New Hippo Techie: Megapixels are back!

April 26, 2012 Leave a Comment

The megapixel wars, which had camera makers advertising ever-increasing photo resolutions, were at least in a state of cease fire, if not outright truce or peace. The fanciest cameras topped out around 16 megapixels, and more attention was being paid to the lenses that collected the light and the internal sensors that recorded it.

Now manufacturing and software interpolation is catching back up with the marketing hype of years past. The 8-megapixel sensor in the iPhone 4S is so good that it has some folks wondering if they even need a separate camera. The rest of the world isn’t so eager to cede yet another entire industry to Apple, so they’re selling you more and more megapixels.

Read the full column at The Hippo.

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Comparison Shopping Apps Give Consumers the Edge

April 20, 2012 Leave a Comment

Getting the best price used to be a laborious task – checking flyers, driving around to local stores. Even with Internet access in every home, you could only check prices at, well, home. Great for online shopping, not so much for brick & mortar excursions.

A few mobile apps aim to change that. When something catches your eye at the store, just scan it with your phone’s camera and see what you could be paying elsewhere. All the apps listed below are free and work on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.

Read the full article at the Zco blog.

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New Hippo Techie – The next Instagram

April 19, 2012 Leave a Comment

My publisher turned to me the other day and asked, “Why can’t you come up with something I can invest in that Facebook will buy for a billion dollars?” That’s not an exact quote; newspaper folk tend to curse a lot in casual conversation.

With my publisher’s entreaty in mind — and ignoring the fact that wacky ideas with no real plan for making money other than being bought out were a big part of the dotcom bubble — I came up with a few ideas for blockbuster companies.

Read the complete article at the Hippo.

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IT conferences and consulting businesses

April 17, 2012 Leave a Comment

I found some more articles I wrote! These were on behalf of a CCIE training company.

First, 5 Great Conferences for IT Professionals in 2012:

There’s no better place to network and get a taste of the cutting edge than at an industry conference. Whether you’re looking for new contacts, searching out the next technology that can streamline your business, or just need to keep up with the lingo, these five conferences are terrific choices.

Read the complete article at Online Computer Tips.

As if that weren’t enough, how about 5 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own IT Consulting Business:

So you’re making the leap from employee to entrepreneur. As you marshal your skills to begin a new life as an IT consultant, keep in mind some basic advice from small business experts.

Read the complete article at Tech Fume. Complete except for outgoing reference links, oddly, so they are listed below:

The Guerrilla Consultant
Steve Friedl
Karl Wiegers
Randy Thomas and Susan Berry

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Top Mobile Fitness Apps

April 16, 2012 Leave a Comment

When you go out for a run, do you take your phone? It has your tunes, after all, and it’s a good idea to be able to call for help just in case you twist your ankle on some backwoods trail. So why not put that phone to more use with apps that help motivate you and track your progress?

No matter what type of smartphone you own, there are apps for you. Best of all, the selection of free apps is surprisingly large.

Read the full article at Resurrecting the Champ.

You may notice that my bio at the end of that article links not to this site or my Twitter account, but to a mobile app development company. Since they’re the ones paying me to write the guest post, they get the link. You’ll start seeing more stuff like that soon. Reeeeeeal soon.

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