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A semi-FAQ
via Socialthing! blog by Matt on March 09, 2008
So I want to clarify a ton of things in wake of the TechCrunch post.1. Socialthing! is not FriendFeed, and FriendFeed is not Socialthing!This one is a question we always get: How are you different from FriendFeed? And how do we respond? Usually with one common answer: We have very different value propositions, and right now are being compared to each other because of a surface understanding...
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Watch Out FriendFeed: Socialthing! Is Even Easier to Use
via TechCrunch by Mark Hendrickson on March 09, 2008
There are a bazillion social network aggregators out there (Mike attempted to round up some of the most notable ones here). FriendFeed is the most visible of them all for two main reasons: it was founded a group of ex-Googlers and, as a consequence, benefits from a clean and easy-to-use design.But FriendFeed’s going to have some serious competition from a TechStars startup called Socialthing!,...
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WebSlices can help popularize feed syndication
via Jon Udell by Jon Udell on March 04, 2008
With the release of the first public beta of Internet Explorer 8, two new features come to light: Activities and WebSlices. You can see a demo of both in Joshua Allen’s interview with Jane Kim. I think of Activities as next-generation bookmarklets, and also as kissing cousins to the OpenSearch providers that you can add to the browser’s search box.WebSlices are something else again. They...
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Death and Supreme Knowledge
via WTTF: Welcome to the Future by Jeremy on March 04, 2008
The ancient Greeks have had all the pornography on hold for centuries.New Dinosaur found in the Sahara.What really happened to Adam and Eve’s children.Probably the finest way to spend an evening ever.This will take 36 trips.Not believing in Dinosaurs makes them emoticon smile.Why does searching for dinosaurs always bring about questions of religious faith?
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Google Calendar Sync
via Official Google Blog by Karen on March 05, 2008
Posted by Shirin Oskooi, Product Manager, Google CalendarI've suffered major headaches trying to sync all my calendars. I used the Microsoft Outlook calendar on my desktop computer at home, but since I wanted to be able to access my schedule from anywhere, I also kept a copy of it on Google Calendar. When I traveled, I'd import my Google Calendar data into my laptop's Outlook calendar...
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One more step
via Official Google Reader Blog by Mihai Parparita on March 05, 2008
photo by groundzero (CC-licensed)Not every Reader release is filled with excitingnewfeatures, but we'd like to think that every little improvement counts. While we've been working on some longer-term things, we've also had time to make some smaller changes to Reader, which we're releasing today:More languages and countries: Reader is now available in Austria, Czech Republic,...
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Albums are Dead, Long live the Concept [vveerrgg]
via Twitter Friends Blog Feed by (author unknown) on March 04, 2008
Traditionally the idea of an Album was to fill a sale-able package (Vinyl, Tape, or CD) with a collection of songs. Owning an Album was the only on demand option listeners had for consuming music from an artist. It also created an opportunity for a listener to discover the depth of an artist and eventually evolve them into a fan.Todays music consumer has so many options for consuming music there...
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Maybe I Wrote in Invisible Ink [thomashawk]
via Twitter Friends Blog Feed by Thomas Hawk on March 04, 2008
Sometimes the blur and colors of a decisive moment are more interesting than the moment itself.
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Silverlight for Mobile primer session at MIX08
via Adam Kinney, Silverlight Surfer by Adam Kinney on March 05, 2008
... will also run on the Nokia platform. This is very cool, keeping Silverlight true to form by being cross-platform.So when does it become real?The team is planning to ship a CTP of version 1 in the 2nd quarter of 08 and then RTM the 4th quarter of 08. Along with the RTM of version 1, they are planning to release a CTP of version 2 which will match Silverlight 2 including the managed runtime.
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Why Hasn’t Podcasting Caught On Yet?
via Mapping The Web by Aidan on March 03, 2008
[Why Hasn’t Podcasting Caught On Yet?] - When “podcasting” emerged a few years back, enthusiasts quickly proclaimed it to be the next big thing. As is the case with the so-called “semantic web”, podcasting has failed to live up to expectations. But why? The benefits are obvious and publishers are going to great lengths to be heard.The first thought that comes to mind is time. Maybe...
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