GigaOm on NYT.
I’m pretty sure this is new. I haven’t paid NYTimes too many visits since I started to RSS all my news. But there was a nice surprise today to see GigaOM to be featured in the Technology section of the web-newspaper.
Tweet.
With the release of iMacs and iPods, items with names like iPill, iToy, and etc, began to appear on the consumer market to ride the Apple craze wave.
Consumers generally don’t pay too much attention as to why a product was given its name, and sometimes its just because it is just blatantly obvious. Here is a slide show of how some products got tech products got its name.
My personal favorite is how Twitter’s name came about. Co-Founder Biz Stone thought of the name when he was reminded of the way birds communicate.
What happens to my things on the web after I die?
While reading online over the last few weeks, I came across this article on the TechRadar, and it got me thinking. I don’t believe that it is depressing topic to think about, because death is inevitable.
Like the article says, domain names die once you stop paying for it. Sites like Flickr continues to store your photos despite inactivity. Or at least as long as the company survives.
Then it got me thinking about the longevity of web companies. With the continual changes on the internet, will the websites keep up? fall behind? or eventually be forgotten?
Will we outlive some of the website we currently use? What will the lifespan of the World Wide Web be?
Children always seem to give a clearer perspective of things.
You can’t understand all of the lyrics, but I think its enough.
Finding the perfect application for whatever the purpose can sometimes be challenging.
This time, it involves finding the perfect IM app for my iPhone.
When fring was released, it was a big hype because it allows users with VOIP capabilities over WiFi.
I remember how excited my friend, Joe was. He IMed me and told me to log on to Skype so he could test it out.
It worked fairly well, with minimal delay.
I was also very excited because make daily calls to my family using Skype.
After a month of test calls, I give the app a 4/10.
Call quality on the receivers end was apparently, horrible. Receivers often complained about strong echos of their own voice.
9/10 times , VOIP does not go through. fring immediately dropped my call when dialed, and the app needed a few restarts before a successful connection was made.
fring does not do good job with updating contacts that are online and offline, even after restarting.
I hope they fix they bugs with the next updates.
I am going to stick with IM+, for now. I keep fring on my phone for emergency purposes, but SkypeOut calls shall continue to only be made from my computer.