.0 and has done it in a nice seamless way. The user simply holds an icon the home screen wait for them to jiggle and then drags an app over another app and it forms a folder and then asks the user to rename it . A great example is featured here from one of the fellow blog writers picture @wee493 on twitter.

Mail Box Improvements

The mailbox improvements help in the business area of the iphone as checking mail is much easier and more convenient as it puts all your emails into one inbox though the seperate email inboxes are still available if you need to read the mail sorted out , it also now threads your email conversations for example if you have 7 emails from one person it threads the email replies so you don’t have mail cluttering your inbox.

iAD

iAd’s is apples new market approach to changing the advertising industry on the iPhone, iTouch, iPad app store. They first tried earlier purchasing a company called Ad Mob but didn’t fall through with the deal and later purchased Quattro another ad company. They essentially will be taking the Ads in that are integrated in some apps and change them to stuff that matches what your viewing for example if your in an entertainment app it has Ads on the latest movies and the iAd will give you an in app ad and won’t bring you into safari , it will be able to play video, download apps while in an ad all from the iAd interface. This is a controversial topic on how apple will do though it does make the ads more interesting it can interfere with the apps and get a bit annoying. Steve claims its not a get rich quick scheme as 60% goes to the developers he claims that its all for the developers, so that those who make free apps can still make revenue by making an iAd.

A Q&A video on iAd’s after the keynote

Various other features

Some other various features included in 4.0 OS that weren’t mentioned

*Wallpapers-users can now have home screen wall papers rather than the ordinary black home screen

*Bluetooth Devices- Bluetooth keyboards are now compatible with the iphone and touch so you can hook up a wireless keyboard up and type away

*Spell Check- Spell check is now included and makes a red underscore under the incorrectly spelled word with options for corrections.

*Spot light search- Search on the phone now includes an option to search google or wikipedia for stuff not found locally on the phone

*SMS Search & character count – SMS now has search available to find certain words mentioned in the texts and even has an included character count when sending texts.

*Album Info- Albums details can now be viewed like artist , thumbnails etc.

*Camera Zoom and Video focusing while recording is now available

along with many other small changes both interface wise and software.

Overall the 4.0 OS is a big update and I’d recommended anyone to update even if your jailbroken run a restore when it comes out and if you still need your jailbroken apps then wait for the firmware to be cracked which shouldn’t be less then 2 weeks once 4.0 is released. They added many new features some rumored and some not expected overall the 4.0 iphone/itouch/ipad os will add a whole new feel to the phone and really touches up on things like customizing , productivity , and overall better experience with your device. Mainly I’m looking to see how they worked on battery life and how the device will maintain its reliability and speed with all the new features. Only time will tell , stay tuned for more updates and how to ge tthe 4.0 developer beta for your phone.

-Thanks for reading , feel free to leave your feedback below in the comments, @reply on twitter  @kidguru , or pass along the post via , twitter etc .

So I was just surfing around the web when I came across this article about the Linux MPX Multi-touch table and I thought this would be a good idea for a post, so here it is.

This project is run by Peter Hutterer. Now the Linux MPX Multi-touch table doesn’t look that attractive than the Microsoft Surface but it does show how far the open source crowd has come. It is a modification of the X Windows Server that allows multiple input devices to be used at the same time. For it to work all you need is a normal computer, a keyboard and a mouse, nothing fancy there. The software is still under heavy development so it’s not ready for use yet.

What’s cool is that this system lets multiple users work together on an application at the same time.

The project Peter Hutterer also answered some question in an interview with gizmodo so be sure to check that out if you want to know more. This certainly is one thing to keep your eye on as the development progresses.

Here’s a demo of the Linux MPX Multi-touch table which provides very good insight of what this device can do.

SetteMaxer was launched when Windows 7 was even on beta stages, but it has been getting bug fixes, and adding features for the final version of Windows 7.

SetteMaxer can do several things, including disabling reboot when your system gets a blue screen (so it will show the dreathful screen, so you can see what went wrong), or even enabling the Sidebar (aka Widgets) when the User Account Control (UAC) is enabled. Of course, if you selected something you didn’t want, you can click the Restore button.

You can get SetteMaxer for Windows 7 here.

Recently google aquired Gizmo5, a voip company similar to skype. Rumors have been swhirling arround that google has been testing a desktop application for google voice internally. If this is true it could be bad news for skype. If this voice application has chat, like skype, many users may switch over because of voices’ ability to call land lines for free. (Though most likely this application will lack some of skypes key features like video calls and file transfers.)This is good for users and I think it may be the push google voice needs to become more mainstream. Currently the average person has no clue what google voice is but a desktop application may change that.

What’s your opinion and would you use this applicaion? Leave a commnt below!

One of the most famous cellphone making company is getting ready to launch a new Tablet to try and beat the Apple’s iPad. It seems that this Tablet will be running a light Linux distro, and that it will have a camera (this means, you can take photos, and install Linux applications in there), unlike the iPad. Of course, this Nokia tablet is yet to be named, and it will be most used for listening to music, and browsing the web (probably). Who confirmes are some technology sources, which are also the same ones who launched the rumors of the iPhone. So, will this beat Apple’s iPad? I think that it will, since this has a Camera and a REAL Operating System installed. The prices of it are yet to be known.

The new design offers :

-  New Video Que Panel of related and more user videos all in one pane , it also features another box if your viewing a subscription video it will go through your subscription box and watch videos in the sequential order they were uploaded , thus the new button next to the play button when viewing a subscription video.

-Details Box has been moved under with an expandable pane and a views statistics from youtubes insight program has been integrated in as well.

-The comment and rating system has added a @ reply feature very similar to sites like twitter to direct your reply in the commenting thread it also has taken away the 5 star rating system which i personally liked over the new I like or Dislike the video there is no middle option for rating content either you like or dislike .

-As for the other options like substitles , annotations , sharing features etc are all added into these new web 2.0 like buttons under the details box and above the video itself.

Overall the new layout does focus more on the content and simplifies everything into general boxes rather than multiple , though now it has a more plain feeling to the page it does appeal to some new users in that its easy to navigate though for existing and power users this layout may pose and issue , also the previous methods that we’ve all gotten used to as producers of content like description in the right and rate 5 stars etc have all become routine for us to tell our viewers and now with change the producers have to change they’re methods as the layout changes.

Whats your thoughts on the youtbe layout and new features , hate it or love it leave your comments and concerns in the comment section below ,feedback is always welcomed and hopefully could start up some conversation for future data for youtube next time they roll out a  new layout.

My channel : http://www.youtube.com/lakerecoolman