Posted by bordalix
Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:19:00 GMT
Guys, if you own a cell phone (who doesn't), you have to point your browser to the
bluepulse website, sign-up, and follow the instructions. These guys developed one amazing software, described as:
A free program for mobile phones that allows you to run tiny, useful widgets for a variety of uses, such as instant messaging and RSS.
And it's true, and works like a charm: in less than 5 minutes, I was talking with my buddies in MSN. I'm going to try now the RSS reader.
The platform allows any one to develop new widgets, and I surely hope the business model motivates people to develop new functionalities and services. I'm really impressed with this, and I reiterate: go to the
website and try it.
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Posted by bordalix
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:18:00 GMT
Today's bloglines reading gave me a lot of interesting stories about possible technical, social and political trends. Here are a few, rescued from my last browser crash:
- Yahoo seems to be experimenting a new way of online ads: in Yahoo Movies, search for a movie (I used Vatel), go to the bottom of the page, and in the Sponsored Links box notice the links for different ad types. Click one and you will see ads only about the tag you just selected. Nice move, gives you less visibility, but targeted ads with higher levels of attention;
- Still in the advertising market, it looks like the marketing guys are getting there: The New York Times as a story about marketers getting really excited with three second messages in phone displays, all powered up by GPS positioning and location target adverstising;
- An interesting post on why Yahoo Music is better than iTunes for home entertainment. I admit I will think about this, really;
- A beautiful idea, sharing broadband to increase speed, is becoming a business case: two companies, Mushroom Networks and WiBoost Inc., are about to launch their new products. It looks like good sense is prevailing, take a peak at the article;
- Lawrence Lessig wrote an interesting post about the need for regulation on the "net neutrality" issue. If you want to know more on this subject, try the Wikipedia definition.
Tags advertising, itunes, lessig, yahoo | no comments
Posted by bordalix
Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:17:00 GMT
A
beautiful interactive ruby lesson by
why the lucky stiff, don't work well on Safari, use Firefox. More
resources on ruby at
squidoo lens, another bright idea for content organization.
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Posted by bordalix
Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:15:00 GMT
I'm really sorry Santa, for being a pain in the ass, but with all the gadgets I'm requesting, I will need a car to transport them:
- Can you send me one of this?
Ok, this was my last request.
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Posted by bordalix
Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:14:00 GMT
Dear Santa, is me again. I've just watched
Steve's keynote (1h32m23s) and I would like to add to my wish list a couple of things:
- the new iMac, with a Intel duo processor inside (2-3 times faster);
- a MacBook Pro, also with the Intel beast (4-5 times faster), an iSight built in and a remote controller;
- the new iLife 06, now with iWeb (amazing!);
- the new iWork;
- and a .Mac account.
Ahh, and a huge, huge one was a real Mac retail store here.
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Posted by bordalix
Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:13:00 GMT
Dear Santa, I know I'm late, but can you please send me one of each?
- this one for be able to speak with my mom while in the pub;
- one of this, to impress girls;
- and one of this, because it's so cool!!
Thanks in advance.
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Posted by bordalix
Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:12:00 GMT
Fresh from ArsTechnica, it seems tomorrow Google will announce a new video service:
The service, which will be an addition to Google's Video Search, will allow users to buy video content for pre-determined prices, and the company is expected to announce partnerships with the likes of CBS and the NBA.
Additionally, Google will announce Google Pack, several applications available for download in a single installation bundle:
Sources tell us that Google pack will feature a Google-tweaked version of Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader, antivirus software from Symantec, AdAware, Trillian, and Google's own offerings, including Google Desktop Search, Picasa, Google Earth, Google Talk, and all of the toolbar action you can shake a stick at. Oh, and I left out one other item: the RealPlayer.
You can read the complete article
here
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Posted by bordalix
Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:11:00 GMT
While printing (in recycled paper) a lot of Rubyonrails tutorials, some random cruising alerted me for some links and news:
- The last days where fertile in new search engines, all of them pitching that are better than Google. Well, see it for yourself, by trying Lexxe and Previewseek;
- Cingular as reached an agreement with PC manufacturer Lenovo to include HSDPA capabilities in their laptops. This way, ThinkPad owners will have wireless access to the Internet in the US and 90 other countries, either by Cingular's HSDPA or EDGE own network, or by Cingular roaming agreements;
- Skype will announce WiFi and Internet phones at CES this week. A logic step from Skype, going to the hardware market, just like Apple and the iPod revolution;
- Still on the VoIP world, O'Reilly decided to license his book about Asterisk under the Creative Commons license, making it free to download and distribute. You can download it here.
Tags google, hsdpa, skype, voip | no comments
Posted by bordalix
Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:09:00 GMT
Having nothing more to say, here are some news worth notice:
- In the video world, BBC is opening is archive to UK public, and now you are able to download nearly 80 news reports (from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Tiananmen Square) and create something unique. Another great idea from BBC, like backstage;
- Still on the video world, it seems that Microsoft is helping Entertainment Group to deliver Vongo, a new movie download service that allows consumers to view full-length studio films, concerts and TV shows. The site is open only to Windows users and US customers, so you have to use a US open proxy to be able to access it (tip: I used this free proxy, 208.21.64.4 port 80);
- From ArsTechnica, GNU liberates VoIP with a new open source telephony stack. In my humble opinion, this could be the push needed for total interconnection between different VoIP providers: this could be the lingua franca for VoIP.
- A beautiful piece of technology, Retrievr, allows you to search for photos in Flickr by making a sketch of what you want. Really nice and well done;
- As everyone else, I'm waiting for AllPeers, a new Firefox plugin. This could lead to a all new P2P ball game. For now, you can take a peek to some screenshots here;
- And finally, transform your iPod*, iPod mini or iPod nano into a full-fledged video recorder/player with the new iSee 360i. You have to see it to believe it.
Tags allpeers, bbc, flickr, gadgets, ipod, microsoft | no comments
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