Tuesday short takes

April 5th, 2011
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Skype launched ?The Living Workplace? to share an opinion survey on remote and flexible workstyles. TNW summarizes the report. I?m in one of a few short videos by analysts on the site. Key points from the half-hour video cut to under three minutes: The unit of work engagement used to be the job [...]

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Google Maps 5.3 for Android – Personal Location History Dashboard

April 5th, 2011
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I saw how Google Maps 5.3 for Android works on an EVO 4G. Very impressive. But it was one of my collegues phones and I did not want to dig in to see where he has been :) . But according to a post on Google Mobile Blog, Your location history, provided that you have enabled personal history for Google Latitude, will dazzle you with a lot of information and trends.

The location history dashboard…

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How to keep & maintain an online relationship tip #1 (Skype!)

April 5th, 2011
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?Be honest. OK? That?s the only thing you have. You can?t touch the guy, you can?t do anything with him. So the one thing that you should be is completely honest.? -  luckysister2 Two observations on this episode of Jazmine?s YouTube diary. First, Skype is just assumed. It is not novel, special, [...]

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Google Goes After About 6000 Nortel Patents To Protect Android And Chrome

April 4th, 2011
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In an attempt to ward of or have means to negotiate, Google has entered in to a “stalking horse asset sale agreement”with Nortel to buy nearly 6000 patents and patent applications spanning wireless, wireless 4G, data networking, optical, voice, internet, service provider, semiconductors and other patent portfolios. According to news sources, Google will uses…

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VOIP Calls Used By Scammers

April 4th, 2011
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© B RosenScammers have taken to making VOIP calls via Skype, attempting to scare victims into downloading and installing rogue antivirus software. Like other VOIP services, Skype is very inexpensive and has over 600 million users, making it an enticing target for criminals. But this isn't the only way that scammers are making their voices heard.

There have also been a lot of “smishing” scams lately, where unsolicited texts messages are sent to recipients telling them they need to contact their bank immediately at …

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Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi Only $349.99 At Fry’s

April 1st, 2011
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Looks like Samsung Galaxy Tab prices are falling like recent hail in the bay area. No sooner than we typed out that Sprint is selling Galaxy Tab for $199 (with a two year contract) or $429 without the commitment, for the 3G version.

Today we hear that Fry’s is offering the WiFi variant of the device fro $349! If it is not an April fools…

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Smurfs v. Skype: ?We want our blue back.?

April 1st, 2011
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The Smurfs are making their case to Skypers worldwide. "We want our blue back,? said Grouchy Smurf. ?Today is a day of action. We?ve gone too long without smurfalicious Online Numbers in our village. Skype should smurf it right now. ? I came to the story when I looked at Skype and [...]

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Lightower Fiber Networks Completes Open Access Inc Acquisition.

April 1st, 2011
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BOXBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lightower Fiber Networks, a leading metro fiber network and bandwidth service provider, announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Open Access Inc., a provider of diverse, cost-effective, customized end-to-end communications solutions, based in Farmingdale, NY.

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Skype Outages And MAC Client Woes!

April 1st, 2011
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Yesterday I watched a video (See Below) interview of a Game developer CEO, Jason Asbahr from Montrous . It was all about why the game developers dropped Skype for MAC 5.0 and went back to Skype for MAC 2.8. Since I use my Skype mostly on PC’s and Mobile phones, I have not experienced the problem nor I knew what the real problem was. Until I read VoIP Watch…

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Don’t Talk Drunk, Let GoogleVoice Voicealyzer Take Over The Talking, Texting!

April 1st, 2011
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Just like when you try to drive while you are drunk, talking while you are drunk can lead to serious accidents. Sometimes seemingly nice people blurt out the worst things when they are drunk.

You are in luck if you are a Google Voice user, Google Voice just announced Voice-lizer, for Google Voice. This will save you from making embarrassing phone calls or text messages.

To quote the Google…

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