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Upcoming Jay-Z Album Free for Samsung Galaxy Owners

Terrance Gaines — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:22 +0000

That rumored deal between Jay-Z and Samsung has come to fruition as Galaxy device owners will get Jay-Z’s latest studio album as a free download. If you own a Samsung Galaxy SIII, S4, or Galaxy Note 2 you will have a chance to get Jigga’s lastest studio album entitled “Magna Carta Holy Grail” free before anyone else. The announcement was [...]

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Tech Tips To Rock Your Next Conference

Terrance Gaines — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:51 +0000

Later this week I’ll be headed out to the Blogging While Brown Conference in New York to talk tech, do some networking, and learn a thing or two. Since I am who I am, or in Coach Dennis Green terminology “He is who we thought he is” I will be using (and sharing) some tech trips and tricks I have [...]

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[Video] Why I’m Mad: Pay The Writer

Terrance Gaines — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:06:57 +0000

Normally, my “Why I’m Mad” videos feature me ranting about something that bugs me about technology, but after seeing this, I just had to share it with my fellow bloggers and writers who are trying to make it in this new media game. After attending “The Takeaway” Workshop in Atlanta back in April, and recently reading the book “Turning Pro” [...]

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Getting My Speak On

Terrance Gaines — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:12:24 +0000

Probably one of my self-inflicted pet peeves is self-promotion. I need to do it more. Somebody somewhere said “You are your biggest cheerleader.” That sounds pretty lame, so I prefer the quote “Nobody is going to take care of you better than you.” So I just wanted to drop a quick line and let you all know that I don’t [...]

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[Photo] WWDC Summed Up – Technology And Diversity

Terrance Gaines — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:56:17 +0000

I felt compelled to post this picture after chatting with my main man Anjuan Simmons last night over Skype. One of our topics was technology and diversity, and during our talk, I mentioned seeing this tweet come across my timeline as I was [virtually] covering The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote presentation earlier this week. RT @digitalsista: Wow RT [...]

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iOS 7: What You Need To Know

Terrance Gaines — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:41:44 +0000

After years of small iterations to its mobile operating system (don’t fix what isn’t broken?), Apple has finally taken the wraps off iOS 7. Many say Apple needed to do something dramatic to counteract the barrage of features being hurled at consumers by Android. Whether this is Apple’s answer answer to the “stale” look and feel of the current OS, [...]

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RochenHost + BOO! = RochenBOO!

Terrance Gaines — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:00:20 +0000

Imma keep this “Why I’m Mad” short and sweet: I’ve been rocking with my current site’s host since 2009 and never had any problems with them…until last week. My website was displaying an “This account has been suspended” message. So I did some digging and come to find out, RochenHost suspsended my site because it was taking up too much [...]

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Mobile Garage Sale: App Picks To Easily Sell Your Stuff

Terrance Gaines — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:19:02 +0000

I have racks on racks on racks of gadgets that are taking up space in my office. Just recently, I decided to try to get rid of some of if, but I didn’t feel like going through the long process of “listing” items on traditional sites. I know I’m not the only one who has junk treasures that could use [...]

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Jay-Z Reportedly Signing With Samsung As Entertainers Show Tech Some Love

Terrance Gaines — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:00:14 +0000

image via phonandroid Word on the street is that Hov is in the final stages of signing a contract with Samsung that with be in the neighborhood of $20 Million. There are not a ton of details on the deal, but some are speculating that it could materialize into a music-streaming service for Samsung devices…cause there are a TON of [...]

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Verizon Wireless Father’s Day 2013 Tech Gift Guide

Terrance Gaines — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:27:49 +0000

“I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Ambassador program and have been provided with a wireless device and three months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product.” I’m pretty sure you thought Verizon Wireless was just about smartphones, tablets, and wireless data plans. Yeah, that’s what I thought too. Come to find out, Big Red also [...]

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