Guitar Hero, done it. Rock Band, yep, did that too! I’ve not been a big fan of the mobile versions for some of these, even on the Nintendo DS the Guitar Hero just didn’t port well without cramping up and wishing your had double joints on your double joints. Still there’s no denying that these games are a lot of fun, whether you’re playing on your own or playing with a group. Mastering the moves, hearing the songs, and remembering the days when you wanted to be a real rockstar, are all part of the experience.
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Multifox, Firefox exentsion
Firefox is the crown jewel when it comes to extension friendly browsers. In the beginning IE could not compare, but more recently other browsers have started to adapt to extensions, but Firefox is by far the leader in this field. Many of us have tried to switch to other browsers like Chrome, but we felt naked with out the extensions. Personally it was a hard transition for me, but over time I’m getting used to it.
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If you had a chance to update your apps today then perhaps you were surprised by an update for your Linkedin mobile app. The buzz across the media sites is Linkedin’s new shiny app that offers 100% more functionality than the prior version of the app did. For all purposes the prior version was useless. The limited functionality made it one of those apps you had because you hoped, but you just never used. Luckily, following Facebook’s recent app update, the new Linkedin app gives users more of what they want with a few interesting extras.
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A more direct method to crowdsource.
More people are turning to the internet for their answers to questions like “why does this hurt?” to “what’s for dinner?”. Web and mobile apps are becoming the go to for much of our information, but all the information on the internet had to have been put there by someone. The disconnect to relationships comes when you simply read a blog post, listen to a podcast, or watch a vidcast, rather than interact with them directly. Would things be different if we could connect with someone in real time who was thinking the same thing you were, at the same time, or feeling the same way you do? Chances are we’re looking for someone to relate to us in some way and the “Anybody Out There” web app is a great way to get that conversation started.
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Okay, as if the world were not already filled with stress (stress from work, stress from family, friends, responsibilities, planning, scheduling, etc) we can now add world ending stress and fears to that list. In a world with nuclear attacks are becoming more and more of a reality, people are anxious to blow things up, and people are preparing for Zombie Apocalypse, why not plan a strategy for these fears. You probably got a plan for all the other everyday stress, but now you can make plans to keep yourself safe, or at the very least know what you’re in for with some world ending web apps that I came across while scouring the net.
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LogMeIn Logo
There’s just some apps that take the concept of mobile apps to a whole other level. It was not long ago that I reviewed an iPhone application that started your car from afar, making the use of a key useless.
Most recently a new app was brought to my attention thanks to a colleague of mine. As a heavy mobile user and constantly on the go, it’s not always easy for me to access my files. I use apps like Dropbox, and Zumodrive, but sometimes I don’t place the files I need in those apps. In those cases LogMeIn Ignition has saved the day.
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It’s been recently brought to the world’s attention that the TSA has once again decided to do something…anything…in order to ensure that all is right with the world. Now I’m not one to enter into a political discussion on rights and policies, as it is not the purpose of this article, but rather to focus on the decision as it relates to technology.
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Slacker Internet Radio
In the battle for music player supremacy, many online music players have burst onto the scene. Now recently I’ve personally been a fan of Pandora and still support them, but other entries like imeem, and Last.fm just couldn’t grab my attention. Recently a music player that I had previously tossed into the pile of the above mentioned, uninteresting players, Slacker radio.
Slacker radio offers up an interesting hybrid of both online streaming music from pre-existing stations, the ability to create your own playlists, and functions as a shop for products that allow you to take Slacker radio with you everywhere you go. Both a web app and a mobile app, Slacker does a great job with providing an easy to navigate user interface and a decent list of stations ready to play as soon as you create an account. The stations are divided into categories offering up something for everyone, if not just a taste of the power of this application.
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Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver
Having a laptop or desktop computer in the room that you’re in to play music is nice, but not always possible. The time it takes to set up your laptop or desktop and then play music can be a problem if not troublesome when worrying about battery life. Interestingly some are even happy just connecting their mp3 player to smaller speakers, but the audio comes out so awkwardly that you might as well put a pillow over the speakers because the clarity is just so muddied.
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Personal productivity and self help books are amazingly refreshing and can really get you on the right track. Many of us need inspiration from time to time, but not all of us have the time to read books or listen to audio in order to help us find that guidance. With the advent of all things mobile, more and more content is becoming easily accessible via your mobile devices, and now self help guidance is broken down for us in bite sized chunks that we can all benefit from.
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In what was practically the unplug heard around the world, imeem users were rudely awakened when upon loading their favorite playlists, they
imeem playlists moving to MySpace Music
were nowhere to be found. MySpace’s acquisition is not responsible for imeem going away, as the suffering company would have surely gone the way of the dinosaur on its own, but rather, shutting off the API killed a lot of apps, desktop and mobile alike. The impact was felt the world over as no word was even given, no warning, not even an explanation was made at the time of this event.
Recently MySpace has done right with the imeem community by assuring them that their playlists are fine, and are simply being ported over to MySpace music playlists. While I’m not entirely sure of MySpace’s music porting capabilities, I’d have to assume this is not an overnight process. Nevertheless, MySpace’s imeem acknowledgement provides some comfort to avid imeem users, but little those that have already migrated to other platforms. The service’s dedicated fans were the most spurned by this transition in ownership, and perhaps MySpace’s assurance comes too little too late.
In the announcement MySpace encourages users to use the existing music service provided by said company while the transition is taking place. It states it has the largest licensed digital catalog of music, hoping to lighten the blow even more, but for some of us, MySpace is not a site we thought of when we thought of music. Will the acquisition of imeem, will this change? Should be interesting to see the response once the imeem playlists have been brought over.
There’s a lot of social search options out there, but Nsyght has launched t
Nsyght is a social search engine.
o not just offer up social search possibilities, but also offer up some great discovery methods for new content. When I first discovered Nsyght, it reminded me of an earlier company I reviewed called Worio which was a discovery search engine that had a lot of great social community aspects.
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