Category: Services

Google unifies their storage across services. Not sure what this means for people like me with a legacy storage plan, though.

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App.Net, the social network that I describe as a platform that enables many different experiences, has launched their Passport app for iOS (download link)!

For those of you curious about app.net, this is a great way to, first, get a free-tier App.net account (normally you’d have to get an invite from someone), see the different iOS apps that utilize the app.net APIs, find people to follow, and manage your App.Net profile. It purposefully does not perform any messaging functions as you are encouraged to use third party apps to interact with App.Net (unlike Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

It’s also supports the ability to pass your App.Net credentials to other App.Net applications, making it easy to try new apps without entering your App.Net credentials in again. Apps have to add support for this feature, which is relatively straightforward from what I can tell.

I really enjoy being on App.Net and hope you’ll take advantage of the Passport you’ve been given to try it out. If you want an invite and not using an iOS, leave a comment with your email address and I’ll send one.

As I’m currently rethinking my current situation, I articulate the various options for putting content online for others to see.

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John C. Dvorak’s Blog got blocked by Google because it was infected with malware. Even though the infection was removed pretty quickly, it took them days to remove the block. This was really obvious by the lack of donations for the best podcast in the universe on Sunday’s show.

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Scott Willsey of Pocket Sized Podcast and Not Speeding in Reverse sent me some audio feedback about some comments I made about Robert Scoble and Social Media.

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Google Now was just released for iOS, and, well, it creeps me out.

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As a follow up to my previous episode about Apple Maps, I understand why people like Google Maps better: it’s all about the search.

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