http://www.globalchangemakers.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:05:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember the TomTom One 3rd Edition GPS from a couple weeks ago? It was a sweet deal at $119.99, but now it's even sweeter: Buy.com has refurbished Ones on sale for $99.99 (after a $20 mail-in rebate). Shipping is on the house. (Credit: TomTom) Find more deals, coupon codes, and bargains on ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/09/04/get-a-tomtom-one-gps-for-9999-after-rebate/ Click here for full coverage of the D: All Things Digital conference. It's buying patents, Mossberg said. Myhrvold agreed, but of course disputed the "patent troll" appellation. "I challenge the notion that there's something wrong with having an investable asset," he said. "We're closing the loop of capital." "Thomas ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/09/04/nathan-myhrvold-at-d6-dont-call-me-a-patent-trol/ A great many open-source projects and companies have started on SourceForge.net. There's currently about 176,000 registered projects and 1.8 million registered users. Sure, not all of them are active or essential software, but if you want to build an open-source project, it can be a great place to get up ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/29/sourceforge-embraces-openid/ In 1999, a scanner software company called Visioneer bought ScanSoft and adopted the name. That seems to be about when current Nuance Chairman and CEO Paul Ricci entered the picture, and that's when all the fun began. Last November, I wrote a post titled "Top 10 technology flops." One of ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/29/wonder-why-everything-isnt-speech-controlled/ The following products are available: On Sale Now: $399.00 View the latest prices for Sony PlayStation 3 (80GB) On Sale Now: $195.95 - $249.99 View the latest prices for Microsoft Xbox 360 (60GB, HDMI) In terms of rumors, this one sounds pretty straightforward and logical, and could really come from ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/24/latest-ps3-and-xbox-360-price-cut-rumors/ That message appears to have sunk in with customers. Zappos came in second in a recent National Retail Federation survey regarding customer service, beating out online and offline brands including Amazon, Land's End, and customer service legend Nordstrom. Zappos.com's new user interface "For some things the technical and customer service supporting ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/24/new-zappos-shoes-and-gadgets-to-boot/ Adding to the confusion, CNET itself bears some of the blame. This fierce competition reinforces how important it is for Verizon to offer a near-flawless TV experience. Verizon's executives knew that getting that experience right would be key, and that getting it right meant making sure there was enough bandwidth ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/24/setting-the-record-straight-verizons-fios-ads-an/ Sometimes the same joke works with one person and falls flat with another. Sometimes, though, the joke just isn't funny at all. First lady Michelle Obama (Credit: CC Mike Baird/Flickr) Perhaps, though, it is less easily forgotten when it is made on Facebook. What is said on Facebook stays on Facebook. ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/24/gop-activist-uses-facebook-to-compare-first-lady-t/ "Pollsters are saying the youth vote will decide this election," contributor Alvin Chang, a senior at New York University, wrote on Youth Vote '08 Wednesday. UWire, an aggregator of student-generated content, on Wednesday launched its election blog Youth Vote '08. Disclosure: CNET News is published by CBS Interactive, a unit of CBS. "There ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/24/50-young-journalists-featured-on-uwire-blog/ See you in Austin! I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I wouldn't be surprised if the economic recession took a back burner at SXSWi. At a more buttoned-up conference like the Web 2.0 Expo, which is happening later this month in San Francisco, I imagine it'll ... http://www.globalchangemakers.net/index.php/2010/08/24/what-to-expect-at-sxswi-part-4-the-big-picture/