In this episode of NerdBoyTV, Ryan Yee kicks off "7 broadcasts in 7 days" in celebration of Spring Break. Everyday for the next seven days, NerdBoyTV will have articles, videos, and product reviews to share Saturday through Friday ;-) Today's articles include accessorizing your laptop, Apple's use of its iTunes Store to rollout its popular Safari browser to its PC users, Docsyncer helping people to convert their Office documents into Google Docs and Google Aps, SlideRocket adding "WOW" to your PowerPoint presentations, and the decline of consumer spending on electronics during this current recession.
Accessorizing Your Laptop by dummies.com: Yahoo! Tech: "One thing that's kept the computer industry alive for years and years is that the computer purchase never stops with the computer itself. First comes software. Then follows more hardware and even more hardware. Peripherals! Gizmos! Gadgets! And then you can get fun accessories like mouse pads and tchotchkes to sit atop the monitor. The computer is endlessly expandable."
Apple Uses iTunes to Put Fast Safari on Windows PCs - Yahoo! News: "Windows users perfectly happy with their Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers have been surprised to find a new Web browser on their hard drives -- Apple's Safari 3.1. The browser was originally only for Apple's Macintosh computer. The new browser arrived via Apple's software update feature, which is included in its iTunes software. iTunes boasts impressive penetration on Windows as well as Mac computers. Apple normally uses software update to deliver updates of the QuickTime media player, iPod software and iTunes."
DocSyncer helps wean users from Microsoft Office Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone: "In my preview of the Under the Radar conference I questioned the business viability of the document management product DocSyncer, which, among other things, takes users' Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and synchronizes them into a Google Docs or Google Apps account."
SlideRocket puts the 'wow' into online presentations Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone: "Flashy presentation tool SlideRocket is easily one of the best-looking services I've seen. CEO Mitch Grasso's presentation at this afternoon's Under the Radar session about the virtual worker (using SlideRocket to present) got several oohs and ahhs. In many ways it takes a cue from Apple's Keynote product with great use of fonts, reflections, transparencies, and transitions to put together presentations that use hardware acceleration and cutting-edge design templates to impress clients, co-workers, and potentially your boss."
Huge Decline in Us Consumer Electronics Spending: "The latest consumer spending survey from ChangeWave Research shows a sudden huge pullback in U.S. consumer retail spending on electronics - the largest decline since 2002. The survey of 4,427 consumers, conducted February 18-25, looked at discretionary spending on a range of popular electronic devices, including video game consoles, digital cameras and iPods."
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