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After a decade of staunch and relentless support for using Microsoft Outlook in conjunction with the POP3 protocol, as opposed a webmail service, I have made the switch to using Google Apps with my domain. This is not a big step for me; it is a huge one.
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The admission policies of Apple’s App Store have been a thorn in one’s side for a lot of people – and corporations as well. Joe Hewitt, the developer of the hugely popular Facebook application for iPhone, has quit the iPhone project due to Apple’s “tyrannical” approval process. For Facebook users with iPhones, this is disappointing [...]
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An acquaintance of mine runs a relatively successful online radio station that plays video game music around the clock. He provides the service free for all those who want to listen, and foots the bills to the tune of several hundred dollars a month. The only revenue the station generates is the extremely modest amount [...]
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Yesterday was the International Caps Lock Day. Did you remember to celebrate?
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I rarely promote commercial products in this blog for a variety of reasons. However, every now and then I come across a software product that I am just too excited about to not mention it.
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Some Facebook users are experiencing difficulty accessing their Facebook applications.
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I will be collecting here some nifty tidbits that have helped me make my Ubuntu installation more fun to use. In case of very long console commands, quotations are used to emphasize that the command is one long command, even if the blog template splits it into several lines. Do not include the quotations when [...]
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A couple of days ago, I decided to “switch” to Linux. That is to say, I wiped my Windows partition and decided to give Debian a try. Then after a few hours of fumbling about and trying to install Firefox, I decided I wasn’t ready for such an advanced operating system. So I started from scratch and installed Ubuntu instead.
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Here’s the scoop in a nutshell: Google created a bundle of applications called Google Voice which allows consumers to combine multiple phone numbers (work, home, etc) into one line, handling calls, text messages, and voicemail conveniently through one number.Voice also enables consumers to make cheap international calls, and provides free domestic calls and text messages. [...]
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Mika Salakka is a Finn living in the United States. He is a nursing assistant, a creative writer, a devoted husband, and an observer of the human condition. His interests range from music and literature to psychology, sociology, medicine, technology, and spirituality.
Murdoch Draws Bead On Google
November 16, 2009
in Commentary
Rupert Murdoch’s war against free content continues. The yesteryear tycoon recently complained about search engines “stealing” news content from his pay-to-read sites – such as WSJ.com – and spreading it around for free. Murdoch is particularly not fond of the concept of free use, and would like to see it put to death entirely. Murdoch’s [...]
Tagged as: Culture, Google, Internet, Media, Murdoch, News, tech, Television
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