Tech Tuesday: Google Buzz

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New this Tuesday from Google is their answer to facebook, twitter and friendfeed, Google Buzz. Like those other social status-sharing applications, Buzz allows you to share what you’re up to, things you’re finding online, pictures and videos with the people in your social circle. Instead of launching as a standalone service, Buzz is integrated into your existing Google account and inbox. I hope this new project does well. Not because we need more ways to share the minutia of our lives- quite the opposite.

We need someone like Google to standardize this type of service so we can share from one convenient place TO all the places our friends like. That way, even though there may not be a single service that everyone uses, everybody won’t need to have multiple acocunts.

As if this post isn’t geeky enough, I almost used a Lord of the Rings quote to describe Google Buzz- “One Ring to rule them all, one ring to bind them”. Then I realized that people who could relate to a LotR quote wouldn’t have enough friends to use Buzz.

Google Buzz will show up in your Gmail inbox in the next couple days, and more information is available at google.com/buzz now.

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February 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Kim Kardashian Hosts Fresh Links AM

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Kim Kardashian (pictured above wearing shoulder and knee pads because she doesn’t understand how watching a football game works) was on hand to celebrate her boyfriend Reggie Bush’s Super Bowl victory.  Here’s a joke I’m working on: Reggie Bush and Lamar Odom are in a bar, looking at their respective ladies, Kim and Khloe Kardashian. Reggie says, “You know, Lamar, this is the first time I’ve seen a second-place trophy taller than the grand prize.” [Celebrity Gossip]

The best ad during the Super Bowl was the little kid who slaps the guy who wants to eat his mama Doritos. I personally like to think he slapped him for saying “down pack” instead of “down pat”. (My mom is an English teacher and used to slap me for using malapropisms) [YouTube]

Google aired a pretty good commercial during the game , but this one would’ve been better. [Sneak Hype]

Jay and Rihanna redid “Run this Town” for a Super Bowl XVI promo. I like to think that Jay just walked away with the Lombardi Trophy used in the video, and Sean Payton slept with a replica last night. [Splash]

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February 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Tech Tuesday: Google + Apple Face/Off

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When Apple launched the iPod, they made Google’s search, maps and video products defaults on the new device. When Google released a mobile operating system that would allow other manufacturers to create iPhone-type devices, Apple stayed silent. When Google released the very iPhone-like Nexus One, Apple started rumors that they might dump Google for age-old rival Microsoft’s Bing search. Today, just a few days after the Bing rumors started, Google announced that they’re going to include multitouch (pinch zooming) functionality to their Nexus One, a feature that was widely believe to have been left off of many Google-powered devices due to an unspoken agreement with Apple.

This is just like the 1990s. Google is the overtly aggressive Pac and Apple is the reticent, yet subliminal-spitting Biggie. That would make Microsoft Jay-Z, Sidekicks would be Beyonce, and Blackberry is Snoop Dogg, but angry, stomping on NY buildings, 1995 Snoop, not happy, “I Wanna Rock” Snoop. And who is Palm? Well, my friend, I will have to say Palm is your girlfriend (I ran out of tech analogies and went with an attack on your inability to find a lady, and for that, I apologize.)

via techcrunch

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The Apple Tablet Hosts AM Links

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Apple hypebeasts are gearing up today for the release of the Apple iPad, iSlate, iTablet or whatever they decide to call it at 10AM Pacific. They say this thing will revolutionize the way we read books. I say “does that mean it’s going to force me to start reading books?” [engadget liveblog]

SnapDat, a new iPhone app, threatens to replace the business card. You’ll be able to exchange info if both you and the other person have both an iPhone and the app. How confusing. I miss the good old days when if you wanted to exchange business cards all you had to do was beam contacts from your 2-Way pager. [BlackWeb2.0]

The Nexus One is now available in designer colors through Colorware – it’s like with Apple getting all the attention today the phone from Google went out and put on too much makeup like a hurt, lonely girl. [engadget]

Some guy claimed to have gotten his hands on an Apple tablet early and has posted that its features include “solar panels” for recharging. OK this is getting ridiculous. The presentation starts at 10 AM. [techcrunch]

Why all the Apple news links today? We, let’s just say that Bobby Fresh will be making its own announcement a little later today. [BobbyFresh] (You didn’t just click on that link, did you? You’re already here, dummy)

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