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Mobile Barcodes at Home Depot

Mobile barcodes

Awesome… anything to help with those visits… “The DIY retailer has partnered with Scanbuy to include the codes in store, in print ads and signage. The codes, when activated, will let shoppers access how-to videos, product demos, relevant accessories, buying guides, project guides and give them the ability to buy items online.”

Mobile Barcodes Come to The Home Depot

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4 Ways to Set Up a Storefront on Facebook

“Free beta app Payvment allows you to handle your entire e-commerce operation through Facebook. The app allows you to accept credit card and PayPal payments, which are credited to your PayPal account. You can customize charges for shipping and choose whether to charge sales tax.”

4 Ways to Set Up a Storefront on Facebook

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First-Gen iPad Price Cut

iPad price cut

“As noted by CNET contributor Jim Dalrymple on his personal blog The Loop, AT&T today cut the price of the original iPad with 3G by $100, putting the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models on sale at $429, $529, and $629 respectively. By comparison, those units cost $629, $729, and $829 when they were first released.”
 

First-gen iPad 3G gets $100 price cut by AT&T | Apple – CNET News

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Tweetup! Sun-Earth Day 2011

Sun-Earth Day Tweetup! 3/19/11

My brothers Bill and David are there today:

“100 lucky twitter attendees have been selected to be part of the first ever Sun Earth Day – Goddard/Smithsonian joint tweetup! Participants will start their day with a trip to the Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington DC for a personalized tour focusing on the “Ancient Mysteries” Sun Earth Day theme. Then they will travel back to Goddard Space Flight Center for an afternoon VIP tour of the Integration and Test Facility and other Goddard facilities, getting a first hand view of the “New Discoveries” here at NASA.”

Tweetup! Sun-Earth Day 2011

Sun-Earth Day 2011 U-Stream Link (Live at 2pm EDT Today!

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Guide to the Multiboot Process

Win XP boot sequence

Excellent illustrated guide to the Windows multiboot process:

Multibooters, Vista Dual and Multibooting – A Guide to the Multiboot Process

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Starbucks Mobile Payments

Mobile Pay for iPhone

Tried it today for the first time, works great:

Starbucks Starts Accepting Mobile Payments Nationwide

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PayPal Mobile

This is just too cool… it’s currently available for iPhone™,  Android™ and BlackBerry ®… I’ve got it on iPhone™…

“Send money, manage your account, and more, with the PayPal app… It’s free, secure and more convenient than going to the ATM, writing checks, or sending gifts the traditional way.”

“Send money as gifts, collect money for a group gift, or repay a friend for free*
Snap a photo of a check to add money directly from your iPhone, no fees apply
Bump to exchange contacts and send money
Check balance, withdraw funds, view past transactions
Create, track, and manage fundraising campaigns”

PayPal Mobile Payments – Send Money from Your Mobile Phone

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New Apps for Guitarists – NYTimes.com

IK Multimedia AmpliTube Fender

New Apps for Guitarists – NYTimes.com

“IK Multimedia worked with Fender, the amplifier and guitar manufacturer, to digitally reproduce the tones from five classic Fender amps, including the 1965 Deluxe Reverb, the Super-Sonic and the 1959 Bassman LTD. Six Fender stompbox effects, like the Phaser and Tape Echo, are included.”