Don't feel bad if you're confused about the difference between mobile apps and mobile sites - some developers are even confused (must be confused - they couldn't be dishonest, could they?)

Before you talk to developers about creating an app for you, make sure that you're on the same page & that they're not referring to a mobile site.  Glerin Business Resources has a short article explaining the difference between mobile apps and mobile sites, and explaining why apps are usually more expensive than mobile sites.  Take a quick read to help you make sure you get what you pay.

From SoVaNow.com - Inventor Ryan Rusnak visited the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center (SVHEC) on Friday, Feb. 25 to speak to Halifax County High School dual enrollment students in Digital Art & Design, Product Design & Development, and Hi-Performance Technology classes.

Rusnak has made a name for himself in the world of physical computing with his invention of the beverage cannon. The cannon is a converted mini-fridge that will launch the beverage of your choice with the touch of an iPhone app button.

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The company in China that produces many of the parts found in today’s Apple iPod and other electronics felt enough pressure from it’s employees that it needs to start paying a decent salary.  Recent events at Foxconn’s   Shenzhen, China plant have forced some changes.  A second pay raise has been given to it’s employees after numerous suicides at the plant.

How many times have we all driven ourselves crazy trying to think of the name of a song we're hearing?  Well, iPhone users despair no more - download the Shazam app!  With Shazam, you can click "Tag" and the app will take a sample of the music you're hearing, send it to it's database, and return the song's info (unless, of course, it's unrecognizable).  The results it displays includes the song name and artist, along with lots more:  links to buy it, share on Facebook and Twitter, send a postcard, YouTube videos, etc.  The app is free, but there are also premium versions that let you launch a Pandora or last.fm station from your Tag results.

We've used the app while doing things like shopping in stores and waiting for a table in a restaurant, most of the time with songs correctly identified.   Songs from less well known artists and smaller labels do have a greater chance of not being identified, simply due to a greater chance of not being in the database.

I don't remember how I found Leo Laporte, but I've become addicted to his podcasts and radio shows about all things Tech.   He has audio and video podcasts about Windows, Macs,  Home Audio/Video and many other topics.

One thing that he always says is that if you only have one copy of an important document or file, then you don't really have a backup.  He recommends two or more back up copies of a file. I've come to believe he is right.  I've seen more than one person who has lost their entire company's records when their computer crashed.  I've even lost all the pictures that I had of my son when he was a baby when I reformatted my hard drive.