Jeff Weisbein

How Safe Is Starting A Business?

by Jeff Weisbein November 6, 2011
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Found this infographic interesting and thought it was worth sharing.  Is starting a business safer than a job?  Definitely a worthwhile topic to examine with unemployment still above 9% and still a somewhat bleak immediate future.  Obviously, starting a business may be difficult for someone with not much experience, but I still think it’s doable. I started [...]

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RockMelt Review: One Year Later

by Jeff Weisbein November 1, 2011
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A review of the social browser RockMelt and look at how it’s doing one year after its release to the public.

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Google Answers the Age-old Question: What Is My IP?

by Jeff Weisbein October 21, 2011
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It appears now that Google will now inform you of your current IP (Internet Protocol) Address if you query the search engine with “what is my ip.”  For years, sites like WhatIsMyIP.com and IPChicken would help Internet users learn their IP address — well, now they are really no longer necessary as Google looks to [...]

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How To Fix: iPhone “Your SMS mailbox is full.” Message

by Jeff Weisbein October 15, 2011
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Did you update to iOS 5 and are now experiencing this error message when using your iPhone to send/receive text messages? “Your SMS mailbox is full. New messages cannot be received until you delete some messages.”

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UPS Delivers 800k iPhone 4S on Launch Day

by Jeff Weisbein October 14, 2011
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I was just walking home from the gym and I ran into my UPS delivery man on my way up the stairs to my apartment, so of course, I ask him “so how many iPhone’s did you deliver today?” to which his replied, “a lot!”

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Qwikster Is Dead, DVD’s to Stay on Netflix

by Jeff Weisbein October 10, 2011
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Just as quick as it appeared, Qwikster has been killed off by Netflix. You may remember our thoughts on the launch of Qwikster being skeptical.

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Why You Are Not Eligible for the iPhone 4S

by Jeff Weisbein October 8, 2011
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So you’re not eligible for the subsidized pricing on the iPhone 4S yet? I feel your pain. Here is how AT&T calculates upgrade eligibility.

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iPhone 4S: Worth the Upgrade?

by Jeff Weisbein October 5, 2011
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Well, there is always next year for the iPhone 5, right?  Right.  Despite the rumor mill churning up some juicy stuff – some believable, some not so much about an iPhone 5, larger screen, and even Sprint exclusivity the iPhone launch has come and gone and what were we left with this year?  An iPhone 4S.  The [...]

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Blink-182′s Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge Live on YouTube

by Jeff Weisbein October 5, 2011
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In a post by Google’s Bradley Horowitz, he announced that blink-182′s +Mark Hoppus and +Tom DeLonge are going to be live talking about Google+, their tour, and their new album (Neighborhoods) at 3pm PST (6PM EST) today.  They will be streaming it live on the YouTube channel AtGoogleTalks. If you are not familiar with the Google Talks YouTube channel [...]

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MG Siegler Joins CrunchFund As General Partner

by Jeff Weisbein October 3, 2011
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According to the Michael Arrington’s new blog, UnCrunched, as well as an article on TechCrunch posted by Erick Schonfeld, MG Siegler has joined CrunchFund as a general partner.  The news doesn’t come as too much of a surprise as most people who have been following the recent drama at TechCrunch probably expected something like this [...]

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