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Saturday, November 07, 2009
PBworks Announces Real-Time and Voice Collaboration
PBworks, the leading provider ofhosted collaboration solutions for business and education, today announced itsupcoming Real-Time Collaboration Update, including true VoiceCollaboration. Geographically-distributed teams will be able to work together on writingcontent, creating meeting notes in real-time, working together duringimpromptu conference calls, and enjoying other interactive features whichpreviously required a face-to-face meeting.
What’s Your Favorite Google Wave Gadget? - Adam Hirsch, Mashable
Google Wave is still a new phenomenon in the social media world. There is no Google Wave App Store yet and the API is relatively new, which means that Google Wave Gadgets are hard to find. The crux of Google Wave() is the extensions/apps or what Google Wave is calling “Gadgets”. Embeds and robots will have their place, but most likely not for the common user. [Ed Note: My favorite at this moment is "iFrame" - enabling you to insert a frame with an active Web site (hyperlinks work!) into a Wave]
Twitter Lists Inspired By Tweetdeck, Google Wave & Enterprise Microblogs - Ron Callari, InventorSpot
With the Holiday Season fast approaching, you might want to consider "making your list and checking it twice." Lists are the new order of business in Twitterville. Some say it will take the place of "Follow Fridays." Others think its jumping on the the Google Wave and Enterprise Microblogs' bandwagon. Sort of like a Wave-lite, Twitter's new list feature seems to be attempting to combine email and microblogging into a single media solution. Collaboration seems to be the goal here as users can now band together to share topics of common interest. Friday, November 06, 2009
Internet addresses set for change - BBC
The internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world. The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts. More than half of the 1.6 billion people who use the internet speak languages with non-Latin scripts. It is being described as the biggest change to the way the internet works since it was created 40 years ago.
How will you use Google Wave? - Nick Heath, ZDNet Asia
It may have only been launched a few months ago but Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service. "Google is a company whose products usually start by capturing the imagination of consumers and then business gets interested but we have already had an enormous amount of interest [from companies]," Rasmussen told the SAP TechEd conference in Vienna yesterday. Rasmussen predicted businesses will use Wave to collaborate on writing documents, decision-making and co-ordinating department workflows.
Google Voice - TransWorld News
A famous pioneer in web technology, creating the most popular search website in use today, Google stands at the forefront of companies that are pushing everything into the developing arena of the internet. With some of the most brilliant minds at work under their roof, the services coming from their creativity have essentially changed how we communicate with each other. From Gmail to Google Wave, to competition that desperately plays "catch up," proof of this company's forward-thinking innovation abounds. Thursday, November 05, 2009
Google introduces Social Search - John Brownlee, Geek.com Google introduces Social Search - John Brownlee, Geek.com
Google usually does a pretty good job of selling their latest products: from Scott McCloud’s enthusiastic but ultimately somewhat patronizing comic expounding upon Chrome’s benefits, to their lengthy (frankly, too lengthy) Google Wave tutorial videos. But it’s hard to make sense of the headline to the announcement of Google’s latest service, Social Search: “I finally found my friend’s New York blog!” the copy triumphantly crows. Isn’t this precisely the sort of thing stock Google search is already pretty good at.
L.A. votes to "Go Google"; pressure shifts to Google and the cloud - Sam Diaz, ZDNet
The Los Angeles City Council today voted unanimously to “Go Google,” approving a $7.25 million contract to outsource the city’s e-mail system to Google’s cloud and transition some 30,000 city employees to the cloud over the coming year, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Clearly, this is a big deal for the city of Los Angeles. But this vote is also monumental for cloud computing as a whole, which has gained popularity and widespread interest but still relatively little adoption as companies - and municipalities, apparently - weigh the anticipated cost benefits over the unknown risks that might come with system failures or data breaches.
Organization, not Collaboration, May Be Key to Google Wave's Success - Ann All, IT Business Tech
Lots of folks seem excited by Google Wave's potential to radically alter collaboration. And maybe it will, but I don't think it will do so by offering some heretofore unimagined collaboration capabilities. Instead, like Google's hugely successful search engine (or a closet organizer), it'll change our lives simply by helping us find what we need. Wednesday, November 04, 2009
First Google Wave, now Google Social Search - Daniel Gould, St. Louis Social Media Examiner
The Official Google Blog says..."today we're rolling out a new experiment on Google Labs called Google Social Search that helps you find more relevant public content from your broader social circle." This is the next level in Social Media with a War already going on between, Twitter and Facebook, this changes the landscape. Bing struck first with their announcement that they will be brokering deals with Twitter for their social search. However, I don't think any of us saw this coming! My only question is when is Google Wave Launching?
Google Wave to Get an App Store Soon - Techtree
Google has revealed that its just launched communications service Google Wave will have an App Store of its own on the lines of the Apple App Store. The unofficial "announcement" came at the Google Wave User Group Meetup at London that was held on October 27. Apart from the news regarding the arrival of an app store, there is also news about the service getting couple of new functionalities and fixing its current slowness. However, the snippet regarding the App Store was the most interesting of the lot - especially since it could prove to be a revenue generator for potential app developers.
Google Wave gets own app store - Nicole Kobie, IT Pro
Google Wave will likely have an application store for developers to sell their creations. This is according to Google Wave co-developer Lars Rasmussen, who told Tech Radar that such a system was likely to happen. "So we haven't 100 per cent locked this in, but all the developers are asking [about paid-for apps]," Rasmussen told the site. Tuesday, November 03, 2009
T.L.C. to Help an Old Laptop Overcome Its Age - JOHN BIGGS, New York Times
When a desktop computer loses its horsepower or, worse, crashes entirely, it seems a shame to throw it away, and often unnecessary: even the most timid computer user can add a U.S.B. hard drive or connect a new monitor. But when a laptop dies, it seems like it’s the end of the line. However, new online stores and easy upgrades mean that wounded laptops can, like mine, be healed.
Windows 7 Keeps the Good, Tries to Fix Flaws - Stuart Goldenberg, New York Times
Windows 7 has arrived at last. Microsoft's three-year Windows Vista nightmare is over. That operating system’s wretched reputation may have been overblown; at the outset, it was slow, intrusive and incompatible with a lot of gadgets, but it’s been quietly improved over the years. Nonetheless, the corporate software buyers who order copies of Windows by the gross weren’t impressed. As recently as this summer, at least two-thirds of corporate computers were still running the positively ancient Windows XP.
Radio Streams Through Windows - J. D. BIERSDORFER, New York Times
Recent versions of Windows Media Player let you listen to live streaming radio in a few different ways. You can add a stream you find yourself on a radio station’s Web site or select one from the collection offered in the Media Guide menu in Windows Media Player. Some sites that collect radio streams from around the world also give you an option to listen to the audio feed through media software like Windows Media Player, iTunes and WinAMP. Monday, November 02, 2009
Taking the Official Google Chrome Tour - eWeek
Google's Chrome Web browser has been out since Sept. 2, 2008, and the application has garnered accolades for speed and weathered criticism for taking a long time to appear in Mac and Linux versions. The browser, which has undergone quite the evolution since its launch, already has more than 3 percent market share. To endear it to new users, Google began offering a tour of the browser's features Oct. 14. Rather than making you point and click all over the Website, eWEEK takes you through the ins and outs of Chrome.
10 Reasons Why the Windows 7 Upgrade Is Unlike Any Other - eWeek
Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system arrives on store shelves and, possibly, in your IT department. For Microsoft and the legions of IT administrators that rely on Windows technology, this is a big deal with implications for the global economy. The unveiling of Windows 7, especially in light of what happened with Windows Vista and the legacy of Windows XP, not only means a lot for Microsoft but for businesses that rely on Windows for their IT infrastructure. Here, eWEEK's Eric Lundquist looks at what Windows 7 means, from its impact on the growing cloud computing infrastructure to what the impact is on competitors such as Google and Apple. In addition, Lundquist explores what the Windows 7 upgrade means for your IT department and your own PC.
Predictive Analytics Fuels New Uses for Cloud Computing - Steve Kovsky, eWeek
Interest in cloud computing architecture still remains largely theoretical for many corporations. However, a growing number of enterprise companies are diving into the cloud to perform complex calculations on very large data sets. One such application that’s fueling greater awareness of cloud computing's ability to impact the corporate bottom line is in the field of predictive analytics, allowing companies to create models that can predict customer behavior and other critical business information. In this video, Baseline Contributing Editor Steve Kovsky talks with Dr. Michael Zeller, cofounder and CEO of Zementis, and a leader in the field of open source cloud computing and predictive analytics. Sunday, November 01, 2009
Windows 7 Touch Screen Functionality - Nicholas Kolakowski, eWeek
At Microsoft's Windows 7 launch in New York City on Oct. 22, CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives promoted the new operating system's touch-screen functionality. Several devices on display during the launch allow users to navigate by tapping and swiping through various applications, and eWEEK was there to test a few of them out.
Mozilla tries to build the ultimate in-box: Raindrop - Stephen Shankland, Deep Tech CNet
Mozilla's Thunderbird team has been working on software called Raindrop that aims to unify communications channels such as e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter into a single interface with enough built-in smarts to separate the important messages from the routine. "E-mail used to house the bulk of the conversations that took place on the internet, but that's no longer the case today. In today's world people use a combination of Twitter, IM, Skype, Facebook, Google Docs, e-mail, etc., to communicate.
Twitter goodness: Twee for Palm Pre - Jessica Dolcourt, CNet news.cnet.com
Hey, Palm users. If you've been waiting for the WebOS Twitter app Twee to leave Homebrew status and graduate to Palm's App Catalog, get moving. Twee 1.0, by Delicious Morsel, has hit prime time. The Twee Twitter app comes in two versions: free and pro ($2.99). TweeFree has more features than other WebOS Twitter apps, including photo support via TwitPic, yfrog, TweetPhoto, and Img.ly, and you can track Twitter trends with Twitturly. |
