Holy Moly, people. We all think we have some pretty creative and super-strength passwords, but after taking a look at the list of easily hackable passwords, we realized we might not be as smart as we thought. Who knew “soccer”, “nicole” and “monkey” were so popular? Check out the entire list of lame passwords at the New York Times here and take some time to read the whole article while you’re there. It’s an eye opener.
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It’s pouring rain in Cali and it’s freezing cold and gray in New York, which means everyone’s looking to get out of town. We love our Flip video for traveling and just used it all around London, but there are some other great options out there that you might want to consider before your next trip. Click here to read more and bonus, you’ll also get some great tips on how to shoot your next trip like a pro.
Our very cool and tech savvy friends over at Mashable.com have posted a really unique gift list for the social media junkies on your list. We think it’s also a clever list for those hard to buy for people on your list like teenagers and dads. Take a peek here and maybe you’ll even find something for you.
It can get pretty frustrating when you’re phone runs out of juice while you’re talking to your mom or your computer dies just when you’re about to hit send, but now there are some cool and functional solar powered chargers that are ready to save the day. Check out this list that the folks over at Mashable compiled here. And, give yourself a pat on the back for being so earth-friendly while you’re at it.
We just read about a cool list of 55 foodies who twitter. Some will tempt you with mouthwatering pictures, some will let you in on their favorite food haunts and some will just be fun to pretend your friends with (@paula_deen). Click here to see which of your favorite foodies are on twitter. Follow everhip on twitter here.
The WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2009 has the internet buzzing because Steve Jobs is the keynote speaker and eveyone knows that Steve Jobs usually has a trick or two up his sleeve. You can click here and here to read summaries of some of the best guesses on what Steve Jobs may be hiding. Read what the official press release said was going down today here. Coverage of the conference starts online at 1pm east/10am west.
What’s Wolfram Alpha? It’s a search engine that’s a lot like Google but the way it searches for information is completely different, which is why some people are saying it might be bigger than Google at some point. There’s a quick interview with the creator of Wolfram Alpha, Dr. Stephen Wolfram here and a nice overview of how it works here. You can also visit the Wolfram website here. Or take a peek at the video below that compares Google and Wolfram Alpha.
There’s alot in this video we don’t even understand, but we wanted to share it with you to give you a chance to get ahead of the curve. Apparently, Microsoft is rumored to have something in the works to challenge the iphone and the very cool Kevin Pereira, host of Attack of the Show (AOTS), got the equally cool Wall Street Journal tech guru, Julia Angwin, to talk about what the real scoop is. Enjoy the video below.
With Ashton Kutcher and CNN breaking the one million followers mark and Oprah sending her first “tweet” live on her show many celebrities, politicians and experts are moving to Twitter to get their message out.
“The old Q and A is now Tweet and Reply says,” Jimmy Vee, co-author of the book Gravitational Marketing: The Science of Attracting Customers. “The days of the standard interview are over. With new technology like twitter rapidly gaining favor there are newer, faster and more efficient ways of getting information into the hands of the people who want it.”
The concept of doing interviews on twitter is gaining steam. In March, John McCain took part in a TwitterView (twitter interview) with ABC New Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos.
“An interesting effect TwitterViews are having on celebrities, politicians and experts is that it’s forcing them to be more pithy and direct with their message. A good thing for Americans with shorter and shorter attention spans,” say Travis Miller, co-author of Gravitational Marketing.
Celebrities, politicians and experts are not the only ones who should pay close attention and capitalize on this movement toward twitter. Vee and Miller suggest that business owners should use Twitter to conduct interviews of their own as a tool to combat the recession, shave down marketing costs and grow their business.
Up until now the process of conducting an interview on twitter was a mystery. Vee and Miller have simplified and outlined the process in a free report for business owners who want to capitalize on this fast growing trend but don’t know where to start.
The report is spreading virally on twitter and has been downloaded by over one thousand business owners and entrepreneurs in the last week alone.
The report is titled: How To Conduct A TwitterView: A Fun and Easy Way To Get New Followers, Increase SEO and Naturally Attract More Customers and Prospects. It’s available for free on their blog here.
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We haven’t seen many people wearing or talking about MP3 headphones, but we are all for less wires! There’ve been some comfort and quality issues in the past, but now, there’s some good sets available from Sony and Koss and they’re reasonably priced too. Click here to read more.
