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- Job 2.0? Whatever…
- New look BBC iPlayer set to launch within days
- Apple: One Million Ping Signups In Under 48 Hours
- Apple UK Website Confirms September 8th iOS 4.1 Release
- Google found liable in German YouTube copyright case; intends to appeal.
- The Google Buzz lawsuits are finally settled. $8.5 million to be paid.
- Facebook displaying liked articles in search. Google last seen attempting to care.
- You Are Now My Inbox Peasant – Confessions Of An Email Slob
- Upcoming Media & Tech Events You Should Be Attending [Discounts & Free Tickets]
- Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire.
- Angry Birds beta now available for Android
- Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire.
- Google Simplifies Its Privacy Policies, Takes Effect October 3
- Apple Building 2 Million iPads Monthly
- Foodie geeks rejoice. Cooklet makes cooking even more fun.
- Google music service “to launch before Christmas”
- How many people are actually using Twitter?
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted, A Whole Month Before Its Release
- UK consumers byte back at broadband advertising
- Twitter Now Has 145 Million Users, Total Mobile Use Up 62%
| Posted: 04 Sep 2010 06:32 AM PDT
First, let's take a look at how we have supposedly got to this point. The article states that there are two reasons for this 'multi-talentization': “The first is the internet and the second is our increased proficiency in everything”. Many online tools give us an opportunity to do the things we used to go to school for, in some cases for quite some time as well. But today, anyone can make a film or a graphic design. Anyone can compose a song. Piece of cake. “The learning curve for a lot of skills has decreased immensely over the past years.” But is this really work? Just a hobby? Just some activity? Just because there are many applications which make it easy to do or create things, that doesn't mean they are done well. Or that the results will be anything more than mediocre. And it doesn't mean you can do it without learning anything. That's not 'increased proficiency', but 'increased availability'. The difference between a good photographer and an average photographer has nothing to do with a state-of-the-art camera, but is about having a good eye. Let's be honest, not everything can and has to be of top quality. But there's still a difference between learning real skills, training and practice them on the one hand and doing things you like to do on the other hand. As a hobby. Let everyone do his or her job and by all means do other hobbies but they’re not your job. It gives me the creeps to think about my dentist, being distracted by a nice little bird on the window sill, just because he's also an ornithologist. And heaven help me if I end up with a plastic surgeon who's learned the trade by watching video's on Youtube. Original title and link for this post: Job 2.0? Whatever…     |
| New look BBC iPlayer set to launch within days Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:58 AM PDT
The new look site is a significant upgrade on the previous site, offering a sleek new design, personalisation features and integration with Facebook and Twitter to make sharing programmes easier. In a blog post, the BBC’s James Hewines says that he hopes the new design is a step towards TV’s inevitable social future: “While social networks are now a well established phenomenon, socially enhanced TV and radio aren’t. It’s early days yet, but we’re pretty sure that this is going to be an important facility in the near future. Together, we hope these features represent a crucial evolutionary step in the enjoyment of online TV and radio.” The BBC says that 75% of users of the beta iPlayer preferred it to the previous version and usage of the beta has recently been as high as 10% of the total iPlayer audience. Meanwhile 18,000 beta users linked up their Twitter and Facebook accounts to the servie while 70,000 users utilised another new feature to mak programmes as ‘favourites’. The most frequestly chosen favourite shows were Eastenders, Doctor Who, Top Gear, Mock the Week and Sherlock. While the BBC appears to be cautious about setting a precise day for launch, in an email to The Next Web a BBC publicist said that Monday was the planned day. The new version is still available in beta here.
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| Apple: One Million Ping Signups In Under 48 Hours Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:01 AM PDT
Late yesterday, Apple announced that over one million people have already signed up to its Ping social network, a milestone achieved in less than 48 hours. Users have already been connecting with their friends, following their favourite music acts, no doubt helping Apple sell a whole lot of iTunes music tracks. To take advantage of Ping, users must download iTunes 10 and select the Ping option in the iTunes Music Store.
Even though there have been issues surrounding Facebook integration, the stability of the service itself and a distinct lack of music acts available to follow on Ping, Apple will no doubt be extremely happy with its foray into the social networking space. As more and more people upgrade to the new iTunes, the one million users registered already are set to grow quickly. Original title and link for this post: Apple: One Million Ping Signups In Under 48 Hours    |
| Apple UK Website Confirms September 8th iOS 4.1 Release Posted: 03 Sep 2010 11:31 PM PDT
Posting up a new page on the iPhone Update section of its website, Apple details all of the new features iPhone and iPod Touch owners can expect to get, including Game Center, iTunes Ping, HDR Photos, HD Video uploads and a number of other improvements. iPhone 3G owners will noticeable speed improvements with this update, iPhone 4 users will finally get that proximity sensor fix. To get the official iOS 4.1 release, you will not have to wait any longer than next Wednesday, easy. Original title and link for this post: Apple UK Website Confirms September 8th iOS 4.1 Release    |
| Google found liable in German YouTube copyright case; intends to appeal. Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:26 PM PDT
Google will, according to a statement by the Associated Press, take some time to evaluate the ruling, but plans to appeal the decision. It is not specifically stated whether the “performances” were live or pre-recorded music videos. If they were indeed music videos, then that narrows the list of potential plaintiffs to four, according to Wikipedia:
The suit at hand holds its own importance, but what is possibly more detrimental moving forward is the precedent that has been set by YouTube being found liable for the actions of a user. In a similar case, according to Search Engine Land, YouTube was found not liable in a US court. All national laws being different, however, it opens the door to many more suits in the future. Original title and link for this post: Google found liable in German YouTube copyright case; intends to appeal.    |
| The Google Buzz lawsuits are finally settled. $8.5 million to be paid. Posted: 03 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT
According to Reuters, Google will set back $8.5 million to cover attorney fees, with the remainder being donated to organizations that are focused on Internet privacy. While another portion of the settlement would require Google to “undertake wider public education about the privacy aspects of Buzz”, it is not clear if today’s announcement is a product of this settlement. The question that remains, of course, is how much the attorneys will profit from this, and what balance will remain to go toward the privacy organizations. Regardless of the funds, as Buzz continues to grow (albeit slowly) in popularity and features, privacy will continue to come into question from its users. Original title and link for this post: The Google Buzz lawsuits are finally settled. $8.5 million to be paid.    |
| Facebook displaying liked articles in search. Google last seen attempting to care. Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:26 PM PDT
Blogs will care. The author of that news story will care. In some cases, the site where that news story is hosted will care. Google…will not care. For that matter, neither will tens of millions of people who will still use Google search to find their relevant information. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not fool enough to believe that Facebook Search is irrelevant. However, I think that it all has to come down to a matter of context. While the Open Graph has opened a lot of doors, and while many people are including Facebook Like buttons on their pages, it still is not the end-all popularity contest that some people are making it out to be. While some have said that Google must be “hearing footsteps”, I have to say that Google is probably not all that worried just yet. In order for Facebook to become a major player in any sort of search (be that semantic, contextual or otherwise) the behavior of its population has to take a dramatic shift. Those like buttons that you see all over the place? Those are social. You are wanting to show people on your Facebook friends list the things that you deem to be interesting, important, etc. However, we are nowhere near the point yet where true informational searching is going to be done via your social graph. Want proof of that claim? Show me the Internet browser that has a “Search Facebook” box as a standard feature. There is no doubt that, in the future, the importance of social search will grow. However, that time simply hasn’t come yet. This is, quite possibly, a good step in that direction for Facebook. Nobody should be foolish enough to think otherwise. But to discount Google’s dominance based on a single feature is a bet that only a fool would make. h/t to RWW for the image. Original title and link for this post: Facebook displaying liked articles in search. Google last seen attempting to care.    |
| You Are Now My Inbox Peasant – Confessions Of An Email Slob Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:07 PM PDT
Most of all though, I don’t care. I am a champ at scanning email to find and kill the priorities, and PR people always ping you twice, right? Let’s be realistic: most people have poor inbox management skills. I am hardly the only schmuck in this situation. However, even though I am a dedicated email slob, until recently my inbox was a free land. My various email addresses are public (they all funnel into a single Gmail account, which is bad Karma I have been told), meaning that anyone who wants to ping me has the option. I try and read as many emails as I can, but I can’t read them all. Still, every email used to have the same weight. One email, one vote etc. No more. Now with Gmail’s priority inbox, all the lifting is (mostly) done for me, meaning that I can scan Gmail and read three critical emails and dodge the sifting process that used to be part of my life. No more will I catch a funny note from someone with weak English asking my opinion on iTunes. That note probably won’t make it to my ‘Important and Unread” section leaving it with little chance of being read. The new Gmail nearly ensures that we will read fewer emails in total, which is both good and bad. Email is an unstoppable problem, being as thorough as the next bum was always good enough in the past. Now you don’t have to try. Oh no. Never give a lazy user a shortcut if you want them to be thorough. Priority inbox is both a blessing and a curse: my email experience is streamlined but biased. What is sad is that I suspect in six months, when we all get fully set in our new priority ways, Twitter is going to be the best way to ping a non-friend. Unless we’re Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga, we all read our @messages. I have a plan to read over everything in my ‘Everything Else’ section twice a day. Well, it’s 1:28 and I need to get to it for the first time, so I will leave you with this: in the new Gmail life is vicious and unfair, and I have sneaking suspicion, unread. Original title and link for this post: You Are Now My Inbox Peasant – Confessions Of An Email Slob    |
| Upcoming Media & Tech Events You Should Be Attending [Discounts & Free Tickets] Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:20 AM PDT
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| Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire. Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:00 AM PDT Mark Cuban. Brilliant, entrepreneurial, and in need of something. For those unfamiliar with Mark Cuban, here's a brief, emphasizing brief, overview of the last 10+ years of his life. Cuban, who along with Todd Wagner, started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in college basketball and webcasting. This venture grew into what would eventually become Broadcast.com, acquired by Yahoo! in 1999 for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock. Currently, Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, of Landmark Theatres, and Chairman of HDNet. Brief. Now Mark Cuban wants to talk to you, and unfortunately, not me. In a post on his blog, Blog Maverick, which I highly recommend following, he writes the following: "If you develop Social Games I want to talk to you. Im looking to invest in games, developers and projects Im looking for consumer and corporate applications. I'm not looking for knockoffs of existing games/apps. I'm also looking for physical products that have integrated social gaming components . My preference for all the above is that they run on or integrate deeply with Facebook and/or Itunes 10/Ping and all the devices they support." You can post them here or email me at blogmaverick@aol.com. If I like it , I will respond. If I dont, I wont. I wont sign and NDA." Three things from the post struck me:
It will be interesting to see what, if anything comes from Cuban's request for products/developers focusing on Social Games. What do you see as Cuban's end goal? Will you submit your name and idea for consideration? Original title and link for this post: Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire.    |
| Angry Birds beta now available for Android Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:52 AM PDT We’ve waited, and so have you, to get a look at Angry Birds on the Android. The wait, it seems, is over. Well, sort of. The version that is now available from the Android Market is beta, and so there might be some bugs. But it’s also free. We did a quick play through the first few levels, so here’s our video review: So there you have it. Now, take a quick scan of the QR code and get downloading, will ya?
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| Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire. Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:32 AM PDT Mark Cuban. Brilliant, entrepreneurial, and in need of something. For those unfamiliar with Mark Cuban, here's a brief, emphasizing brief, overview of the last 10+ years of his life. Cuban, who along with Todd Wagner, started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in college basketball and webcasting. This venture grew into what would eventually become Broadcast.com, acquired by Yahoo! in 1999 for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock. Currently, Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, of Landmark Theatres, and Chairman of HDNet. Brief. Now Mark Cuban wants to talk to you, and unfortunately, not me. In a post on his blog, Blog Maverick, which I highly recommend following, he writes the following: "If you develop Social Games I want to talk to you. Im looking to invest in games, developers and projects Im looking for consumer and corporate applications. I'm not looking for knockoffs of existing games/apps. I'm also looking for physical products that have integrated social gaming components . My preference for all the above is that they run on or integrate deeply with Facebook and/or Itunes 10/Ping and all the devices they support." You can post them here or email me at blogmaverick@aol.com. If I like it , I will respond. If I dont, I wont. I wont sign and NDA." Three things from the post struck me:
It will be interesting to see what, if anything comes from Cuban's request for products/developers focusing on Social Games. What do you see as Cuban's end goal? Will you submit your name and idea for consideration? Original title and link for this post: Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire.   |
| Google Simplifies Its Privacy Policies, Takes Effect October 3 Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:16 AM PDT Google has just announced that it is “trimming” its privacy policies, eliminating 12 redundant product-specific policies and simplifying its overall privacy policy. The policy changes take effect on October 3 (i.e. one month from now). Here’s what Google had to say on it’s Official Blog:
Simpler is always better, so we applaud Google for making these changes, and hope that not only will Google continue to make strive to make its privacy policies as straightforward as possible, but that other sites will follow suit. Original title and link for this post: Google Simplifies Its Privacy Policies, Takes Effect October 3    |
| Apple Building 2 Million iPads Monthly Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:08 AM PDT
No more. The time required between ordering and iPad and having it be shipped to you has dropped to a mere 24 hours. This stems from Apple ramping up production for iPads to a shocking 2 million a month. But Apple wants more. The Cupertino giant has indicated to its supply chain that it wants to ramp up total production to 3 million iPads a month later this year. That would aggregate to some 36 million built and shipped iPads for 2011, a stunning number. Could this be boost that iBooks needs? Perhaps it’s time that Kindle stepped up and gave us the straight numbers. Original title and link for this post: Apple Building 2 Million iPads Monthly    |
| Foodie geeks rejoice. Cooklet makes cooking even more fun. Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:01 AM PDT
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| Google music service “to launch before Christmas” Posted: 03 Sep 2010 06:06 AM PDT
Reuters reports that Google is in talks with record labels to decide how a music service from the company would work and that something is hoped to be launched by Christmas this year. The report says that Google is yet to actually strike up any licensing deals with major labels, but that labels are reportedly “excited” about the prospect of a significant competitor to Apple’s iTunes in the music sector. While Apple kickstarted the mainstream digital music market, labels are reportedly wary of iTunes holding too much of a dominant postion. With Google moving into TV and music, it is expanding beyond its roots as a technology and advertising company to be a media distributor in its own right. “We’re cautiously optimistic because Google has great scale and reach but doesn’t have a track record in selling stuff”, one music industry source told Reuters. Given the shaky reputation of the Android Market to date, and a quickly-shelved direct phone sales business, this is an area that may well be a valid concern. Regardless of the business realities, we’re excited to see what Google’s music solution looks like and how it integrates with its web, mobile and TV outlets. Original title and link for this post: Google music service “to launch before Christmas”    |
| How many people are actually using Twitter? Posted: 03 Sep 2010 05:33 AM PDT
“Registered users” is very different to “Active users”. Facebook, for example, announced in July that it had over 500 million active users. This is a statistic that Facebook recently tweaked to improve its accuracy and should give a good indication of how many people regularly interact with the site. Twitter, however, doesn’t give this figure, making it difficult to determine the true size of its userbase. Third party developers who work with the API have their own ideas. Jesse Stay is the man behind SocialToo, a service that provides useful tools for Twitter and Facebook users. Commenting on Twitter’s latest stats via Google Reader today, he says:
Now, that’s only one developer and we’ve no way of verifying what he says. However, when you bear in mind all the people who try the service and leave; people who have registered themselves but not used their accounts; not to mention spam accounts, there’s bound to be a significant drop-off from that 145 million figure. Twitter’s latest stats say that 78% of users access its service via Twitter.com. According to Comscore, the site received nearly 93 million unique visitors in June. However, visitors don’t necessarily equal active users as some are likely to visit, for example, individual celebrity pages without actually signing up themselves. Yet more traffic will come from search engine results too. In short, we don’t know how many people are actively using Twitter and until they release such a figure, we can but guess. Original title and link for this post: How many people are actually using Twitter?    |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted, A Whole Month Before Its Release Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:29 AM PDT
Not only has the device launched, its also been rooted. Yes, you read that right. A group of Android developers, based in Germany managed to get their hands on a prototype Galaxy Tab, a month before it goes on general European sale, successfully rooting the device. Details behind the hack aren’t known but Sera-Apps did post up an image showing the Galaxy Tab and its Superuser Notification: It’s likely the prototype was running a prototype Android build and certain bugs/holes will be patched before release. Root access can bring with it custom ROM’s and feature hacks, we wonder if Samsung will look to actively lock this baby down before it goes on sale. Original title and link for this post: Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted, A Whole Month Before Its Release    |
| UK consumers byte back at broadband advertising Posted: 03 Sep 2010 02:59 AM PDT
Consumers are becoming increasingly frustrated with broadband companies describing speeds as ‘up to’ which are very rarely delivered due to the UK’s broadband infrastructure. The main issue arises with connections over copper lines, where speed can be heavily affected by the distance to the exchange, whereas with fibre optic cabling, provided by Virgin Media for example, can provide a much more consistent speed. A report by Ofcom in July of this year, stated some interesting research regarding the actual speeds customers can expect (please see below) when purchasing broadband with a certain ‘up to’ speeds being advertised.  Ofcom Broadband Research July 2010 As mentioned, because Virgin Media offer fibre optic cabling, its performance is usually closer than the competition to the actual average speed while providers including AOL, TalkTalk, Sky that piggy back BT’s infrastructure fall worryingly short. For example an advertised package from Orange for 8mbps actually only produces an average speed of between 3.3 to 4.2 which is around half the promoted amount.  Ofcom Report - Detailing actual average speeds by provider. From an advertising point of view, promoting more realistic speeds to customers in certain areas could prove a logistical nightmare, but the current terminology and the above actual average speeds are clearly frustrating consumers. In addition, broadband companies are clearly not providing the tools to make the actual speeds customers could expect or are recieving more transparent, especially for the less tech savvy users. The report from ICM stated that 90% were unsure of the actual speed they were receiving. If prospective customers were either clearly told in the signing up process, or provided tools to determine the expected speed in advance, there would likley to be much less of an uproar. Original title and link for this post: UK consumers byte back at broadband advertising    |
| Twitter Now Has 145 Million Users, Total Mobile Use Up 62% Posted: 03 Sep 2010 02:38 AM PDT
Williams explains that whilst Twitter knew there are a large number of apps on the iPhone App Store, users were finding it difficult to select an appropriate application because none actually bore the name “Twitter”. Seeing this a potential reason for users not using the service at all, the acquisition of Tweetie was mooted and soon became Twitter for IPhone. The acquisition was closely followed by the release of official apps on both BlackBerry and Android platforms, helping Twitter to increase its total mobile use by 62% since mid-April with 16% of all new users now start on Twitter using their mobile device, compared to 5% when Twitter launched its first Twitter-branded mobile client. The mobile clients have helped bring more users to Twitter, helping to attract and retain active uses. Williams notes that nearly half of all active users (46%) now make mobile a regular part of their Twitter experience. Mobile applications were the primary focus of Williams’ post but he also touched on how Twitter was expanding through the use of third-party Twitter applications. At the time of writing it is estimated that there are almost 300,000 OAuth applications registered with Twitter, giving users alternative ways to create or view their friends tweets. With progress being made both on mobile and via third-party applications, Twitter now has 145 million registered users and its Promoted Products service is proving successful.
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