Top Gadget News Blogs for 2011

Get the latest news in gadgets and all technologies with a visit below.

1. Business Week Get a blog where the bottom line is directly involved with breaking the latest news here. Bloomberg has a special section for technology news which offers several blogs or news by tech category.
2. Real Tech News Independent tech news is offered on this blog. Over 40 contributors review and write about many new gadgets, deals, and more.
3. Pogue’s Posts Get the latest in technology news from “New York Times” blogger David Pogue. He has been writing a tech column since 2000 and has authored many books on the subject.
4. Techmeme Get your technology news on the serious at this site. Regular headlines and analysis are featured several times a day.
5. Information Week The business value of technology is featured here. You can also check out their many blogs on everything from green computing to hardware.
6. Crenk Startup technology is often focused on in this blog. Deals, freebies, how-to’s, and gadgets are also written about.
7. Tech Crunch Get the latest news just by clicking the Gadget section here. You can also check out the homepage with loads more on what’s hot, or check out the Crunch Board where jobs and services are posted.
8. Tech Dirt Think gossip is just for celebrity talk? Then check out this blog with tech news such as Apple using special screws so that users can’t open their phones.
9. The Register Get the latest in technology news from this British site. It includes sections on hardware, software, security, and more.

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• Crenk 2.0: Start Publishing Your Tech Articles and Earn Money – April 26, 2011

Crenk Ranks in Top 100 Gadget Blogs of 2011 originally appeared on: Crenk
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Bitly.tv offers up a unique way of ranking videos.

There’s a lot of video search engines out there, there’s also a lot of sites that rank the videos that you should be watching. YouTube is probably one of the biggest ones know, and probably the most searched. Not everything on YouTube is worth viewing, but then again, everyone has their taste. That being said, Bitly.tv is one of those experiments that came out of no where for me.

Does the name sounds familiar?

If you’re used to using URL shorteners, Bit.ly is probably the most popular of them. Their addition of Bitly.tv is a nice compliment to their already existing lineup.

Bitly.tv uses a unique proprietary algorithm, called “bitrank”, that informs users of the videos the world is watching. The ranking is based on several factors including the number of times your bit.ly link was clicked on, the number of times the link was retweeted or shared on social networks, also including the number of times the same video has been bit.ly’d by other users. While the filters keep out porn and other inappropriate content, it’s an almost pure social way these videos are shared.

The site is very nondescript, giving the content straight away. The videos are in multiple windows you just go through the gallery of videos that are the most shared at that moment. The database is constantly updating and new video are being added to the stream as online communities are sharing them. What I like the most is that while I’m watching the videos the right side bar is keeping track of real time conversations regarding the video you’re watching so that you can see what others think. It’s definitely something experimental, but I’ll keep my eye on it, as it’s selections that my internet peers think are worth watching, why not give it a look?

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• Real Life Time Crisis with Andy Whitfield – September 12, 2011
• Hulu Tops the World of Online Streaming Video Ads for March 2011 – April 15, 2011
• How to Upload MP3 files to YouTube – October 24, 2010
• Looxcie Could Be the Future of Digital Cameras – September 20, 2010

Viral Videos Have New Home on Bitly.tv originally appeared on: Crenk
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Lists, lists, lists!

People’s fascination with lists is understandable. For some reason or another, when we see a list it ranks things for us, provides us a perspective, perhaps even influences us in a way we don’t even recognize. We put so much emphasis on lists that now a site has been created that is strictly dedicated to lists.

MakeFive is a site that basically says “you are what you think.” How true. The site has Top 5 lists for just about anything and everything. Top 5 favorite fonts, SNL cast members, people that inspire, just to name a few from the front page.

You can share lists, connect with others that list similar items, and comment on one another’s lists. The interaction is there, but I went cross eyes after being on this site for too long. WARNING: View this site in small doses, you’ll lose your vision…or at least go crosseyed like I did.

The site was useful professionally as I got top ranked business books, design sites, education sites, etc. So basically the site can be as useful or as silly as you want it to be. I definitely recommend this site as a “to pass the time” reference. I think you’ll be surprised at what you find.

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• 9 Awesome Examples of Forced Perspective Photography – January 3, 2011
• Viral Videos Have New Home on Bitly.tv – December 31, 2009
• Build Better Relationships with Zentact – January 7, 2009

Take Five with MakeFive for List Junkies originally appeared on: Crenk
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