NowITWorks.net » Did You Know?

Twitter to Start Charging for Business Accounts

Chris — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:36:36 +0000

Twitter has confirmed that they will start charging businesses to use their services in an effort to collect revenue for their currently-free social networking site.

Paid accounts will also offer access to statistics and analytics that are not currently available through the regular Twitter service.

For more information on this topic – click to read “Twitter to Charge Businesses to Tweet” on Silicon.com

Geeks Through the Years

Amie — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:46:43 +0000

Covering geek-dom through the years – from when it wasn’t cool to be a geek all the way to the present where Facebook and Twitter rule. From the Woz to Zuckerberg, read through the full article/slide show for the evolution of how being a geek finally became cool.

A Brief History of Geeks – PC World

Obama Promising Increase in Sci-Tech Spending

Amie — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:38:17 +0000

Everyone seems to be abuzz about President Obama’s first 100 days in office. In honor of that, here is some information about his pledge to spend some serious cash on Science and Technology R&D.

3% of the US GDP will be used for the pursuit of technological and scientific research,

To put that into perspective, 3% of the US GDP is equivalent to about $420 billion dollars,

He is aiming to “exceed the level achieved at the height of the space race”

His wish list includes; solar cells as cheap as paint, green buildings that produce as much energy as they consume, and “an expansion of the frontiers of human knowledge”

A new government agency has been introduced – the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. This agency will work closely with the National Science Foundation.

Click here for the full story from Tech News World

Did You Know?

Amie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:49:29 +0000

Queen Elizabeth of England sent her first email in 1976?

Where Does Old Technology Go?

Amie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:09:56 +0000

Wired has an interesting article on their website this morning, titled “Where Gadgets Go To Die” – about what happens to old technology after it has served its purpose among the living. It turns out that the U.S. was shipping tons of old equipment to Asian countries where the environmental impact of disposing of such items, was a little more lax.

Click on the title for the full story – “Where Gadgets Go To Die – Facility Strips, Rips and Recycles“

An Old Fashioned iPod? Meet the Eye-Pod

Amie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:16:15 +0000

We usually try to stick to new types of technologies on our blog; reviews, new releases, updates – that sort of thing.

But today, we bring you a different kind of technology. Brilliantly quoted as “from a time that never existed.” You will never listen to your music the same way again with this one-of-a-kind creation…

Presenting The Eye-Pod from Dr. Grymm

“All functionality of the iPod remain intact an a hidden USB cord retracts from the base to either a wall charger or your computer. There are hidden pressure plates that when touched send a strobing “static charge” into the quartz crystals on either side of the magnified veiwing portal.”

Please see more of these amazing creations at: Steam Gear Lab

Did You Know – Friday the 13th Edition

Amie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:35:40 +0000

Did you know-

Many hospitals do not have a room 13 and some tall buildings do not have a 13th floor?
2009 will have 3 Friday the 13th’s – which usually only happens once every 11 years?
Some people think 13 is only considered unlucky because it comes after 12? 12 months, 12 days of Christmas, 12 apostles, you get the picture…

Stay safe and have a great weekend!

(Source: Live Science)

Making Twitter Work For You

Amie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:17:33 +0000

Twitter has become one of the fastest growing trends in technology – we’ve mentioned it before in this blog but maybe you’re still unsure as to what it is, how to use it and how to make it work for you.

I’m thrilled to send you to an article written by one of our technicians, Jason, who wrote a great post about Twitter and some of the tools that hare available, such as TwitterFeed and TWhirl.

Click here to be redirected to his website – www.lostoutlaw.net

And once you get your own Twitter account up and running, don’t forget to follow Now IT Works at: http://twitter.com/NowITWorks

Did You Know?

Amie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:48:35 +0000

Happy Fat Tuesday! Here’s a Mardi Gras version of did you know -

The first Mardi Gras parade was held on Febraury 24, 1857

Mardi Gras has only been canceled twice; during WWI and WWII but not during Prohibition

King Cakes are still a tradition of Mardi Gras – if you find the baby in your cake and it’s good luck!

25 Random Facts

Amie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:11:10 +0000

In honor of Facebook’s new phenomenon, “25 Things” – here is a list that is circulating the Internet titled, “25 Random Geek Tech Facts“.

Did you know some of these facts?

Floppy disks in the late 1970’s were about 8 inches in diameter.

The term “IP” stands for both Internet Protocol and Intellectual Property.

The cost of ink-jet printer ink is approximately $5000 per gallon!

For the complete list, please click here to be redirected to the article from www.marketwatch.com.