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Apple and Psystar Finally Strike a Deal | Macgasm - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
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"On Monday, Apple and Psystar have finally strike a deal in the copyright case that has been going on for months. If you haven’t heard, Apple was suing Psystar for shipping out Intel-based systems with Mac OS X preinstalled on them. Apple finally got what they wanted because Psystar has agreed to stop selling these Mac clone computers."
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
I'm still torn on this whole debate, I'd love to see OS X sold on its own. I'd also love to be able to have OS X running in a vmware install at the very least. It would make testing applications a lot less dangerous.
- Joshua Schnell
@Joshua I know what you mean. Very hard case to take sides on
- Shevonne
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Tilt scrolling and Tweetie integration. I talked about it here in the Apple Room http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Christopher Harley
I use InstaPaper on my iPod Touch - because the we only have #nearlynet in NZ - wifi isn't everywhere, and often costs. MobileSafari tends to reload a page you leave open when you switch tabs, incurring more data charges or requiring a net connection to continue reading an article or page online. Flat rate connectivity isn't a reality in New Zealand - every bit costs - so a local cache...
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- Jo Booth
I've used both. Evernote I use because I also have the firefox extension installed so i can access all my notes in either application. Instamapper, I don't see a reason for most people to use unless some 3rd party make some great app to take advantage of their data. I only use it to program and play with the raw API data they provide
- brendan
@brendan Instamapper or Instapaper?
- Christopher Harley
Tweetie integration is the big win on Instapaper for the iPhone.
- Bill Sodeman
i do. instapaper's offline feature is as of yet unmatched by evernote for iphone. it loads fast and remembers your position in a document. i think the two companies should work together to integrate much like tweetie has done with instapaper.
- pendolino
Evernote has some cool features, take a picture of something with text and it can search and find the text in the image, Instapaper is good for when you come across a story you want to read but don't have time, you send the link to it and when you have time you go to your repository and read the stories you saved and it marks them read and removes them from the list. It's bookmarking with a specific purpose.
- Brian
What are the differences between these services?
- Vezquex: God of FF
I use evernote as a reference and a second brain and Instapaper for articles I just want to read at a later date
- Simon Tracey
evernote is my outsourced brain (archive) and instapaper my todolist.
- denise
I struggled to figure out the point too - I looked at Evernote, and saw how terrible the desktop app was, and couldn't figure out why Leo Laporte was so crazy about it.
- Jonathan Beckett
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-Mail Router unexpectedly stalls - http://blogs.msdn.com/benlec...
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Why text messages are limited to 160 characters | Technology | Los Angeles Times - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technol...
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Re: Looking for SEO & PHP Developers
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I was talking with someone at the #WgtnTweetup the other day about secret SEO/SEM startups. Hrm.. may be the same one. I've always dabbled in SEO, from necessity rather than because I was being paid for it. Back a few years I helped out a team in the time2dine nigritude ultramarine SEO competition, which was a good test of theory. Might say hi at least ;) Posted to: Looking for SEO & PHP Developers
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Twitter in theory: ideas that help me understand twitter http://epeus.blogspot.com/2009...
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should have come through as a blogpost too, but first blogger sent it through with a date in march as thts when I started writing it.
- Kevin Marks
probably the most wonderful expression of love I've seen using facefeed http://www.zachblume.com/iloveyo... #fb
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We see a fair few @UPnz members attending the #WgtnTweetUP tonight at Mighty Mighty http://twtvite.com/wirhtt/ Will send an exec or two...?
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Cheers @br3nda for the HeadsUP on the @OpenGovtNZ #OpenGovt #barcamp & #hackfest on Aug 29/30th. (via @UPnz forums: http://UP.org.nz/heads-u... )
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Looking for SEO & PHP Developers
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Hi everyone, We are looking for both PHP & SEO professionals to become part of our start-up, just looking for people interested in putting in a few hours a week in return for partial ownership of a promising online venture which has already established itself in the New Zealand market. This is pretty vague I realize but just email me for more information; sean@ideon.net.nz. Please note this is not the email address I use for the start-up for obvious reasons. A little more info; there are three of us currently chipping away and our membership is growing daily, but we can really use the part-time help of people especially skilled in SEO as the website is content rich, but we need to capitalize on this to boost our organic traffic. Again, my email address is: sean@ideon.net.nz and feel free to drop me a quick note to find out more, Kind regards, Sean Posted to: Looking for SEO & PHP Developers
Open Govt barcamp and hackfest
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Web 2.0 developments have shown the potential of combining data from different sources made freely available on the Internet. The government holds a huge range of non-personal data which could form the basis of innovative services and applications by others on the Internet. You should come if you are interested in government information policy, explore ways to provide data, making entrepreneurial use of the Internet, or building working applications during a weekend. Details area at: http://groups.google.co.nz/group... Posted to: Open Govt barcamp and hackfest
@JoMangee Hey Jo - its was a great event! Well done for organizing it! #SocialUPnz - http://twitter.com/Busines...
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@UPnz Of course the presos & Q&A will be shared online, yes? - http://twitter.com/Miramar...
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@UPnz Of course the presos & Q&A will be shared online, yes?
Google Voice App Just Killed the Telcos and Skype - Thoughts on social media, the web and technology - jungleG - http://jungleg.com/2009...
Dobromir Hadzhiev, EricaJoy, Daniel Rowley and 64 other people liked this
Your mobile line becomes the least important part of your cell phone. It’s just the dumb pipe to connect you to Google Voice. If I were to port my cell phone number to Google Voice (which will be an option soon) I would be able to switch phone companies without any regret, because Google Voice is now my main switchboard.
- Jorge Escobar
from Bookmarklet
I know the feeling, it's something that will eventually go to other countries I'm sure.
- Jorge Escobar
Sadly true Grunt Ape
- Edward Zwart
placing calls that appear as coming from the gvoice number (in caller id) has been one remaining difficulty, it sounds like this will help address that
- Mike Chelen
I'm from Latin America and I would read these things in magazines and would be jealous of the things I'd read. Things are better now though, in terms of how globalization is making it more of a level playfield.
- Jorge Escobar
Heck, I'd pay for this. You have any idea the confusion that ensues when you mix your business and private lines up?? Hope it comes to the UK soon.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Ok, so will Google Voice calls reach my cell phone, even if I'm not in a 2G/Edge/3G/Wifi zone? Just from standard digitial voice connection?
- Matthew DeVries
Well Google Voice will ring one or many phones based on rules you set. The incoming part of it is pretty straightforward, and it's done via regular phone lines. The revolutionary thing here is the outgoing calls from your cell. When you have the GV app sitting on your cell, the outgoing call is routed via regular cell phone line to GV and then GV calls your party, so it's kind of a 'virtual receptionist'. And you don't have to open the app or anything, it's done automatically for you.
- Jorge Escobar
Matthew, yep, because the app uses the regular voice connection for outgoing calls. the voicemail inbox interface and address book require data connection though.
- Mike Chelen
Mike, does the address book cache locally?
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, it's based on your Google contacts on my G1 so yes. Don't know about the BlackBerry
- Jorge Escobar
AHH!!!! SMS's are now going to both my phone and the Voice App, and Voice website, three different sounds in my office for every message. People are freaking out, what do I have wrong?
- Matthew DeVries
Will SMS sent to the google voice number arrive without a data connection to the Voice app?
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, Jorge, on the blackberry it uses the phone's address book too, and the list of recent calls and voicemails is cached, listening to one the first time requires a data connection, after that it has been downloaded and can be replayed with the connection off. haven't tested SMS yet
- Mike Chelen
There will be a lot of this kind of thing in the near future. If you can't get a Google Voice account right away, go get a free number and 2,000 free USA minutes at http://sipgate.com - More companies will be offering these services by 2010, including apps for iPhone et al..
- randulo
I am so stocked! I've been a GrandCentral user for a year or two and can't wait for this to come to the iPhone.
- Brian Bufalo
Crazy question. I dial 911 on my phone right now, at the very least the dispatcher knows what tower I'm calling from and what city I'm in, and usually knows if highway patrol or local should be getting the call. If Google talk is managing my calls (such that people see my google talk number on Caller ID) what 911 dispatcher gets the call? Will they be even remotely local?
- Matthew DeVries
That's a very interesting question Matthew -- I am sure the Telco still passes the real information on some metadata level, but more telco-heavy users might want to chime in on this one.
- Jorge Escobar
That IS a great question...
- Internet's Tad
The fact that you still NEED some kind of line from a telco makes this irrelevant. I love my Google Voice number, I've been using it since Grand Central. But this in no way negates the telcos. At the end of the day, you're still giving AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile your cash.
- David Chartier
from iPhone
David, I agree, but the bread and butter for Telcos are the value-added services. If I ask T-Mobile that I don't want voicemail or a bunch of the other stuff and that I only want a voice/data line, I could see them suffering business wise, don't you think?
- Jorge Escobar
If you use tmobile and choose your google voice number as a "my faves" number, you basicly have unlimited minutes if used correctly.
- Christian Burns
from iPhone
Also, remember that now there's no good reason to pay the telcos any money for SMS. That's a big deal and where a lot of their profit comes from. My guess is they realized this was coming a while back and have other nefarious ways to suck our money.
- Internet's Tad
If you have a Gizmo app running, you can get free calls that way
- Rodfather
Does Google Talk work to call anyone on Google Voice for free? I'd rather just have Google Talk type of VOIP app on my phone, using only the data plan and call the world for free using that, and get Google Voice applications on top of that for VOIP stuff.
- Charbax
VOIP on a mobile is not a great idea, sound quality is not very good. I think the way it works now is perfect. At some point Skype mobile worked like that and it was horrible.
- Jorge Escobar
VOIP should be the best quality. I see no reason for VOIP not working on mobile devices. Bandwidth for VOIP can be higher thus provide even better sound quality and be totally free.
- Charbax
Totally free with the exception of the data plan with the carrier you mean...
- Jorge Escobar
Data plans are $20 per month for up to 20GB per month on HSDPA in Europe.. That's the only thing I want to pay for my unlocked HSDPA Android phone. Also, the $20 data plans are pre-paid each month, they are not 2 year contracts.
- Charbax
charbax what company is this?
- randulo
Hmm, are they planning on making a Skype client for Android, any time soon?
- Tyson Key
There is one already.
- Jorge Escobar
All companies in most European countries do this. At least in northern europe, you get such flatrate pre-paid only HSDPA data sim cards. Ready to put in any USB modem, netbook or I prefer, directly in pocketable Android tablets for DATA-ONLY usage.
- Charbax
Skype on Android http://share.skype.com/sites...
- Charbax
Thanks, Charbax.
- Tyson Key
For what it's worth, 3 have been offering free-of-charge prepaid UMTS/HSDPA-only SIM cards in the UK, and a gimmick where users can apply a balance to their account (not sure if it's once a month, or once only) and then make an "unlimited" number of Skype calls from a client on their mobile phone. Not sure what the catch is, though.
- Tyson Key
$20 per month data plans that I know of Tchibo in Germany, Oister/Telia/Telenor/3/Fullrate/CallMe in Denmark/Sweden/Norway, UK has lots of sub-£20 prepaid-only-no-contract data plans I am sure. Soon enough, with more competition, there will be unlocked $100 Android phones available, no contracts needed.
- Charbax
Hmm, if only this was available in the UK...
- Tyson Key
I've always been perplexed that I could do so much with my phone, but the actual calling people part remained the most expensive element of my plan. So glad to see this! Maybe we'll eventually be able to have these phones without any carrier plan at all!
- Ciaoenrico
Odd things that Voice can do that blow my mind because Android can - When sending SMS, it won't auto upcase new sentences, it doesn't automatically add a period on double spacing. There is no symbol and emoticon menus.
- Matthew DeVries
Google Voice will call both parties and connect a call. In the US that is free, but in many other parts of the world the caller pays. So that functionality will be US only.
- Christian Burns
Just got my Google Voice invitation and signed up. Transcribed voicemail is very nice!
- Dave
...I'm still trying to get my head around what it is really. personal voice mail system? one-stop shop for all my electronic communications services? another monthly bill awaiting me? or just one more in-box to add to my info-overload? i'll figure out if it works for me, or not, in due time.
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personal voice mail system. if used in addition to cell provider voicemail it can be one more in-box, or it can be a replacement, with greater web integration
- Mike Chelen
from IM
@Mike ...interesting way of looking at it. i'm signed up, i'll definitely looking at it closely.
- .LAG liked that
Using it since Grand Central. The voice-to-text is excellent
- Charlie Anzman
I hope to join the glorious future if/when Google Voice ever comes to Canada.
- Andrew C
In call center terms, this provides each user with a UAN (universal access number) powered by an off-premises soft switch. When will holders of US land lines be able to transfer those numbers into Google Voice? This year maybe?
- A Mitchell
mountain of sausage - http://mcwinkel.tumblr.com/post...
Jo Booth, Patrik Johansson, browneyes and 2 other people liked this
That ain't what it looks like from here, pardner. How big are the dogs in these parts, anyway?
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
LOL Jack that's what I thought when I saw this
- martha
yeah agreed it could be taken another way :)
- (jeff)isageek
Facebook's New Events Publisher Demonstrates How Wrong the Site's New Privacy Strategy Is http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Jo Booth and Mike Bracco liked this
Storm in a teacup much? I think it's a good idea to be able to add events into the feed. At the moment Events are like a weird side-addition to Facebook in that they effectively act as an independent application. It's just good common sense to streamline all that content into one easily-managed lump. It seems like many sites are trying to find stories to enflame users about Facebook...
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- Tadhg Kelly
from FriendFeed MT Plugin
Something useful that would be worth drawing their attention to, while we're on the subject, is the poor integration available for Events to external calendars like Google, Exchange or iCal. That's properly annoying and something that should have been fixed a year ago. Currently all there is is manual exporting or a bunch of third party apps that never seem to work well for long.
- Tadhg Kelly
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20 Tips to Manage Your Online Social Life – Part 1 - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag...
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Jo Booth, Ash Nallawalla, Harsh Agrawal and 3 other people liked this
Digsby with Facebook integration is the best. Now I don't get harassed only when I'm physically logged into Facebook (which is more for work than for play anyway, and the IMs were a distraction).
- Tamar Weinberg
from Bookmarklet
This is useful
- Harsh Agrawal
I'm a big believer in writing back to say "i got your important email"
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Maslow's Hierarchy for Geeks
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At last week's WJUG (Wellington Java User Group) meeting Errol Thompson presented about his recent PhD at Victoria University. Advance apologies to Drs. Thompson and Maslow if my spin misconstrues their work. Languages The basic need of the geek is the ability to express and realize ideas in code. Knowledge of the lingo and good coding style is the entry level ticket. Design Patterns A way to express recurring patterns in OO software succinctly by labeling and cataloging for example pioneered by the GOF (Gang of Four). Architecture Models Taking separate viewpoints, such as 4+1, as a means to highlight an area of interest in the design without overwhelming the audience with the complexity of the system as a whole. Qualities of Architecture Accounting for the needs of different stakeholders (customers, company owners, IT people, the rest of the community) to direct the design effort, or to rate an architectural design as to how suitable or helpful it is in shaping a solution to the...
Commodore64 iPhone app finished, denied by Apple - http://www.joystiq.com/2009...
@UPnz Thanks for the link http://UP.org.nz/damsels-den/ Looks interesting! - http://twitter.com/wellyal...
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@UPnz Thanks for the link http://UP.org.nz/damsels-den/ Looks interesting!
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