The Aflockalypse – I logged-on to Twitter on Jan. 3, to find Dead Birds trending and felt a little uneasy. Apparently on New Year’s Eve, residents of Beebe, Arkansas saw thousands of dead birds drop from the sky. The next day, there were reports of hundreds more dead birds found in Louisiana and Sweden. More recently, the Aflockalypse hit California when more than a hundred dead birds were found just off Highway 101. What’s going on here people!? Is global warming to blame? Did the birds slam into a UFO? Is the government testing some crazy new weapon? Is God just ringing in the New Year by playing a round of Angry Birds? Where are my conspiracy theorists out there? Scientists say this is nothing to worry about, and that it was probably caused by trauma from New Year’s fireworks, or disease. Disease sounds reasonable, but fireworks? I think that’s a bit of a stretch…conspirators, go!
Tablet Takeover – CES has come and gone and it has officially made me look at tablets in a whole new way…Before CES even began publications were flooded with all things tablet. Last year the unofficial theme of CES was 3D. This year, it was definitely tablets, with some analysts predicting more than 100 would be announced. How many will actually survive to be adopted in the enterprise and by consumers? My guess is just a few. There is such an obsession with all-things-Apple right now that the newbies are definitely going to need something standout to compete – (see faster, impressive OS, more durable, etc).
ViPhone – Well folks, the wait is finally over. The worst kept secret in tech has officially been confirmed…Verizon is getting the iPhone. Take a minute to let your shock subside…now, I know that everyone is chomping at the bit to get an iPhone on Verizon ASAP, but if you ask me, you’re better off waiting. Besides the fact that the antenna has been redesigned (see: death grip) and that the phone will work on a CDMA network, it’s still the iPhone 4, and that’s old technology folks. Apple will likely announce a new iPhone at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference in June. Do you really want to be behind on the times right out the gate? As for me, my Verizon upgrade doesn’t kick in for about a year, but the way I see it, by then they will probably (hopefully) have an LTE-capable iPhone.
Twitter – Like any good Gen-Y’er I get most of my news these days from Twitter. Seriously, #ilovetwitter. If I could sum up everything in my life with hashtags the way I do my tweets, I would be a very happy (not to mention highly efficient) person. I love the way my Twitter feed keeps me updated on my friends (#college), world news (#Wikileaks), tech news (#VerizoniPhone) and music news (#kanyewest) all in one place! While the majority of my tweets are “I’m listening to…” from the Pandora website, I love retweeting news I find interesting and joining chats and trends with hashtags. Twitter has definitely won my love and is my personal favorite social network – take that Mark Zuckerberg!
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