We’re big fans of Google+ here at 40Tech. In fact, if you follow the Twitter accounts of either 40Tech or Bobby Travis, you’ll see that we’re not posting there quite as much as we did in the past. Are we alone in the way Google+ has detracted from our ability to be as active on Twitter? Let us know how your social media usage has changed since Google+ has arrived.
I’ve been an Android user since late last year, and have never looked back. At the time, my iPhone was starting to feel like a very simple toy, with too many limitations. Restrictions caused by sandboxing, the inability to share files between apps, and Apple dictating what apps I couldn’t install – all that finally pushed me over to the Android camp, and I’ve had no regrets. Until now. Siri, right? That might be the first guess – that Siri has me longing for the new iPhone 4S. Nope. While it would be nice, the real draw of the 4S to me are all the reports about its fantastic camera. Now, thanks to Lisa Bettany, we can view side by side photos to see just how much better the iPhone 4S camera is than previous iPhone cameras.
We all love Evernote here. Evernote related posts are some of the most popular on the site. And it’s no wonder… Evernote is awesome! Well, the deal-giving giants over at AppSumo agree with us, and have decided to raffle off 10 — count ’em: 10! — free-for-life Evernote Premium accounts with all the trimmings. You read me right: Evernote Premium — Free. For. Life. Save yourself $45 per year, forever.
I probably don’t need to tell you what you get with an Evernote Premium account: here’s a few of the highlights, if you need them, though:
AppSumo will require you to give them an email address, of course. They’re not doing this for nothing. Even if you don’t win, though, the weekly email deals they’ll send you are pretty awesome, and there’s a nice sprinkling of seriously great free stuff as well. Once you enter, you can get additional entries by sharing on Twitter and Facebook, or by sending people your AppSumo link to the contest. If other people sign up via your shares, you get extra contest entries. You can also Like them on Facebook for other ways to win, and you should follow them on Twitter, as that is one of the ways to find out if you win.
The contest ends October 30th and 11:59PM CST, so get your ballots in now. You can get there by this link: http://appsumo.com/~hqPz. Yeah, clicking the link will give me additional chances to win, as well, but it’s all love, right? If you don’t want to help me out, that’s cool — a pox! a pox, I say!!! :P — then just head over to the AppSumo website and start from there.
So what are you waiting for? It’s Evernote Premium. Free. For life! Get clicking, people!
Let me know in the comments if you entered!
Google Buzz is going the way of the dinosaur — or maybe the Dodo is a better analogy. Either way, as of November 14th, the hopeful attempt at getting in on some of that Twitter juice will simply fade away. Google’s on to bigger things now — like trying to get a piece of that Facebook pie, with some Twitter a la mode. Sounds nummy, right? Or maybe I’m just getting hungry…
Google officially announced the retirement of the Gmail-integrated Buzz on October 14th, but some of you may only now be getting the little pop-up notification in your Inbox. I got mine yesterday and I realized that, in a weird way, I’ll miss the service. It seemed like it had so much potential, at first. We even wrote about why we figured it wouldn’t flop – oh, wait… that was Wave. What can I say… we’re optimists. In any case, the integration of Buzz was handled badly, the “bubble up” experience was annoying (to say the least), and the UI design was the former and most unfortunate Google Ugly.
Thankfully, Google+ not only cannibalized some of the best that Buzz had to offer, but it also was designed with the understanding that minimalist can be pretty, too. The jury’s still out on whether or not Google’s latest social offering will see long-term development, but the Magic 8 Ball — and my never-ending, aforementioned optimism — tells me that chances are good…
So, anyway… If you want to view or keep your Google Buzz content, you can still see it on your Google Profile, and you can download it via Google Takeout — a very handy service, I might add.
On a final note, does anyone else find it funny that the “Google Buzz is going away…” post in the Big G’s Gmail Help pages can be actually shared on Buzz — and that there is a button to open up Sidewiki as well? Just me…?
Say your farewells to Buzz in the comments.
As most of you will probably agree, 40 isn’t so old. In fact, nowadays 40 isn’t too old to raise a newborn. That’s what is going on in my household right now, as we raise a baby that is just a couple of weeks old. When Baby 40Tech was born, my wife and I knew that it was important to keep track of the baby’s feedings, diapers, and more. Naturally, I looked to tech for help with that. Read more
