So last week it was all Apple. This week it’s all Google. Word of the new OpenSocial platform is starting to spread. It is interesting to see how Google sticks to their “algorithm” strategy (it killed Jeeves!). Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg once said that he considered his site to be one of the top news sites [...]
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Hulu on Rails?
So Hulu launched… as I went to their blog page, I came across what seems to be an error. a default page that shows Mephisto. So I am assuming they are building hulu on rails or at least doing the blog on Mephisto….nice!!!
I am going to be migrating this blog to Mephisto pretty soon!
First Post From Leopard
I have finished upgrading my system to Leopard, it was fast easy and it feels really cool!
I have some more notes on the experience…right now I am going to continue to play with it!!!
iChat cool preferences….
David Pogue on iChat’s cool preferences:
Here’s a little tweak that nobody ever mentions: the preference setting called “Watch for my name in incoming messages.” It alerts you any time anyone, in any of the open chats, types your name, even if you’re doing something else on the Mac. (As in, “David, are you there? David!? [...]
LAX for your mailbox
A 3D email system that simulates LAX airport?!?!? Stupid? I wouldn’t use but I know a lot of people that would(aviation background).
Official Gmail Blog: Sync your inbox across devices with free IMAP
My email life just got upgraded. Gmail finally added IMAP support! This means I’ll Be able to read everything everywhere without having to zoom by thinking: oh I read that already!
(Via Gmail Blog.)
Need to realease some stress?
Andres sent me a really cool site to relieve some stress, check it out. This is for the ecofriendly bubble wrap fans out there! Link.
Viacom sues YouTube, and uses Google search?
As I was writing the previous entry on how much NBC execs suck, I realized that TheDailyShow.com website which is owned by Viacom, who sued YouTube who is owned by Google, “googles” it’s videos. Hypocrisy doesn’t even cut it anymore:
What is up with NBC?
NBC executive are just simply annoying and fucking stupid. First news break out that NBC is ditching iTunes for their own TV show distribution(Windows only by the way). Now they dumped YouTube’s direct channel that featured non other than the SNL hit “Junk in a Box”. It had over 28 million views!!! How can they [...]
17% of iPhones sold to unlockers?
In today’s Apple earnings call, a number not related to record breaking profits, revenue, Mac sales nor iPods. It was the number of 250k iPhones sold with the intention of unlocking. How do they come up with these numbers, I am not sure, but the market is asking for something. Will Apple listen like they [...]