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This was the week Google surprised the world with Chrome, its own open source web browser. Just imagine the deadly effect that had on a dozen or more browser-specific start-ups in Silicon Valley. Lots of readers are wondering what I think of Chrome, like my opinion really matters. Chrome is okay -- faster, but not faster enough to make me change for that reason alone. It's better than IE and almost better than Firefox except ...Shared by Barry Mitchelson (14) CannonGod (226) César C (13) Dr. Ernie (58) Grant (20) Harper (91) Javed (119) jeffmincey (5) louisgray (146) Mike F (459) Nate (32) Richard (7) subbu (28) Svitlana (6) Tim (23) Travis (12)Contribute comment -
Picasa Web Albums Adds People Tagging (25)
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CNet reports that Picasa Web Albums will add some interesting features today. After implementing face detection in the image search engine, Google adds face recognition in Picasa Web Albums to facilitate photo tagging."The problem with tagging is that it's a chore, so most people don't bother. But Picasa's name tag feature automates the process enough--and provides enough reason to use it--that I believe many users will take the tagging plunge. (...) The most impressive moments ...Shared by [Curtis W] (25) Arik (10) Army of Gnomes (39) badpazzword (20) baron (7) charlie anzman (110) Christopher (41) Derek (3) DWM (7) gisc (24) HBreda (20) James Forbes Keir (19) jeffmincey (5) Jigar Mehta (44) Jon (9) Jupega (17) Lu Tao (21) Mike F (459) Navid (71) Neko (15) Nick (10) scott (10) SyP (9) The Big Guy (2) tosch (10)- charlie anzman said: With blogger user sharing and Picasa people sharing, certainly looks like we're building an ad-hoc social network ??!!
- baron said: Damn! Google rocks!!!
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How Globalization Handed One Blogger a Big Scoop (19)
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Philipp Lenssen has long been one of my favorite bloggers. He co-authors one of the best blogs on Google, which is also one of my obsessions. Today he scored a big scoop. Google's long awaited web browser is launching tomorrow. If you're reading this Tuesday or later, the browser is here. So how did this happen? This is just my analysis. I haven't confirmed with Philipp (who I have known for years). But I suspect ...Shared by Alan Dean (55) anarchist.tv // wortgefecht.net (12) atul (75) Camiel (11) ClinicalCases (47) Drew Olanoff (144) e-strategyblog.com (43) elroy (14) ericholter (17) jeffmincey (5) louisgray (146) MAlbano (8) Michael Bekiaris (7) Mike F (459) mr94 (10) Rob (132) Rob Clark (6) Sam Harrelson (34) Tac (17)Contribute comment -
Google on Google Chrome - comic book (152)
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Introduced in the form of a comic by Scott McCloud. Based on WebKit, not Gecko. Sounds more like an application runtime than a web browser, though. ★Shared by ~ Cindy Stanford ~ hci (8) Adam Crowe (8) Adam Siu (11) Alex Ambrose (7) Alex Hardy (5) Allan Haggett (18) Andrea Milanesi (3) Andy Roberts (5) Antti Lindström (7) Ariadne Gomes (6) atul (75) Bart Muskala (19) Benjamin Golub (20) Bibi (36) Boris Smus (3) Brad Feld (8) Brandon (18) Breyten (15) Brome (6) C.K. (134) Carlos (15) Carlos d'Andréa (8) Catto (8) Chris Chesher (1) Chuck Falzone (8) cnc (1) cooperative (46) Dan Keldsen (1) dani (22) Dante-Gabryell Monson (16) David (5) David (20) David Beach (2) David Humphreys (4) deadlyicon (35) Dedalus (22) Deep.ed (48) dennis d. mcdonald (8) Dom.net (16) Drew Harry (5) Eric Herberholz (31) espencer (13) estudy skills (10) etlund (5) euribates (11) Gary Homewood (4) Geoffrey Wiseman (17) Georg Portenkirchner (1) Giles (10) Greg Plumbly (2) Gregor J. Rothfuss (9) Hal Espen (5) Harold Maduro (6) hasamba (36) haveuheard (22) Henri Bergius (2) Hervey (18) Ian (14) ilan peer (3) Ingar (6) Ispirato (52) Israel Blechman (1) J. James B (41) Jake McKee (3) Jayne (10) JDW (9) jeffmincey (5) Jiman Ryu (20) John Fink (16) John G (5) John Mettraux (19) Jon (7) Jon Pierce (3) Jonathan (4) JR Peck (1) jted (18) Justin Edelson (1) Karl Stolley (5) kebernet (93) Kevin Cheng (20) Kevin Lim (8) Kristian (42) Kyle Brady (8) Lantash (10) Ludwig (3) Manzenreiter Hans-Peter (3) Marcus Beagley (19) Mark Rochefort (6) Martin Dorst (1) Mason (7) Matt Samford (1) Michael (41) Michael Gobaco (3) Miguel Angel Ivars Mas (2) Miguel Caetano (44) miguel carvalhais (4) Mike Fotes (1) minnesotan (6) moedusa (17) Moisés Ribeiro (4) Morton Fox (75) msanders (12) Musa (6) myx (10) news2me (4) Nice Fish Films (65) nicholas gill (15) nicola (11) oliver gassner (14) Olivier Lauzon (1) Oscar Carlsson (2) Paul Jones (9) peterfranken (4) Philippe Surber (6) posavasos (9) Preoccupations (43) Ram (91) Regina (5) Ricardo Hdz (4) Richard Bradshaw (15) Rob (3) robertogreco (41) Rommel C. Caibal (20) rtsnance (8) Ruud Welten (4) Ryan Christensen (24) Ryan Parsley (1) Sammy (65) Seb (3) Sheen Yap (2) sooraj (14) Stefano Furiosi (2) Steve Cavrak (2) Steve Isaacs (47) Stonis (10) Stuart (35) Surround|ed| (23) thomas (5) ts (13) Vegard (8) Víctor (20) Victor Agreda Jr (14) Victor Bogado (2) wcaw (74) Woland783 (3) Wyctim (33) Yaarik (22) Yasin (17) yellowchilli (7) yoshy (339) Yusuf (3) 康爷 (14)Contribute comment - JJHeller.com (1)
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Watch Ubiquity (8)
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I am.Shared by Damiano (11) ericholter (17) Ethan (20) Glenn (24) Greg (8) jeffmincey (5) Jrod (68) MV (23)- MV said: yay! you're on!
- jeffmincey said: i am too
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Ubiquity for Firefox on Vimeo (22)
permalinkThis looks pretty awesome. Scoble shared it out today. I agree that I don't think this will go mainstream but I think some people will love it.Shared by Ahmed Zainal (23) Austin (11) Ben (7) Brian Fitzgerald (1) Bryn Youngblut (5) Daft (27) Daniel Niederman (5) Demi Pietchell (88) Harold Maduro (6) Hugh Mckee (7) jalbert (106) jeffmincey (5) Jeffrey Vanneste (5) JL! (14) Martin Carlsson (0) P Kitano (7) Philou (16) Scott (32) Sebastian Röbke (0) sonagi (5) Stewart Rogers (7) Tim (30)
- Ben said: Damn interesting natural language command interface for Firefox.
- jeffmincey said: here's an awesome find thanks to scoble; i almost did this myself in python...
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What Obama’s Text Message Campaign Reveals (29)
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Barack Obama’s now-famous text-message announcement of his VP pick reveals something about the candidate that should really worry the Republicans. What it reveals is not that he’s a smart technologist. If he was, he would have known that sending 10 million SMS messages at the same time is pretty much guaranteed not to work; it’s not designed for that. What it does reveal is that this is probably the smartest marketing campaign we’ve seen in ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (84) adang001 (9) AJ (189) Alan Dean (55) Alex (102) Alex (17) Anand Sharma (10) Andrew Ruess (121) Arik Johnson (1) bhc3 (54) Bjoern (1) Blake (0) brad (12) Chris Heuer (0) CJ (81) Dan (23) Dave (46) DOCBook Howto (116) Erik S (3) Jean-Marie Moës (10) jeffmincey (5) Matt (20) Mikael (13) Nico (23) Thomas Knüwer (1) TJ (47) Tom (8) Wesley Donehue (231) Zoram (19)- Jean-Marie Moës said: Brilliant marketing strategy, indeed...
- Alex said: Smart.
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Here’s a right clever bit of YouTubery for your wednesday:Shared by jeffmincey (5)Contribute comment -
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På tal om Microsoft...Shared by ali (178) Andreas Matern (14) Andrew Acomb (8) Beth Peat (1) Bill Crane (5) Bilouz (5) Brenda (11) Brett (35) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (60) bussiere (43) Carl (8) catsovain (11) Charles (27) Charmless Man (0) clementi (18) cnxiake (5) cybasurfa (0) Darian Rawson (9) David (59) david coxon (6) David Kartuzinski (0) doxdo.net (11) Dr.Eric Fickes (20) Emerson Quevedo (0) Erik (46) Felix (19) Fernando (1) Francesco Bertocci (3) Gareth Jenkins (5) Georg Holzer (2) George (0) Gianni (13) Haisheng HU (19) Hao (14) Hillary Hartley (12) James Mead (0) Jean Lowry (7) jeffmincey (5) jonas (8) Jonny Rosemont (0) Jose Maria (1) kaigani (5) Kenji Kato (0) korbinian (5) leoburnettbr (17) m h (8) Martijn (7) mfh (18) Michael Kral (1) Miguel Guinalíu (0) Mohiul (81) Morton Fox (75) Mr. Seaver (14) Nick Humphries (15) Niv (32) Nude PC Gmail Zephyr (1) ogi (0) oRi0n (0) Paul (5) Paul Sturgess (4) Phil Bradley (1) Rachel Cobcroft (96) rachna (6) Ranjani Ravi (69) realcute (32) rene de paula jr (1) rich phelps (5) Robert Birming (33) Robert Lowe (5) runawaymule/Chris (24) Shelley (21) sirmikester (17) Stephan M (42) sturob (14) Stylianos Mystakidis (2) sun (15) Tal (3) Tom (10) Tom Lewis (2) weldon (6) xkitamura (17) Yang Jing (11) zaniele (7)Contribute comment -
Perhaps Pandora Must Be Our Sacrificial Lamb (111)
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Pandora made a bold political statement today, saying they’d likely shut down rather than continue to pay exorbitant fees to play music to listeners of its massively popular service. Radio stations pay different rates depending on how they broadcast music. Terrestrial stations (normal FM/AM stations) pay nothing, a tribute to their powerful corporate parents with limitless lobbying budgets. Satellite stations pay approximately 1.6 cents per hour per listener. By 2010, Pandora and other Internet radio ...Shared by Adam (6) Adam (7) adang001 (9) Adrian (33) Alex (17) Alfredo (29) Aron (10) aroyer (4) avg (0) b r a n d o n m c c a l l (14) Brad Davis Seal (28) Brent the Closet Geek (31) Bret M (2) Brian Junyor (39) Brian Landau (20) Brit (24) C.B. (1) C.K. (134) CannonGod (226) Chad (1) Chris (34) Chris K (16) Chris Schrier (12) cisellis (25) Dan Kearns (28) danliebke (56) Danny Bo'itanni (24) Darnell Clayton (2) DC (11) DOCBook Howto (116) Dustin DeKoekkoek (6) dwk (17) eeenmachine (9) ekaye (13) Eric (5) FlorinGrozea (38) fr3dly (50) Gauravonomics (40) godlaugh (10) Hisham (23) Holden Caulfield (2) hoosteen (43) iAlja (30) IanTW (17) James (18) Jared (10) Jason Bryant (9) jayman16 (61) Jeff (12) Jeff (48) jeffmincey (5) Jeremy (91) Jess (4) jgrimes (6) John (11) Jonathan (35) jonmower (21) joshuabacker (12) Jrod (68) Justin (9) Justin Yost (81) Kevin (30) Kim (6) kskobac (17) leathej1 (7) louisgray (146) mario r (17) Martin (5) Matt (1) Matt (2) Matt (5) Mattnic (1) Megan (24) Micah (3) Mike F (459) mikelite (17) Min Liu (2) Morgan (8) myth (1) Nate (32) Nice Fish Films (65) nikan (41) Niklas (22) Ontario Emperor (70) Pat (3) Paul (19) pr1000 (16) Rex (152) Rick Klau (105) Robert Scoble (70) Roy (3) Ryan (1) rzklkng (136) sammy (6) Secret (5) Shane (16) SharonG (63) TechDad1246 (8) Toby (29) Todd Mundt (70) Tony Duckles (7) Trevor (40) usrbingeek (6) Valerа (1) Vincent van Wylick (20) Vish (13) Yanting (4) Zach (2) Zach (11) zapnap (33) Zoram (19)Explore read 11 notes- DC said: Shame that pandora may have to shut down in order to get parity between traditional media and the new internet media.
- Adam said: Fark this shit! I'll sacrifice last.fm, Slacker and iMeem over Pandora any day. Bring on the ceremonial dagger!
- Min Liu said: this year...# songs i purchased from listening to the radio: 0# songs i purchased from listening to pandora: 25
- Valerа said: Pandora says they’re alread paying 70% of their $25 million in yearly revenues in royalty fees, and it is driving them out of business. Other Internet radio stations are even worse off.
- Darnell Clayton said: You may want it to be your sacrificial lamb, but I would rather pay a monthly fee to keep this app alive than to see it go.
- Matt said: Last.fm will own.
- Bret M said: So apparently we won't have this app around too much longer to listen to new music. It's a shame the music industry makes it such a pain to do something like this, when it would only help their sales.
- Jeff said: This is just one example of how miserably backwards most music rightsholders are. Happy to share stories over beers, as I've now had the displeasure of meeting many of the execs as the big 4. It's like a giant tar pit.
- Aron said: Very, very sad. Music needs to change.
- Trevor said: This just sucks! I've actually bought music after hearing it on Pandora. So lame that the Music Industry doesn't see how they are being harmed by the RIAA.
- Vish said: It would be really unfortunate if Pandora calls it quits.I have been hoping that they'll start streaming outside the US :-(.
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Perhaps Pandora Must Be Our Sacrificial Lamb (55)
onPandora made a bold political statement today, saying they’d likely shut down rather than continue to pay exorbitant fees to play music to listeners of its massively popular service. Radio stations pay different rates depending on how they broadcast music. Terrestrial stations (normal FM/AM stations) pay nothing, a tribute to their powerful corporate parents with limitless lobbying budgets. Satellite stations pay approximately 1.6 cents per hour per listener. By 2010, Pandora and other Internet radio ...Shared by Adam Javůrek (17) Alex (102) andreas (4) Aron (10) avg (0) Bret M (2) Cennydd (1) César C (13) Chad (1) Darnell Clayton (2) Dave Winer (15) DC (11) doug grant (2) Drew Olanoff (144) Erik Bruchez (12) FlorinGrozea (38) Gary (1) Greg (10) Hooman Radfar (9) Jay Collier (4) jeanphony (4) Jeff (12) jeffmincey (5) jgrimes (6) John Fink (16) Joseph W. Becher (3) joshuabacker (12) Justin (9) Kevin (3) Kristen Teffeteller (21) Mark Gibson (3) Martin (5) Matt (2) Matt (5) Matt (1) Mattnic (1) mattnz (14) Micah (3) Mike F (459) mike3k (31) Min Liu (2) minoru yokoo (0) Roy (3) Ryan (1) Ryan (21) sammy (6) Secret (5) Slobokan (2) Stacy (46) Steffan Antonas (4) steve (2) Toco (40) Valerа (1) Yanting (4) Zach (2)Explore read eight notes
- DC said: Shame that pandora may have to shut down in order to get parity between traditional media and the new internet media.
- Bret M said: So apparently we won't have this app around too much longer to listen to new music. It's a shame the music industry makes it such a pain to do something like this, when it would only help their sales.
- Valerа said: Pandora says they’re alread paying 70% of their $25 million in yearly revenues in royalty fees, and it is driving them out of business. Other Internet radio stations are even worse off.
- Jeff said: This is just one example of how miserably backwards most music rightsholders are. Happy to share stories over beers, as I've now had the displeasure of meeting many of the execs as the big 4. It's like a giant tar pit.
- Matt said: Last.fm will own.
- Aron said: Very, very sad. Music needs to change.
- Darnell Clayton said: You may want it to be your sacrificial lamb, but I would rather pay a monthly fee to keep this app alive than to see it go.
- Min Liu said: this year...# songs i purchased from listening to the radio: 0# songs i purchased from listening to pandora: 25
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Video tech uses photos to enhance, alter shots: it's the Photoshop of video, and no one is safe (41)
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Filed under: Digital Cameras We've seen some decent video alteration in our day, but this new research project by some folks at the University of Washington has the potential to turn the entire concept on its head. Using some rather advanced algorithms to analyze video and photographs of a the same scene, the software can meld the two into something slightly better or even dramatically different. In effect, it's Photoshop for video, since it brings ...Shared by Abhishek (8) Angus (43) Arturo (31) atharh (2) Augmented Web (31) Ben Shoemate (23) Bill Kinnon (12) BPluime (11) brokekid (134) cainanunes (12) Chris (5) Chris (20) deusdiabolus (93) Fotis (4) Gareth (21) Gene Locklin (49) jaaron (12) James (5) Jason Meserve (4) JayCrossler (10) Jeff Daly (42) jeffmincey (5) joel (6) Jon (0) jrsquared (10) Juergen (37) Leo Freitas (12) Martin Dahl Pedersen (2) Michael (6) Michael (14) Michael Nolan (9) OcellNuri (11) Pete (11) pigliapost (3) PoPPaP (9) Radek Pilich (22) RMathew (10) Rutvegas (8) Ryan (4) Tom Langston (0) xabbott (0)Explore read four notes- Michael said: This is insane.
- Angus said: lol old news abhisek
- jeffmincey said: this is really awesome.
- jrsquared said: Adobe should buy this technology. Now.
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Hunters claim to have nabbed Bigfoot, Internet goes nuts | The Social - CNET News.com (3)
permalinkIn a summer when we've already seen a 'Montauk Monster' and a grainy video claiming to be of the Chupacabra, two hunters claim they found Bigfoot and have the body to prove it. Hmmm... Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
- jeffmincey said: Harry!
- Karpuscul said: Снежный человек?! Что-то мне кажется, что все это неправда... Прессконференция в пятницу. Ждемс...
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ThinkGeek :: Optimus Maximus Keyboard (1)
permalinkOptimus Maximus Keyboard - Revolutionary Keyboard Features a tiny OLED screen on each key. 113 screens total.Shared by jeffmincey (5)
- jeffmincey said: if you were thinking about buying me something, this would do. (make sure you watch the cheesy video)
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