The internationally celebrated TEDx series of conferences – known for sharing short presentations from the most brilliant of brilliant – held its first conference in Monmouth County at Brookdale Community College last week. Founded 30 years ago, nonprofit TED’s mission is to spread and provoke ideas. Each program gives communities and individuals the opportunity to […]
Category Archives: Technology
March
28
THREE GREAT SMARTPHONE APPS YOU’LL LOVE…
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There is no real local hook for my column this week, except for the fact that a lot of your neighbors are probably using these terrific smartphone apps. These are my favorite apps, and I wanted to share them with you. Each app is free and fun whether you are 15 or 50 years old […]
December
01
THREE GIFTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED (AND WILL LOVE!)
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Four gifts below may not be on your list for Santa just yet but I know you will still love them four years from now… Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 The friendlier, more affordable step-sister to the iPad for those who prefer not to be locked into the Apple device prison for eternity. I never knew I needed a tablet […]
DYSON AIR MULTIPLIER WILL BLOW YOU AWAY: YOU WANT THIS!
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James Dyson has done it again. The Air Multiplier – an electric summer fan to you and I – is yet another amazing invention from the brains at Dyson which leapfrogs anything else available and changes the landscape of the electric fan market. In 1886, Schulyer Wheeler invented the electric fan and it essentially remained unchanged until Dyson’s 350 engineers […]
FAVORITE SMARTPHONE APP: PLANETS 2.0
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I got my first Smartphone two weeks ago and it’s making me feel quite stupid.
DYSON ANIMAL: TOPS FOR SPRING CLEANING
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Since I have an OCD about cleanliness and spend seemingly endless amounts of time cleaning, I assumed my world was more than reasonably sparkly. My world stopped spinning the day I got my new Dyson Animal canister vacuum and, after 20 minutes of vacuuming, saw what was spinning in the device’s canister. Gross! I am the […]
AP BOARDWALK FIRST WITH iPHONE APP (EXCLUSIVE)
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If you have an iPhone you will want to be one of the first people to have the Jersey shore’s first known app specific to a beach. The Asbury Park Boardwalk iPhone application is now live as a free download in the Apple “App Store.” “The application is an easy way for users to stay […]
ASBURY PARK: CITY TO SEE 