Logging into Google+ today I was immediately drawn to the new visual look: Quite a departure from the "black bar" that we’ve come to expect from Google+. Here’s what it looked like yesterday – and interestingly still looks like on…
Dec 01
Google+ Turns Hangouts Into a Free Conference Calling Service With Free Voice Calls in US and Canada
Fascinating move by Google today… Google+ now allows you to add voice-only phone calls into a "Hangout", allowing you to create conference calls of both video and voice participants. Announced by Googler Jarkko Oikarinen, it is available inside of "Hangout…
Dec 01
FCC to Hold Two December Workshops on PSTN Transition to New Technologies (Featured Blog)
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued a public notice that it will be holding two workshops on the transition of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to “new technologies” such as voice-over-IP (VoIP). The workshops wil…
Nov 30
On The Need To FOCUS In Our Age Of Hyper-Distraction…
I was amused by a bit of synchronicity yesterday. I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to how to better focus my attention. The "bright shiny objects" of our social media world have tended to pull me away from…
Nov 29
MarsEdit 3.4 Now Available for Offline Blogging on Mac OS X
I was very pleased to see this morning an update notice for version 3.4 of MarsEdit, my favorite tool for writing blog posts on my Mac: This 3.4 release is stated to be focused around improvements to the media management…
Nov 29
WordPress.com Rolls out WordAds, New Competitor to Google AdSense
Want to make money from your blog hosted on WordPress.com? In a fascinating move today the folks at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, rolled out WordAds, directly competing with Google’s advertising offerings. As they state: Over the years one of…
Nov 28
SOPA Updates: Matt Cutts Summary, European Parliament Resolution, Sandia Labs, BSA
In the ongoing debate around the controversial "Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)" bill in the US Congress (that I have covered previously here and here), there are four updates worth reading: First, Matt Cutts provided a comprehensive SOPA update last…
Nov 28
Om Malik’s Reflections (and Stats) on 10 Years of Blogging
Over the weekend Om Malik published a great piece that’s worth reading if you are a writer / blogger: My 10 years of blogging: Reflections, Lessons & Some Stats Too It’s a wonderful story of how Om first got into…
Nov 28
Skype 5.x Beta For Mac OS X Includes Hidden "Push To Talk" Feature
It turns out that the Skype 5.x Beta releases for Mac OS X have a hidden feature. In my last Skype-related post about the simultaneous release of 5.7 Beta for Windows and 5.4 Beta for Mac OS X, I mentioned…
Nov 23
Want a Great Weekend Project? Consider Applying for an Internet Society Job
The Internet Society is hiring! We’ve got about 10 open positions right now… 17 Nov 2011 Technical Outreach for Identity and Privacy 14 Nov 2011 Regional Bureau Director, North America 09 Nov 2011 Director, Development Strategy 04 Nov 2011 Membership…
