I found this a while ago and decided to share it with those who don't already know. Probably the most interesting Google Maps mashup yet, Goggles lets you fly a 3D biplane. But, you must start at a major city. It even lets you shoot at the things below you. Some things that Goggles leaves to be wanted are 3D building (but that would probably on come from use of Virtual Earth 3D and IE7), a more detailed plane, and for the things you shoot to blow up and not come back. But, then again it is in beta.
Google Blogger Beta went live today in place of the old blogger. This new Blogger is great and all for the very new bloggers but Vox kicks it's ass and so does wordpress for those that host their own blog.
I have been planning my transition to a mac-centered home after using a mac for two weeks cut of from my Linux machine. Just thought Id compare my experience with Mac versus Windows.
I have been running on Safari for a while now. And it is horrible(to an extent). I have run into site after site telling me that safari will not run correctly with it. It is the worst feeling ever to know that even IE beats it(well, that is mostly due to market share :))! My safari experience has sucked so far but here are the pros and cons:
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wish to introduce a Web 2.0 project that I did with couple roommates
from Stanford. Spokeo combines MySpace, LiveJournal, Flickr, Youtube,
and 20 other social networks together. You can think it as Trillian for
social networks. Spokeo allows people to track friends' blogs, photos, and videos across different social networks in a constantly updated "news stream". Spokeo also supports RSS/Atom feeds, meaning that people can access Spokeo to keep up with news, web comics, stock updates, and other syndicated content. Spokeo is a personalized aggregation tool that no one has done before. It showcases the latest open-sourced technologies like Ruby-on-Rails, Gentoo, and AJAX. I hope you and your readers will find it useful and interesting. Sincerely, name withheld Spokeo.com |
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I recieved this message a little while ago from one of the founders of the site. I encourage you to try this site. I am short on time and cannot do a full review right now but the site looks very well-down and though-out.
I will do a full review soon but I am extremely short on time.
I'm not sure how often Ill be able to post while I am on vacation.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
As the world moves toward everything on the web(again) we are still fearful of online storage solutions. While web-based operating systems allow you to store anything. And place like flickr store your photos and YouTube hold on to your videos, you see we are really already moving our harddrives on to the web. Now when you think about it much of your data is on the we already. So is online storage safe? I don't know but here is an evaluation of some of the major online storage providers.
Box.net
Box.net is a well known online file storage provider. They provide a free 1G account which is what I will be testing. But there are other packages:
- 5GB storage for 4.99$/month or 49.99$/year
- 15GB storage for 9.99$/month or 99.99$/year
Score:9/10
Xdrive
Xdrive, a service of AOL, offers you a free 5GB account. Already you think "A service of AOL. huh? Not really that safe", yes I think the same thing. But it does have some promising features. Instead of being entirely web-based, Xdrive has a downloadable client that allows you to acces all of your files from your desktop(gee, sounds awfully familiar). This feature alone makes it a very enticing service. The site itself looks nice, although it really does scream "AOL was here". It is worth a try but I would not use it for anything remotely important.
Score:8/10
Conclusion
I will probably review more of these services but for now these seem the major competitors(filexoom may be reviewed later). You have basic over view of the services. Just remember storage is the same, it is the tools and reliability that matter, then storage space. Always look at tools and reliability first.
Goowy is a web-based operating system. Written in Flash, Goowy has been designed and developed by four developers since March of 2005. It is a closed system that seems to try to build off of the mac UI(with bouncing icons and such). It comes complete with an instant messenger, email, contacts, calander, news/rss, and file storage. It even gives you your own email address. username@goowy.com. Sounds like A great deal? Well lets look at it:
Plus side of Goowy(compared to other webOSes)
- Easy to use GUI
- Useful applications
- Good amount of storage(2GB)
- Easy way to access email
Down side of Goowy(compared to other webOSes)
- No current way to develop for it
- Not many applications
- Requires Flash(it makes it look good but it is easier to use other webOSes such as eyeOS or YouOS
Conclusion:
It is a very nice service and the developers have put a lot of work into it. It really is a nice experience. With that said there are flaws such as you cant develop for it, leaving the developers with the server side, user end, and all the apps. It is worth a try but before settling on anyone WebOS please check out the other Weboses(we have previously reviewed eyeOS and YouOS)
Screenshots:
File Storage:
Goowy Dashboard:
