#“How to Add +1 to your site (oh and Google Places API Note)” Add +1 to your pages to help your site stand out +1 buttons let people who love your content recommend it on Google search via google.com Shur it can't do any harm. Already adding to some of our sites. All we need now is Google's Graph API. How does a site stand out when millions of other sites have the same feature? »
#“Watching the crazy route of a Kindle from USA to Cork” Amazon, would it not just be easier for everyone if you sent Kindles from UK to Ireland? »
#“I think I can wait until Christmas to get a Tablet -> NVIDIA Kal-El Demo” via youtube.com Incredible demo. Quad-core CPU. »
#“SwiftKey X - Instantly the best on-screen Android Keyboard” via androidcommunity.com Thanks to @eske for pointing this one out. I gave up on Swype months ago when its accuracy went to hell. Stock Gingerbread is fine but feels fiddly. I've been using SwiftKey X for less than an hour and I'm a complete convert already. Free whilst in Beta. »
#“Orson Scott Card Comments About Ender’s Game on Amazon” 1,661 of 1,731 people found the following review helpful: The Author Says a Few Words About Style, September 7, 1999 By A Customer This review is from: Ender's Game (Paperback) First, I’m embarrassed, as the author, that I have to give a rating in “stars” in order to comment here. But since I do have to do so, I’m not about to bring down the average by rating my own book any less than five <grin>. »
#“Inexpensive Android Open Accessory Kit” via androidcommunity.com $80 is a steal. My biggest takeaway from Google IO was Open Accessory. The importance of it was missed by all the web ninjas. I fully expect to see companies like PCH delivering on products using this standard in 2011. »
#“Slight screw-up by Facebook in move to https” As you probably know, Facebook are transitioning over to https for security reasons. You can opt-in now but it will be mandatory in the coming months. I've already written about the fact that every App developer will have to get an SSL cert but I discovered a bigger problem yesterday. If you are running the old Facebook Connect code on your site (and based on my experience, that's a lot of sites), you are probably accessing this URL:http://apps. »
#“Bye Bye Boxee (for now)” I've been a Boxee fanatic since I first installed it over two years ago. We had been running XBMC on several old XBOXes (and still do) but they couldn't handle x.264 video or HDMI so when I built a media PC, I used Boxee. I am absolutely convinced their focus on social is the right way to go. Social watching of TV in 2011 is barely scratching the surface of what's possible. »
#“26 Years of Word Processors Missing the Bleedin' Obvious” I have used the same basic document layout since I first wrote a school project on a giant ICL dedicated word processor in my Dad's office in 1985. The same layout through Wordperfect 5.1, Word for MSDOS, Word for Windows v1.0-2007, OpenOffice/LibreOffice and Google Docs. I bet you use the same layout:Title PageTable of ContentsSection 1 (with header and footer on all following pages)Section 1. »
#“Reasons Why 2011 is Starting to Feel Like 1999” Everyone thinks company X is unbeatable (Microsoft -> Facebook)A major search engine thinks everyone wants a portal (Yahoo/Excite/Lycos/Altavisa -> Google Places)A leading Web Browser releases worst version ever (Internet Explorer 5 -> Firefox 4) A leading OS releases a horrendous cheap knock-off of Mac OS ( Windows 98 SE -> Ubuntu 11.04)Bubble valuations of tech businesses (* -> *)Virtual Currencies are hot (Beenz vs Facebook Credits) Any other similarities strike you? »