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The Signal To Noise Ratio On Facebook Is Out Of Whack
Nick Antosca: Facebook.com: Increasingly Overbearing and Terrible - Media on The Huffington Post : : "There are still uses for Facebook — well, two: looking up people you like and looking up people you don't like — but the signal-to-noise ratio just keeps getting nastier."
I don't know what to make of his Fandango purchase claim, [...]
Tweet Your Google Calendar
Twittercal — tweet your google calendar : : "What is Twittercal? It's a free service that connects your Twitter account to your Google Calendar. Add events in a snap from your favorite Twitter client. Follow the 5 steps procedure to get started." This is old news, but I just have to comment.
If you're [...]
cre8Buzz - A New Social Networking Site
cre8Buzz : : I just signed up to test this out today. I did so at the urging of Bill Gassett, who thinks this one is going to take off. I’m not convinced of that yet, but you can bet I’ll come back and let you know my thoughts once I’ve had a chance to [...]
Leopard Has Given Me No Trouble At All
Leopard has killed my Mac, too : : This story could not be further from my own personal experience. From the moment I installed Leopard on my Intel Desktop machine, it has worked with almost no flaws. Every application is running without trouble.
In fact, it’s going so smoothly that I’m about to convert all [...]
Sony ImageStation Begins Service Closure Process
Sony ImageStation : : As previously planned, November 12 is the date when Sony will stop accepting new photo and video uploads to their image hosting and sharing service. Their website is encouraging members to transfer their photos to Shutterfly, and gives complete instructions on how to complete the process.
I’m left to wonder how [...]
Google Launches OpenSocial
Google Launches OpenSocial : : MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — November 1, 2007 – Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the release of OpenSocial — a set of common APIs for building social applications across the web — for developers of social applications and websites that want to add social features. OpenSocial will unleash more powerful [...]
Prism - Bringing Web Apps To The Desktop
Mozilla Labs Blog | Prism : : “Mozilla Labs is launching a series of experiments to bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps and to explore new usability models as the line between traditional desktop and new web applications continues to blur.”
This is only available for dowload on [...]
Google Set To Announce Mobile Plans
Google To Announce Mobile Plans Mid-November: Reports : : “The gRumors are firming up… Sources close to MocoNews suggested that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is going to announce a mobile operating system in mid-November, putting a date on the rumors that have been pretty vague all year.” This one will be interesting to watch, especially [...]
Two More Mac OS X Leopard Mail Templates
Sometimes simpler is better.
Especially in business settings. For personal use, most of the templates included with the new Mail application in Mac OS X Leopard are great. But they’re just too “cute” for most business use.
In an attempt to quickly create Mac OS X Leopard Mail templates that are more appropriate for business use, I [...]
Do You Care If Paid Links Hurt Your Page Rank?
Official: Selling Paid Links Can Hurt Your PageRank Or Rankings On Google : : "Google's generally never penalized sites for link selling. If spotted, in most cases all Google would do is prevent links from a site or pages in a site from passing PageRank. Now that's changing. If you sell links, [...]
