Although not the best of all ads, VIZIO’s Super Bowl ad for its new internet enabled TV line was indeed notable. Featuring American pop star Beyonce, the ad also included the Twitter bird and such memes as David after the Dentist. More »

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From Htcyou: I would like to see Apple try to censor “Android” during the Superbowl ad blitz. Although Google’s mysterious television commercial, which is expected to air “in the 3rd quarter” tomorrow might not be for Android or the Nexus One, Eric Schmidt is excited. More »

President Obamaa promised change while on the campaign trail and he certainly has brought a lot of it during his first year of presidency. The President recognizes that the internet and technology are valuable tools that have limitless possibilities to connect him with the rest of the nation. By utilizing online franchises such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, Obama’s administration is trying to make this the most “transparent” administration of all time.

During the interview with citizentube, the President answered questions that were submitted by actual citizens. These questions were then voted for online and the questions with the most votes were asked during the interview. Many of these questions were video questions submitted via YouTube. More »

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With a few changes to your Google settings, it looks like you will be able to “Google” your social networking friends. Using this new Social Search option, you will be able to search for results that are related to people on your Facebook, Twitter, and other common social sites. More »

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Last night, President of the United States, Barack Obama, gave his annual State of the Union address. Speaking for about an hour and ten minutes, the President highlighted the reality of the current situation in the United States, but also forcefully suggested several key changes that need to be and will be made. More »

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A new product from Mattel called “Puppy Tweets” allows your dog to (surprise, surprise) tweet. The plastic device connects to your computer via USB. You then have to create a Twitter account for your dog. After that is accomplished, all you need to do is clip the device to your dog’s collar and the device will update Sparky’s Twitter account using various preset Tweets. The device can detect motion and sound and will update the account according to what your dog is doing. Seems like a useful gadget to have, right? I mean, who DOESN’T have a Twitter account for his/her dog? More »

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“Nielsen delivers the most comprehensive picture of what and how people watch across television, online, mobile, radio, books and music. In 2010 we see a continuation, if not an acceleration, of current trends with consumers watching and connecting more.” More »

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When it comes to social networking sites, I have to admit that I am kind of e-slutty and all over the place. Myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter…you name it and I am pretty much all over it. Since I’m all over the place when it comes to social networking sites, it’s really easy to become so disorganized when it comes to logging into these sites, reading updates, commenting, messaging and friending. It’s all very daunting to even think about. Despite this, my resolution for this year is to be more organized and on top of things in the world of social networking sites. More »

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When it comes to social networking sites, I’m kind of all over the place. Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, LinkedIn, I’ve got it all down. Unfortunately, I’m spread so thinly and most times too busy to be checking up on everyone’s statuses. Nutshell Mail seems to be for people like me as it’s an interactive email digest of all your social networking activity delivered on your schedule. More »

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Popular singer/songwriter John Mayer announced today that he’ll be partaking in a digital cleanse. From Jan. 1 at 9 a.m. to Jan. 8 at 9 am, he’ll be restricting his use of…technology. He insists that while we usually defrag our computers, it’d be a great idea to defrag our “mental and psychological hard drives.” According to John Mayer, technology has done our brains a disservice in the way we now handle small bursts of information via Twitter, text and email. The digital cleanse will help our brains. Read on for details of John Mayer’s Digital Cleanse. More »

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As if Twitter wasn’t popular enough, now it’s reaching a whole new crowd of people, Toddlers. That’s right folks, toddlers. Why they would need a social networking site at this age is beyond me but I guess some parents think it’s necessary. This social networking device is called a Twoddler and allows toddlers to view pictures and messages while the parents are away, so the toddler doesn’t miss them too much. More »

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Japan’s Twitter is putting a little twist on how they operate, adding Premium accounts and micro payments. Starting next January, Twitter Japan will allow users to purchase Premium accounts, which then can be accessed by other users who pay a small fee to view these tweets and guess what? Twitter will be pocketing almost 30% of the profits. This isn’t very surprising, since Twitter has no ads on their site, so this is a way for them to make some money while picking up new users. More »

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“What’s Gmail?”

That was the question that someone at the gym asked me last week. Being around so much technology and gadgets, I found the question extremely odd. Who didn’t know about Gmail? I explained what Gmail was to the person, a lady in her 30’s. Afterward, it got me thinking, if something as popular as Gmail is not known to people who are still relatively young, then what other advancement in tech don’t people know about. And we’re not talking about really old people, we’re talking about educated, folks in their twenties and 30’s. So, to make this a little more interesting, I went around and asked a few people at a bar I went with a few friends this past week. I asked 20 people about Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, iPhone and Android. Here are the results. More »

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From Wirebot:

Like promised by Microsoft, the integration of three popular social networking type sites have been added to the Xbox Live function on the Xbox 360. Users may now access Facebook, Twitter, and even use Last.fm (a radio station) through the My Community channel on the dashboard. More »

Peek is a fairly new company, and with any new company comes trial and error, eventually leading to success. The Peek, an email and messaging only device was created by Amol Sarva when he realized that his pregnant wife wanted a simple device, without all of the bells and whistles attached. When Peek was first released, it became a big hit, users didn’t have to worry about monthly bills and minutes, it was everything for a lump one time fee. More »

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