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Google Public Policy Blog: Our complete letter to the FCC regarding Google Voice for iPhone

18 Sep
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Finally Google made public their response to the FCC on the Google Voice App Store rejection.  Seems silly that they waited so long when Apple was quick on the draw to say “See? wasn’t our fault!” by posting theirs.

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Dropbox review

10 Sep

Dropbox - file sync, sharing and backup

Dropbox is a file sync and sharing tool.  I’ve been using it for the last 7 months and it’s saved my rear end a few times already.

How it works is you install the client and it creates a directory in your Documents folder (for Windows, the location is different for OSX and Linux) which is synchronized to the dropbox servers.  You can then install the client on another computer and anything in your “dropbox” that has been synchronized will be downloaded.  Any changes you make on either machine will be synchronized with each other as well as the dropbox server.  You can access your files by installing the client or logging into the dropbox server via browser and downloading files from the website.

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To iphone or not to iphone

01 Sep

My old Blackbery Pearl is slow, scratched, and the battery cover is being held on by electrical tape.  To top it off I’ve recently been using the hell out of it as a mini-computer which really helps me stay organized and on top of things.

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Needless to say I’m sick and tired of that dinosaur and want to upgrade to something new, which brings me to the question at hand.  What in the hell do I get?

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What the heck is a QR Code?

27 Aug

QR Codes are a form of 2D barcodes developed and popular in Japan.  Found on websites, advertisements, business cards and many other things.

QR Code for this post

In the sidebar of this website you will find a QR code for each page.  If you have a QR Code reader on your mobile phone you can just take a picture of the code and you will be directed to the URL you scanned the code from on your mobile device.

This is just a silly toy on a blog like this but can be good for things like your business cards, especially if you do mobile development or just want to look nerdy.