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Entries from May 2009

New Venture Spotlight: Give Me a Mac

May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Business, business ideas, entrepreneurs, Hardware, start-ups, Technology

Give Me a Mac (www.GiveMeAMac.com) is a new venture that just launched their website yesterday. What started out as a plea for a new Mac from any generous donor is already morphing into a non-profit organization that will help underprivileged people everywhere that also need a computer. The lofty goals of Give Me a Mac [...]

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Tags: give to needy·Mac·new venture·non-profit·old Mac·recycle Mac

It’s Official! Palm Pre To Be Released June 6

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology, Wireless

It’s official! No more rumors or speculation as to when the Palm Pre will be released. Sprint will begin selling the Palm Pre on June 6th. It’s about time! The details of such glorious event are as follows When: June 6, 2009 Where: Sprint stores, Sprint.com, Best Buy, Radio Shack, some Wal-Mart stores Cost: $199.99 [...]

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Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·BlackBerry·iPhone·Palm·Palm Pre·plan upgrades·Pre·Pre release date·Research in Motion·RIM·SERO·Simply Everything·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·WWDC

The Mobile Provider Holy Wars

May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, mobile phones, Rant, Rant, Technology, Wireless

Ford vs Chevy. Mac vs PC. Coke vs Pepsi. All classic examples of product battles that have somehow turn into holy wars by the people that feel very passionate about their product. I’ll admit I’ve been in some of these battles as I’ve extolled the virtues of one platform over another. However, just recently I [...]

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Tags: AT&T·BlackBerry·cell phones·mobile carriers·Palm Pre·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Verizon

Twitter Twitter Twitter

May 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Technology, Web Services

Twitter? What’s that? For most of the faithful Chia Town readers Twitter is old news. Oddly enough Twitter is still not known by some and not understood by others. This post will be mostly for people that have heard about Twitter, know what it is (a quick way to send quick updates as to what [...]

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Tags: Apple·Google·Nambu·social networking·TweetDeck·tweets·Twitter·twitter etiquette·Twitter usefulness

Remember To Network No Matter Where You Are

May 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, entrepreneurs

Remember when you are out and about that you can find opportunities left and right to help your business out. Many people think you have to go to scheduled networking events and formal networking events to meet the people you need. However I must admit as an entrepreneur that I’ve had more success meeting people [...]

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Tags: being prepared·Business·business networking·entrepreneurs·networking·new aliances·partnerships


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