TechGuy’s Blog: Java 7 – Language Enhancements (Part 1)
After nearly five year (on July 2011), Java SE 7 has been released! With Project Coin, the new Fork/Framework, the New File System API (NIO.2), and more. Java SE 7 is an important step in Java’s evolution. There are number of enhancements in the programming language, listed below.
Got the little yellow word myself today. Buzz was the pathfinder for Google+ … so long little pathfinder.
Google alerts Gmail users of Buzz retirement – Tech News – IBNLive
Google is now alerting Gmail users about the impending retirement of its Buzz service. The notification in a yellow box reads, “Google Buzz is going away, but your posts are yours to keep” and directs users to a page that provides further information on how users can port their Google Buzz data.
Today we’re excited to announce the first way you will be able to leverage Google+ — by making it possible to replace your Blogger profile with your Google+ profile. In addition to giving your readers a more robust and familiar sense of who you are, your social connections will see your posts in their Google search results with an annotation that you’ve shared the post. Plus, bloggers who switch will automatically get access to the Google+ integrations we’ll be rolling out in the future.
A web service called PlusFeed
RSS feeds are not officially supported by Google Plus yet, that’s bad if you want to follow a specific user on the new social networking site. Sure, you could add the user to a circle to read all (public) messages on the Google Plus website, or visit the stream of that user directly to access the new messages.
Ads. Oh well.
Latest Skype for Mac Beta has Facebook Integration and Ads – TNW Facebook
Overall, the new Skype for Mac Beta is a slow, rainbow colored wheel of death. But when it does work, the integration is pretty cool. The ability to instantly video chat all of my contacts, call them on multiple numbers or send them an instant message is convenient. You can also view contacts by Facebook, Online, Skype, All and Address Book for better organization. It doesn’t appear that Skype Profiles or Skype search have fully integrated with Skype yet.
The article names Verint Systems Inc, based in New York, as exporting competing equipment for the $3 billion “Lawful Intercept” market worldwide.
Torture in Bahrain Aided by Nokia Siemens
U.S. and EU export laws and UN sanctions control just a narrow slice of technology such as weapons systems or data encryption. International embargoes that cover a broader range of equipment target only a small circle of the worst actors, such as Myanmar and North Korea.
And now we see that old investment Microsoft made in Facebook and its acquisition of Skype beginning to bear fruit. If Microsoft can’t compete with Google … it will Borg anyone who can. Facebook is in serious difficulty.
Facebook confirms ‘awesome’ Skype integration – Computerworld
Skype could be a useful and interesting partner for Facebook, especially with its impending $8.5 billion acquisition by Microsoft. Analysts have noted that in scooping up Skype, Microsoft can put the screws to Google, which reportedly had been interested in buying the company.
For a free group video conference, we’ve always used MeBeam, but it looks like Google+ may surpass it – especially if it integrates with Google Groups well.
Google+ Hangout Is the Best Free Group Video Chat We’ve Seen
Team Lifehacker has been playing around with Google+ all morning, and so far the coolest innovation we’ve seen—particularly from a productivity standpoint—is the Hangout feature, which creates rooms for you to hang out with your friends, coworkers, or any of your social circles. It’s great.
Someone ar SearchEngineLand has been using Google to Google Google+. And finding some ineresting facts
How To See Inside Google+ If You Can’t Get Inside Google+
Google+ has been live for a full day now, and there’s plenty going on within the service, even with the limited number of people in there. Curious to see? Here’s a guide on peeping into Google Plus.
MySpace used to be the best place to root for new and interesting music. Then Newscorp bought them for $580 million. Selling today for 5 cents on the dollar … Somebody at Newscorp made a big mistake.
Myspace Acquired, CEO Out: Email From Mike Jones To Employees
Myspace CEO Mike Jones just sent out this mass internal email and press release confirming the company’s sale to Specific Media earlier this morning. Kara Swisher is reporting that the sale was for $35 million.
Team Lifehacker has been playing around with Google+ all morning, and so far the coolest innovation we’ve seen—particularly from a productivity standpoint—is the Hangout feature, which creates rooms for you to hang out with your friends, coworkers, or any of your social circles. It’s great.