Nokia Is Alive & Kickin: Achievements In Mobile Technology
When I read last week that Nokia had settled its lawsuit with Apple, I was shocked at the amount of money Nokia would receive. Depending on the source, the amount is somewhere between $600 and $900 million, and that's just in the second quarter. Nokia will also receive future royalties. In my mind, ...
It’s A Dad’s Life: A Daddy Gangsta Rap
I have plenty of friends on Twitter who are dads, and to be honest, I sometimes wonder how they manage to fit it all in. Their tweeting is off the hook, and still they have a day job to go to every day. And as if that wasn't enough, they also have a family to take care of. It really ought to impress ...
Behold The World’s Largest Hot Wheels Car City
If you are a guy, you totally remember playing with small metal cars when you were a boy. We imagined the most amazing cities, the most horrible car crashes, and the most incredible car races... you name it! It was an alternate world most of us left behind when we grew up. It's really a pity because ...
This Happens Every 60 Seconds On The Internet
We all know the span of the Internet is huge, that's no surprise. However, sometimes I wonder if our brains are capable of comprehending how big it truly is. It's like the Universe we live in. My mind always gets blown when I read about the scope of it. It's really humongous beyond our understanding ...
10 Life Lessons We Can Learn On Twitter
When I first got on Twitter, I never realized that I would get so much out of the social networking site. I am active on Twitter everyday, and the experiences have been very rewarding for me. Not only do I get valuable information, but I also get to meet people who I wouldn't get the chance to meet ...
Corporate Giving: Modern Philanthropy Is Big Business
The word "philanthropy" gets thrown around a lot these days. I see more and more people referring to it in their posts, and even in their tweets. Philanthropy is an interesting word because it encompasses so much passion and emotion. Philanthropy is very different from charity; however, I see many p ...
The Star Wars Millennium Falcon Coffee Table
There is no shortage in geek customizations these days, and the more we look, the more we find. So far we've seen everything from Nintendo NES controller coffee tables to large working iPhone blow-up (meaning uber scale) coffee tables. The imagination of home tinkerers is never ending, and I foresee ...
Stuck: How To Rid Your Boredom At The Airport
Not too long ago, I was stuck at the airport in Amsterdam on my way to Los Angeles. I had carelessly trusted the lady at the check-in counter at my first airport when she said that she checked me in all the way. When I got to the gate to fly to Los Angeles, they said I had never checked in, and they ...
Road Signs Don’t Always Mean What You Think…
There is an art form out there that we all get exposed to every day. Not many people think about it, and when we do look at it, we don't really see it as an art form, but it is. The fact is, it's one of the most recognized art forms that we are all aware of. Well, maybe we're not aware of it, but at ...
Cookies For Geeks: A Delicious Social Media Client Gift
What do you do if you run a small company, and you want to give little gifts to clients who stop by your office for meetings? You could order pens or coffee mugs with your logo plastered all over them, but that's kinda same-old-same-old, isn't it? Besides, what if you don't have a real company logo ...
How To: Tell If Your Website Sucks
Starting a website is not as easy as some people might think. Sure, it's easy to get one up and running in today's one button click society, but there is a lot more than that necessary in order to make the whole thing successful. While it grows, you will stumble upon things that you hadn't foreseen, ...
America According To Twitter
Everyone that has used Twitter knows that in the very beginning of their Twitter career, people are clueless about what the service is used for. It's such a simple idea, yet with so much potential that you start wondering if it will really be beneficial to you. Once you start getting into things, yo ...
Badass Nostalgic Steampunk Rotary Smartphone
Sometimes when people are thinking up ideas, they just don't go all the way to the very limit. They stay safe within their comfort zone, or they keep things in the range where they know people are most likely to be interested. Star Wars is a good example of that, and we've seen a thousand examples o ...
Incredible Juggling: Guaranteed To Blow Your Mind
Every so often we publish something that is not related to all the other stuff we publish here on Bit Rebels. What I mean is that we're usually publishing stuff about gadgets or other really geeky things like that. However, sometimes we stumble over something that we really need to show you guys bec ...
Crazy Extreme Sticky Note Experiment
We all know that sticky notes can serve a lot of different purposes besides just being little notepads. We've seen countless examples of that through the years here at Bit Rebels. We've showed you everything from office romance clips done using a whole boat load of them, to sticky notes that come in ...