From Facebook to Diaspora
Diaspora is a distributed, open source alternative to Facebook that a few NYU graduates want to spend this summer building. They set out to raise $10,000 on Kickstarter , and on the strength of all...
View ArticleLive from Google I/O: Waving Wednesday’s Keynote
Google kicks off its annual two-day developerfest Google I/O today in San Francisco, and no doubt there are goodies in store during the opening keynote this morning from 9 until 10:30am Pacific Time....
View ArticleAndroid 2.2 Screenshots: My Favorite Features in Froyo
Android 2.2 (code-named "Froyo," the next alphabetical installment of dessert-named releases after Cupcake, Donut, and Eclair) is now rolling out to Nexus One handsets . If you're tired of tapping and...
View ArticleThis Week in Google, Episode 47
Great conversation today on TWiG with our guest Chris Messina , who dropped knowledge on the history and differences between OAuth and OpenID--which in an age of "Facebook wants to own all your...
View ArticleHow to Set Up OpenID on Your Own Domain
For some reason I was under the mistaken impression that setting up an OpenID on my own domain, ginatrapani.org , would be a big hassle: that I'd have to host my own OpenID server software and that it...
View ArticleAndroid Tip: Swipe Up to Extend the Keyboard
Commenter seguetonowhere points out a useful Android keyboard feature I missed in my original Froyo rundown : if you swipe your finger over the top of the Android 2.2 default keyboard, it will extend...
View ArticleGoogle Voice Open in the U.S.
Previously invitation-only Google Voice just opened to everyone in the U.S., offering free text messaging, multi-phone management, and voicemail features which, after more than a year of exclusive...
View ArticleThe Software Buttons You Love Pushing
Spent several hours running around town doing tedious errands the other day in neighborhoods I don't know well, so I was thrilled to finally tap the "Navigate To-> Home" button on my GPS when I was...
View ArticleFroyo Over-The-Air Updates Hit Nexus Ones This Week
If you've got a Nexus One and have been patiently waiting for the OTA update to Android 2.2, this week's your week. Google says you'll get a notification by the end of the week for the update to 2.2....
View ArticleJava 6 Update 21 Download Available
Oracle has released an update to the Java SDK and Java Runtime Environment raising the version of both to 6 Update 21. The official download site over at the Java website lists Java 6 Update 20 as the...
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