Tech & Politics: HP likely to name Meg Whitman as CEO
Former California Republican Gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman is reportedly to be named the new CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Following the news that current CEO Léo Apotheker was inevitably to be outed by the HP Board of Directors, Whitman’s name began to float through the web. HP has undergone some rocky times recently. Part of their strategy … Read more
59 Days of Code has begun
We’re T-minus 58 days until the Valley’s second 59 Days of Code will return with new products hoping to gain funding and attention from the tech community. Saturday night, co-founders Travis Sheridan (CVBI) and Irma Olguin (GeekWise) kicked off their second event at The Hashtag coworking office (formerly Sputnik Coworking) to provide new, and returning, … Read more
59 Days of Code: A Renewed Spirit
After the major success of 59 Days of Code, the Central Valley Business Incubator team is back at organizing their second event. Holding the event again in Clovis. Oh, and it’s not just a contest, it’s a conference. 59 Days of working on developing a product and then the public gets to take a look … Read more
Review: ABC 30 iPad App
Everyday and night, ABC 30 KFSN-TV will remind its viewers that it is the first in the Valley with an iPad app. Here at the Dues, we were pretty disappointed with ABC 30′s iPhone app. But with a new app to review, we’ve given them a second chance at redemption. What ABC 30 failed to … Read more
Groupon: Over the Ledge
There was quite a hullabaloo about the Groupon Super Bowl ads yesterday. However, that wasn’t the worst part about Groupon itself.
‘The Daily’: Print goes digital
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no silly, it’s just The Daily: the iPad-only newspaper from News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. With a 99 cents per week or $40 annual subscription, Murdoch has finally given way to the economics of digital publications by providing a cheap outlet to read the news. Let’s start off with … Read more
Daily Drive: Pay for Starbucks on your phone
Got an iPhone? How bout a Starbucks card? Now you can combine both to pay for your Trenta coffee on the way to work (that is if you don’t drink Cafe Corazon). The Starbucks card Mobile app takes the value of your Starbucks and creates a QR-code for the card value on your iPhone. The … Read more
Flying tomorrow? Grab the TSA iPhone app before you go
Complain all you like about pat-downs and body scanners, but out of most airports in the US you’re stuck with them. The Transportation Security Administration has unveiled an iPhone app to ease travel out of airports, especially regarding security lines. The iPhone app provides users with security line wait times, flight delays, and what you … Read more
Get an iPod touch for a TSA touch
Think that headline’s wrong? Nope. If you’re a wired (or wireless) techie, a TSA pat-down is what you’re looking for. The iPhone App Loopt has announced that if you get a pat-down by the TSA at any US Airport, you could win one of 10 iPod touches. Get touched and you get a touch. Getting … Read more
