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Google Reader's death is an opportunity, but for who?
// So #Google is killing Google Reader, messing with the image they have been building for years that "Google can do everything for everyone". #Reader has been the definitive #web-based #RSS reader service for years. That said the race is one for it’s replacement. And things are not looking good in terms of instantly responding [Continue reading]
The waiting line game of Mailbox
// #Mailbox , the latest attempt at improving mail #productivity , might work or it might fail. But they’ve handled their launch strategy in an innovative and smart (in terms of #marketing ). Instead of the classic "give us your e-mail to notify you" and then just launch for the entire world, they adopted a [Continue reading]
Must download: Best of Quora
// If there is a site that you could say "let’s convert this into a book", it is probably #Quora . So it’s great that they just come out with a collection of 100 of their best responses form the last 2 years. The 400-page #book is available for download as a free #PDF [Continue reading]
Does writing in the WSJ mean anything?
// Short answer: probably not. A bit longer answer: I just had the pleasure of reading this article by +John C Dvorak on the Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch http://bit.ly/WfVf1V In it Dvorak determines that #crowdsourcing will soon be over and provides 3 examples: 1) He went on a site and got a popup (which he didn’t know if [Continue reading]
Behold the Beauty of Bash
// This dangerous and #fun piece of #code (called a "fork bomb") would make a great t-shirt :)You can try to find out what it does, do a backup first. Or read the analysis here http://bit.ly/VYACFcVia +Geek Humor Google+: Reshared 1 times
The Internet of Buzzwords
// The Next Web explains "Why 2013 will be the year of the Internet of Things" http://tnw.co/TmTcZl According to WikiPedia, the term describes "a system where the Internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors". But at the moment I think there is a confusion on what "the Internet of Things" actually means, or [Continue reading]
The universal translator is coming
// Speech recognition + instant translation + speaker like speech synthesis! Watch the demo:
How-to: Torrents on your iPad
// How to download/watch torrents on your #iPad:1) Go to www.put.io and make a free account2) Get a #torrent link from your regular legal source3) Paste the torrent link to put.io. 4) You’re done. Very soon you’ll have a download link and a stream option Enjoy! :)
Awesome Google Maps fail
// Maybe we shouldn’t be so hard on #Apple’s #map failures… :) Link to the see it for yourself http://goo.gl/maps/4bh3mAnd Bing getting it right http://binged.it/QQMkkf Reshared post from +Sharon Strandskov I am usually pretty pleased with Google Maps, but surely there has to be a faster way… I know there were border issues, but I thought they [Continue reading]
Dailymotion opens up Publisher Network – kind of
// #Dailymotion has been doing revenue deals with big sites like Yahoo! and The Huffington Post, but recently they have opened their platform for smaller sites as well. The basic idea is that you embed Dailymotion videos in your site, ads are server and you get 30% of Dailymotion’s net ad revenues. A "Curator tool" [Continue reading]
SoftLayer considered spam by Google
//If you are a #SoftLayer client, be sure to check your #junk folder often as #Gmail is now considering it as a source of #spam . This is probably a recent development as I never had this problem before. As a result all mails from Softlayer of the last 10 days have ended up in [Continue reading]
The Apple Manual on being a Human
// A big scoop for Gizmodo yesterday, with what appears to be the Apple manual on their Genius staff training. It’s a full instructions set on how to talk to customers in a civilized, friendly and empathic way, while at the same time not admitting that there might something wrong with an #Apple product and [Continue reading]
Penises on Salad Super-Delegates
// Oh Google automatic #transcribe feature, you’re always an instant source of fun! :-) It’s like magic: "We’re enjoying a tasty lunch with Athenos feta in our salads, it’s super delicious" is transcribed to…what i’m saying it’s a steel into the penis that on our salads super-delegates More fun on the video link here http://bit.ly/OIVAHI [Continue reading]
You can not delete stuff from the internet
Public reminder: when something is public, a copy of what you posted (multiple copies actually) remains somewhere. So you can’t just delete a customer’s comment and pretend it never existed. If his cares enough (like +Thomas Hawk here), the situation will be made even worse for you. Think again Walmart… Embedded Link Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » [Continue reading]
YouTube Ad Context-Matching Fail
Dear #YouTube, just because I am watching a video with Japanese words in it’s title, it doesn’t mean I should watch an ad in Japanese. I’m a Greek watching this from Greece for God’s sake. And the video contains people talking in English. After this, I don’t understand how people worry that "Google knows so [Continue reading]
Nature as art
Awesome data #visualization by +NASA You don’t need to look much further for inspiration, just look around you :)
You are the product even if you pay for the product
Shameful tactics by CISCO… Reshared post from +Jan Moren Don’t buy a Cisco router. Don’t buy a Linksys router either; they’re the same company. Why? Because they now lock you out of your own bought-for router unless you join their online service. A service that gives them the right to use your data, shut down [Continue reading]
3, 2, 1, Launch!
Just click play Outstanding video from NASA…(via +michael interbartolo) Google+: Reshared 2 times
The Singing Paper
Sounds like magic but new advances in printing using special inks can create electrical circuits, converting a piece of paper to something interactive. Uniform has some ideas… http://bit.ly/zrO13R
It's an upside down world
I know you like maps on signs so I put a QR code on your sign to open up a map… Someone please explain the rationale for placing a huge QR code on a sign on the space where you would normally put a map, and then having the QR code be a link to [Continue reading]
Apple: the ultimate troll, the first error
One hour and a half of presentation and they still haven’t announced the name! :D In the initial version of this post, i thought #Apple was trolling the internet. Minutes before the end of the iPad event and after the endless rumours on the name – #iPad3 , iPad HD, iPad RD? – and there [Continue reading]
This is why people pirate
Awesome Oatmeal comic about trying something as simple as watching your favorite show online http://bit.ly/Aeok0T To quote Valve’s Gabe Newell: "We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable [Continue reading]
Microsoft: Google.com is malware site
Mark this as #fail of the week: Google.com was marked as a #malware distributing site by Microsoft Security Essentials program due to a buggy update. #Google was labeled as a “severe” threat due to being infected with the Blackhole Exploit Kit – a nasty sounding exploit developed in Russia that allows hackers to target Windows [Continue reading]
Piracy??
What’s the point of the music industry continuing their arguments on piracy and losing revenues (or worse, regular people "stealing" revenues) when you can legally have pretty much any music video stream to your computer? The ease of listening to any music anywhere has gotten to the ridiculous point where you can have a continuous [Continue reading]
This is completely wrong, but it doesn't really matter
Finally, a computer for your mom’s living room? Which magically turns to an iPad?Price not set yet. If you really want to know more, click here http://bit.ly/xxa2h3And yes, there is also an iPhone version…. On a more serious note: this started as a #Kickstarter project, where 37 people funded the product with an average of [Continue reading]
Amazing: killing MegaUpload didn't stop sharing
Sharing sites like rapidshare, uploaded.to and hotfile.com should be sending chocolate gifts to the FBI. Since the closing of #MegaUpload they have seen as much as 3 times the traffic they usually have. Job well done feds :) More at TorrentFreak http://bit.ly/wyCOtK
JPEGmini: Less bytes, same quality on your photos
Here is a way for making your website faster: #JPEGmini http://bit.ly/zb7QdM is a new service that compresses a JPEG file without any change in the quality. I tried some random tests with pretty good results. a) Flower photo by +Thomas Hawk : 2048x2048px at 964KB turned to 721KB (1.3x compression)b) "Bird" photo by +Elena Kalis [Continue reading]
25 Universities and Colleges Offering Free Courses Online
See also http://opencontent.org/ocwfinder/If you have trouble accessing the link below here it is http://freevideolectures.com/blog/2012/01/universities-colleges-offering-free-courses-online/ Reshared post from +Michelle Marie 25 Universities and Colleges Offering Free Courses Online Open courseware offered by top universities allow self-learners to access high quality educational materials for no cost. Whether expanding your knowledge on a variety of topics or sampling [Continue reading]
Escaping Flickr
I previously http://bit.ly/x0KSf0 wrote about my troubles with Flickr: my Pro account expired (Flickr cared so much about keeping me as a client that it sent me a total 1 (one) mail about it) and according to Flickr policy I could only access only the 200 most recents og my photos. The solution (according to [Continue reading]
I'm a Flickr hostage
I had seen the notification by #Flickr that my Pro account was expiring. The single mail of notification linked to a FAQ page http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#73 mentioned that photos above the 200 free limit would be hidden. I made the mistake to believe that that meant that the extra photos would simply be hidden from public view. [Continue reading]