Tankbot: The $25 Smart Robot
There is very little in this world that is more pleasing than buying and playing with a toy that is enjoyable for the geek in all of us, regardless of…
Chad Catacchio
Chad Catacchio writes about new media and geolocation among other topics. He has held management positions at a number of tech companies in the US, as well as 7 years in China in market research and tech management consulting. Check out his About Me profile to connect with him.
Stories by Chad Catacchio
Twitter Has Dropped the Location Ball
I’m calling it – Twitter has officially dropped the ball on location. Eighteen months ago I went out on a limb saying that Twitter was the best social platform for…
How Apple could sell millions of Apple TVs this fall: the iPad 2
Along with an enormous lead in apps, one of the major software advantages of the iPad at this point is AirPlay, and with iOS 5, that advantage will be expanded…
The Little Android Tablet That Could
Gather round children and let us tell you the story of the little best android tablet that could, the Viewsonic gTablet. Once upon a time (November 2010), in the midst…
Terra, the iPad's best web browser, adds Twitter, Facebook & Instapaper support.
Terra, which was already arguably the best browser for the iPad, just got infinitely better with Twitter and Facebook sharing, and Instapaper, Read it Later and Readability support. I’ve been…
iPad 2 screen lets app development cont.
I’ve been waiting patiently over the last few days (I’m basically a weekend blogger now) for someone to make what I consider to be an obvious point about why Apple…
How much is your iPad worth now?
Last night I sold my iPad. If, like me, you’ve been reading all of the “iPad 1 vs. iPad 2” stories since Steve Jobs took the stage Wednesday (iPad vs….
Technology is forcing us to re-examine "We the People"
Civic engagement and responsibility is undergoing perhaps its largest change in 200 years thanks to technology. Over the course of the last two months the world has witnessed two peaceful…
VocalPress hopes to bring voice to WP
VocalPress, a new service still in development, plans to tweak the standard WordPress into a voice-enabled platform that anyone can host, with the hope that it will enable people across…
Can film be saved by premium VoD?
According to a University of Texas media professor, in a move to fight piracy, Netflix and others, a number of studios are planning to bring movies to consumers through video-on-demand…
Android 2.3.3 released with NFC features
Google has released Android 2.3.3 to enable more near-field communication (NFC) functionality for future phones. As we mentioned back in December, Android is not only the first major mobile OS…
Alive In Egypt shows protesters messages
As we reported on yesterday, a number of volunteers have been working on translating the Arabic voice messages left by Egyptian protesters on Google’s Say Now service (which were then,…
Egyptian phone messages translated
Don’t believe in the power of crowdsourcing yet? Well, if initiatives such as Wikipedia and Ushahidi haven’t convinced you, the video below should pretty much negate anyone’s doubts about just…
What tech is winning in our living room
It should come as no surprise to any of our regular readers that Microsoft, Google and Apple are in a fight to be the platform of choice for our living…
Twitter needs its own Cronkite(s)
Twitter needs an anchor – or perhaps hundreds, thousands or millions of them. I thought a lot about that post during todays events, and I now feel that while the…
