First up, Internet Radio
Pandora (And Other Internet Radio) Has Officially Been Saved – from Techcrunch
and some good news from Google -Google Apps outta beta:
Google Apps is out of beta (yes, really) – from Google
and Microsoft steals some of the spotlight from Google’s Clean Energy Revolution
Microsoft Hohm
Finally, if you need video (any video) to run smoothly on your Windows machine, try VideoLan. We were first turned onto VideoLan by Rick Tulloch which in turn saved our collective arses from the woes of jerky video in front of hundreds at the Palace. Now…
VideoLan Turns One
mahalo Rick!
Facebook Launches OpenID Support – Users Can Now Login With Gmail Accounts
“…once users link their Facebook account to a Gmail address (or OpenID URL), they’ll be automatically logged in when they go to Facebook after having logged into that service. Facebook says that in its user testing so far, users who register through OpenID actually get engaged with Facebook more quickly than others.”Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
One good thing about being a jack of all and master of nothing is the innate ability to adopt new technologies. With this comes a responsibility to also try new things.
This includes operating systems, devices, browsers/applications and online services. One of the most difficult gaps to bridge for the tech industry has been the gap between using a phone and using a pc. This must surely be causing headaches in phone application adoption. The iPhone is an exception and I believe this is due to the ease of use.
Google Android might be the perfect bridge. A tweet this morning caused me to think differently. Bloomberg is reporting the possibility of the Google Andriod phone OS being preinstalled on ASUS Netbook. This netbook would probably cost about $500 bucks.
Not only would this be within reach of students but also transitional web workers. For me and a small group of webmasters (small?) we would love being able to use the same OS for our desktop, laptop and phone. I could imagine being able to move my OS between devices giving me ultimate adoption of a single OS.
Windows Mobile on my Motorola Q is gross. Instead of “surprisingly pleasant” Verizon continues to prefer a “barely legal” customer service model. Windows Vista seems as far away from mobile-based as the nearest cell phone tower. I don’t mean to grumble.
I’m trying to point out the value in having a single OS to work on and what I feel would be a landslide of support for any user experience that bridges the mobile and office models seamlessly. We don’t need syncing. We need fluidity.
