Many Windows Vista users feel they were unpaid beta testers and that Microsoft has used their time and their error reporting with Vista, to help them produce Windows 7. I agree! In fact, many people have suggested that Windows 7 should have been rolled out as a Service pack for Vista.
Here’s why…
Friendfeed’s Paul Buchheit has just confirmed to me that the next ‘big’ new feature coming to Friendfeed, will be the last! This comes a day after Buchheit issued a confusing statement about the future of the platform he co-founded.
Here’s Buchheit’s message in full:
Friendfeed seems to be doing little more than gathering dust, following Facebook’s acquisition. Even their most highly followed user, Robert Scoble, has said; “I can’t keep focusing on a site that isn’t getting developed. Sorry. That’s not what I do.”
Is this the end of the line for Friendfeed or a new beginning?
CNN’s poorly-advised coverage of the balloon boy hoax story, could mark a change in the way mainstream news is reported. By trying to take on services such as Twitter, by releasing ‘news’ super-fast, the reliability of stories is suffering. Here’s what I think is happening…
Once again, hundreds or maybe thousands of people, attending the SAME event at the SAME time are ‘live blogging’ the SAME content to (mostly) the SAME people. So-called ‘live blogging’ was once a useful practice, where a small number of people attending an event, would send key messages via Twitter, to their targeted followers.
However, today – when almost every attendee at these events is tweeting everything they hear, live blogging has become (at best) a nuisance for Twitter users.
Gary McKinnon is to be sent by the UK government to the United States for trial, following the failure of his latest appeal against extradition.
McKinnon has a form of autism, which his legal team and doctors claim will lead to “disastrous consequences” for his health, including possible psychosis and suicide; if he is extradited. He faces a 60 year prison term if found guilty – read on…
So, bloggers failing to declare that they are taking money or freebies for writing reviews / posts, could soon be fined up to $11,000. Whilst this may stop a few smaller blogs writing undisclosed posts for PR firms, it’s hardly going to stop the big blogs – which are rewarded very highly for the coverage they give certain favoured brands. Here’s why!
Cisco’s report into global broadband speed has been published and the findings confirm what many users know; that typical broadband speeds in their country are crap.
The top 10 countries for broadband quality are:
