December 22, 2014 archive

Dec 22

Google+ Finally Gets Photo Sharing Parity On iPhone/iPad/iOS

In an update to iOS (iPhone/iPad) apps yesterday, Google+ finally got the kind of sharing of photos that Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other social networks have had for some time. Now, when I go to share a photo, one of my options is Google+:

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I realize that this is old news to Android users, but for those of us on iOS who have wanted to share photos on Google+, it seemed strange that we couldn't do so from the built in photos application within iOS. Sure, we could do it through the G+ app on the iPhone or iPad, but not from within the native photos app.

This functionality appeared after I installed version 4.8.0:

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I did have to tap the " More ... " button once and then turn on the Google+ sharing, but after doing that I was then able to easily share to G+ the next time.

Great to see G+ finally getting parity with the other social networks. I look forward to being able to more easily share more photos!

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Dec 22

Jim Galvin Writing About DNSSEC On CircleID

Jim GalvinWe’ve been very pleased to see Dr. Jim Galvin of Afilias writing a series of articles about DNSSEC over on Circle ID.  Jim has been a long-time friend and supporter of the Deploy360 Programme and has spoken multiple times at our ION conferences. (For example, he spoke at our recent ION Belfast event.)  Jim was also involved with the recent sponsorship of our ION conferences by Afilias.

Anyway, over at CircleID Jim started a series of articles about different aspects of DNSSEC. His articles thus far include:

The three articles provide a good overview of the current state of DNSSEC.  His third article, in particular, dives into an issue that has not been widely discussed – the potential 5-day waiting period during the transfer or a domain between registrars. As Jim notes:

In pre-DNSSEC days this technical issue would resolve itself relatively benignly. However, post-DNSSEC, if the domain name in question is DNSSEC signed, the failure of the domain name to DNS resolve (and hence, validate) results in a security incident. The previously benign “site not found” becomes a scary “you don’t want to go there” message, potentially damaging the credibility and brand of the domain name owner.

He goes on to note what needs to be done to address this issue and concludes:

The current business practices around this transfer policy require urgent coordination amongst registrars so that effective DNSSEC deployment can happen without an impact to the end-user or the domain name owner.

We agree that this is a concern when transferring domains and do hope to see this kind of coordination happening among registrars.

We also hope to see Jim continue writing detailed articles like these over on CircleID.  You can see his writing there on his author page at CircleID.

And if you’d like to learn more about DNSSEC, please visit our Start Here page to begin!

Dec 22

FIR #787 – 12/22/14 – For Immediate Release

Thoughts for our anniversary episode; Cision-Vocus UK webinar featuring Neville now available; Quick News: PCs still tops for video viewing, half of US doctors are on Doximity, Bad web bots account for 1 in 3 site visits, Microsoft to ignore Internet Explorer rivals in Europe; Ragan promo; News That Fits: communications' role dealilng with harrassment and abuse online; Michael Netzley's Asia Report; content marketing, community, and the long tail; Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; listener comments; distraction-free writing; Dan York's Tech Report; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; Igloo Software promo; a mobile update; how to comment; music from Allison Crowe; and more.

Dec 22

FIR #787 – 12/22/14 – For Immediate Release

Thoughts for our anniversary episode; Cision-Vocus UK webinar featuring Neville now available; Quick News: PCs still tops for video viewing, half of US doctors are on Doximity, Bad web bots account for 1 in 3 site visits, Microsoft to ignore Internet Explorer rivals in Europe; Ragan promo; News That Fits: communications' role dealilng with harrassment and abuse online; Michael Netzley's Asia Report; content marketing, community, and the long tail; Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; listener comments; distraction-free writing; Dan York's Tech Report; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; Igloo Software promo; a mobile update; how to comment; music from Allison Crowe; and more.