InstallerApp now for OSX

Tired of jailbreaking your iPhone over and over again? Now you don’t have to.

Ripdev has just released the InstallerApp for OSX. It is a native Mac OSX application that lets you easily download and install Cydia and InstallerApp applications to your iPhone via USB cable.

It includes some great features:

Fast package restore: This allows you to restore all your previously installed applications to your iPhone after uprading firmware. Just upgrade your firmware and restore your applications. No more reinstalling and downloading apps.

Built-in pusher: Now you can push InstallApp out to your iPhone without having to go through the trouble of ‘jailbreaking’.

Best of all InstallerApp is free to use to push InstallApp to the iPhone. In order to install applications to the iPhone as described above you will need to shell out $7 for a license that allows you to sync up to 3 iPhones. You will also get free updates for InstallerApp 1.x and email tech support for one year.

OSX 10.5 Leopard or higher is the requirement to run InstallApp. As of right now only the iPhone and iPhone 3G are supported. Sorry iPod touch owners.

Even with the $7 price tage this is cheaper than ponying up dollar after dollar for apps in the app store.

Samsung N310: The germ killing netbook

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Samsung has just recently announced their addition to the netbook market. The N310.

The N310 comes equipped with a 10-inch screen and a fairly decent sized keyboard for comfortable typing. The N310 weighs in at 2.6 pounds and comes with a 5 hour 4 cell battery. Under the hood this little guy will come with 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, 1.3 megapixel camera, and memory card reader.

Along with those great options the Samsung N310 is equipped with a special coating that makes it nearly impossible for bacteria to grow. So clean you could eat off of it.

Is Twitter a good form of corporate communication?

Is Twitter a good form of corporate communication? Sure it is.

Twitter is by far one of the most easiest ways to reach the masses via social media. Just one small 140 character blurb can reach millions.

Twitter can also be a great customer support tool. Just today I had issues with a Level3 T1 connection at work. Engulfed in my frustration I tweeted out to the community about my experience. Almost immediately I received an @ reply as well as an email from a tier 3 engineer at Level 3. He had been filtering tweets by the string ‘Level3′ and noticed my distress tweet for help. Although I didn’t need his help and Level3 was being very responsive in repairing the issue, it opened my eyes about the importance of a corporate presence on Twitter.

A Lot of times when I am frustrated with something I will tweet it out to the world in a means of venting. I just feel like I have to let the world know how crappy a product is, or how unreliable a service is. Most of my tweeting is done at work that involves IT services and products from many companies. If people are upset with a service they receive they are more likely to tell more people about it than if they were happy with the service. If corporations actually had someone responsible for sifting through the millions of tweets a day they may be able to get an idea of how other view their services. This could be a great marketing tool and used as a guide in what direction support teams need to be headed in. It could also help target issues that need to be worked out within the company.