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Coffee Maker That Twitters

I know there’s plenty of inanimate objects on twitter that people love to follow, but this has to be by far the strangest. It’s a coffee maker that sends out tweets while making coffee.

The point? Good luck answering that one, but you know you want to follow it (and even better have a coffee maker following you).

Spotted at TechCrunch

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PowerPlayed.com Becomes Go To Site For Unsigned Artists Video Uploads.

New York, NY –  PowerPlayed.com, a cutting edge music video portal, and more, explodes onto to the new media scene as the “go to” website offering amazing visibility and promotional opportunities to seasoned artists and leveling the playing field for independent artists and bands.

It has quickly become the website for “first looks” at videos, interviews and happenings of today’s most popular artists from all genres of music including, R&B, Gospel, Rock, Pop, Country and Hip-Hop.

The site is a win, win for all artists as it is designed to promote and maximize their creativity to the masses.

Independent artists have found Powerplayed.com to be a viable tool because it allows them to upload their videos to the site for free. Unsigned artists can send their video link out to the masses and will be eligible for Power Play Video of the Week depending on the number of views they receive. As a result they can be included in the e- blasts, be added to any play list and are visibly aligned with today’s hit makers.

PowerPlayed.com has a direct connect to consumers and music video enthusiasts through the element of technology. With massive weekly e-blasts, videos are sent virally to thousands of eager fans, heat-seeking DJs, first-to-know On Air Personalities, Radio Station Music & Program Directors, and the Industry’s Elite.

The site is modern technology at its finest.

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Video Review of New Macbook

Apple unveiled the specs for their new line of MacBook computers this week, creating a world of buzz about the updated models of their popular laptop line.

New features for the MacBook and MacBook Pro include:

  • Features a full-glass screen
  • Aluminum unibody enclosure (made from 1 piece of aluminum)
  • Multitouch glass trackpad
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and GeForce 9600M GT
  • Entry level MacBook price-reduced to $999.

Check out the review I found from Stuff.tv for more info:

Slot-Music Card Another Failure By Major Record Labels

A new technological blunder was unveiled recently when the SanDisk company announced the launch of the Slot-Music Card. A microSD storage card which will come pre-loaded with an album of mp3 files, cover art and liner notes from artists from Universal, Sony, EMI and Warner Music.

The cards will be carried in a variety of major retailers including Best Buy and Wal-Mart and playable in microSD enabled cell phones and mp3 players.

My first thought on this news was “Gee whiz, this is a big announcement!”

Unfortunately, I had a second thought and it went something like “I can think of no rational reason for a consumer to purchase this item.”

I have a microSD card in my Blackberry. It’s ridiculously small. I’m pretty sure if I ever needed to load it into a more common SD card reader like a computer or mp3 player I would have to put it into one of the two (or maybe both) adapters that came with the card. Obviously, this has never been much of a concern because I’ve kept the same 2 GB card inside the phone since I got it and am able to transfer files back and forth through the magic of a USB cable.

By no means do I have a desire to stockpile these little cards or have to switch them out every time I want to change the music I’m listening to. Currently, thanks to the brilliant technology of the SanDisk company, I don’t have to because I can download an album of mp3 files, cover art and liner notes from multiple artists and store them on my microSD card.

I probably shouldn’t call this a technological blunder, because there’s really no new technology involved. This is basically an artist-branded SD card or the same thing that’s on the shelf right now at Best Buy or Wal-Mart, but will have your favorite artists image decorating the packaging instead of the not-so-sexy SanDisk logo.

The major labels are now hedging their bets on selling a storage card for use in devices purchased solely for their storage capacity. Why would someone that just purchased a 16 GB mp3 player want to spend more money for a little card they have to insert into the mp3 player instead of downloading the music and storing it on the mp3 player itself? Isn’t that a little bit contradictory? Is there a large consumer demand for liner notes I’m unaware of?

This thing makes the laser disc look good.

To top it off, SanDisk announced they’re hoping to have the Slot-Music Card on store shelves in time for the holidays and hope to have a whopping 29 albums available for sale.

These labels would have a better shot trying to sell vinyl.