Volery Launched
After some time in the making I’ve launched “Volery” a twitter application. It essentially allows you to tweets to an account on Twitter. It also has some basic functions of twitter (like character countdown)
Wed, October 21 2009 » tech, the relay » Comments Off
How to put your own mp3s on the Motorola V750
I recently upgraded my cell phone to the Motorola V750. For the price (free after contract) it is a pretty decent phone. With a still camera, video camera, bluetooth, and micro SD card it packed a lot of punch. The one thing that really baffelled me was how to get ringtones to the phone without [...]
Sat, September 26 2009 » Music, tech » Comments Off
iTunes now supports AACplus streaming
For the past few years I have been anxiously awaiting the support of AACplus streaming in iTunes. The AACplus stream format handles compression much better than other popular streaming formats, like mp3. AACplus also doesn’t have the stigma with IT folks like mp3s do.
Sat, September 26 2009 » tech » Comments Off
Government Proposes Massive Shift In Online Privacy Policy
Changes Would Pose Serious Threat To Americans’ Personal Information, Says ACLU WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union submitted comments today to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) opposing its recent proposal to reverse current federal policy and allow the use of web tracking technologies, like cookies, on federal government websites. Cookies can be [...]
Fri, August 14 2009 » tech » Comments Off
Apple Withdraws Threats Against Wiki Site
San Francisco – Apple has retracted its legal threats against public wiki hosting site Bluwiki, and, in response, EFF is dismissing its lawsuit against Apple over those threats. The skirmish involved a set of anonymously authored wiki pages in which hobbyists were discussing how to “sync” media to iPods and iPhones using music library playback [...]
Fri, July 31 2009 » tech » Comments Off