Tuesday Tech Talk #51

Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. Quite a few things to cover this week so lets dive right in.

Mac mini Updated

Apple released an updated Mac mini. Two new welcome features in it, an HDMI port for connecting to an HDTV and easy access to updating the RAM. It comes in 2 flavors, a $699 model and a $999 server model which sports 2 500GB SATA hard drives. One has to wonder if this will spell the end of the AppleTV since the mini now has an HDMI port.

Starbucks to offer free WiFi

Starbucks announced that as of July 1st all company owned locations will offer free WiFi! If your favorite Starbucks is franchised owned then you may or may not be in luck.

ESPN in 3D

ESPN officially launched their 3D service with the start of the World Cup. If you happen to have a 3D capable TV and receiver box via your cable or satellite company, then you to can have soccer balls flying toward your head. I do not as of yet and quite frankly am not into the whole 3D thing yet, in-fact I have not even seen Avatar yet. Engadget has an interview with Chuck Pagano ESPN’s executive VP of technology regarding the 3D launch.

Navigon and Multitasking

Navigon has submitted their popular Navigator GPS app to Apple that will support multitasking with the release of the iOS4 yesterday. No more worries of getting a call while you have a key turn coming up in a town you don’t know. Also you can check email or something on the web while still staying on track with your route. This is going to come in great as Mrs. TupeloGeek and I will be on vacation in Pensacola Beach this weekend and driving down there.

Steve Jobs All Things Digital Talk

Available in iTunes is the Steve Jobs interview at the D8 conference. He talks about several interesting things such as the feud with Adobe over Flash, how he suggests the era of the PC as a platform could be ending sooner than we think, and how the idea of the tablet device came before the iPhone. Very interesting talk and worth the 90 minutes.

Blogging and the iPad

Finally I want to give a little follow up regarding my use of the iPad and how it relates to blogging. There are 2 great blogging apps out there, BlogPress and WordPress. At this point I am giving the edge to WordPress if you use WordPress for your blogging. But here is my beef with both of them. I want to be able to highlight some text in my blog and create a link like I do with MacJournal on the MacBook. This is the missing element in blogging from the iPad. Who ever comes up with that first, will get a nice write up from me on a future Triple T.

Well that will do it for this edition of Triple T. See you all next week for #52!