Archive for December, 2010

Web video competitions are much common since the social media marketing has taken shape. See the 10 best of the web videos made in year 2010. 10. 2 Guys 600 Pillows (Backwards Music Video) The video for comedy duo Rhett and Link’s “My Favorite Pillow” would be fabulous enough forwards — who doesn’t love pillows? — but run it backwards and it’s even better. Suddenly, [...]

T.V. Commercials are always against competition of each other. We have collected from a range the top 10 TV commercials of 2010, starting from number 10; 10. Bridgestone: Bachelor Party Yes, this ad for Bridgestone tires is a total rip-off of the movie The Hangover, with a whale instead of a tiger. But the copycat works, because angry mammals in a backseat, particularly those with a blowhole, are [...]

For the year 2010, the music industry had been most competent in the list. We have collected the 10 top ranked Music Albums of 2010 for you, starting from number 10; 10. Beach House, Teen Dream Beach House’s third album is a pleasant mix of lazy, hazy pop songs that will make you want to lie in a hammock and watch the clouds float across the sky. It’s introspective and personal — an [...]

While Nissan and GM were racing to deliver their first electric and extended range electric vehicles to customers this week, Mercedes-Benz quietly handed over the keys of an F-Cell hydrogen. Mercedes-Benz posted photos of the delivery on its Facebook page, marking the first of 70 or so hydrogen vehicles that California drivers can lease from the luxury carmaker over the next few years. The compact [...]

A speaker dock for your iPad is a great investment for your home entertainment set-up. Besides offering vastly improved audio, it gives your precious ‘Pad somewhere tidy to sit and charge. Whether you want to boost your iPad’s audio for music, movies or gaming, we’ve got five docks that offer different functionality and suit different budgets — from $80 to $300. Have a look through the docks [...]

And, as ever, if you’ve got suggestions for more iPhone magic not covered here or in our previous Keyboard Shortcuts post, you know we want to hear them in the comments below. 10. Add Folders to the Dock The ability to create folders is one huge improvement brought with iOS4, and is a very popular feature when it comes to organizing and accessing apps. In using folders, there’s a neat trick that [...]

Lets take a tour through the decades to explore how consumer technology has changed over the years. #10 Typewriters Then: The Blicksenderfer Manufacturing Company produced the first electric typewriter in 1902. Typewriters didn’t reach mass market until much later — when IBM released the Electric Typewriter Model 01 in 1935. Generation X learned to type on a variation of this model until [...]

Black Swan — a thriller about two New York City ballet rivals who form a twisted friendship — promises plenty of pirouettes from Natalie Portman. Lets take a look at cinema’s most memorable dance scenes. #10 ‘The Dance of the Hours’ inFantasia Disney’s Fantasia may strike the modern viewer as a bit disconcerting at times — not least the bits suffused with themes of fascist [...]

Social networks have truly come of age in the last year. No longer viewed as lonely outposts for youthful college slackers, the reach of these platforms has grown exponentially. Today, more than two-thirds of the world’s Internet users visit the social networking sites that reel in billions of eyeballs every 24 hours. Yet, despite the staggering growth of social networking, determining how to monetize [...]

Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion). Is this a sign that IT is yesterday’s news? Actually, no: Carlos himself is a telecommunications magnate, and while the top 10 list isn’t dominated [...]