Onslought of app updates

Suddenly tonight I'm hit with a ton of app updates. Its like they're getting ready for some big giant social media convention or something.

Google Reader Play: find the most interesting stuff on the web

Google's just made it super simple to find the most interesting stuff on the internet in 3 simple steps:

1. Go to Google Reader Play
2. Go through all of the content presented
3. Whatever is left on the internet: that's the interesting stuff!

Google adds social "gadgets" to iGoogle

Google seems to take another shot at Facebook with the addition of social gadgets to the portfolio of things one can install on their iGoogle page. Titles include many you might expect, such as Scrabble and Chess. But there are a lot of titles that don't seem particularly social at all, such as Today's Horoscope and NPR.

I never spend any real amount of time on my iGoogle page so I can't say that I am personally excited about these new gadgets. But then again I don't play any Facebook apps either so I'm probably not their target audience.

Set your TiVo to record right from TV.com

TV.com can be linked to your TiVo DVR allowing you to schedule recordings right from the website. The setup process is super-simple, but you do have to register your box with My Tivo first. After that, just click the "Record to TiVo DVR" on a show's page and the rest is taken care of for you.

Virgin offiers more data on Broadband2Go pay-as-you-go service

Virgin announced today that they are offering more data on their pay-as-you-go wireless broadband service. Its still not a great deal, but good to have around "just in case".

MacHeist nanoBundle2 - 7 Great Programs for $20

MacHeist has just released their nanoBundle2: 7 applications for $19.99 (part of which goes to charity). The applications include:

• MacJournal - easy-to-use personal journal
• RipIt - imports DVD's and converts them automatically for viewing on your Mac or iPhone
• Clips - advance copy/paste content management
• CoverScout - fills in any missing album art in your iTunes collection
• Flow - great integration of FTP
• Tales of Monkey Island - some game 
• Rapidweaver - website creation application

25% of the purchase goes to one of 10 charities, or you can choose to split the donation equally among all 10. The only catch is that two of the applications (Tales of Monkey Island and Rapidweaver) will not be unlocked until the donation goal is met.

R.I.P. g.ho.st

g.ho.st - a fairly cool "virtual computer" site with a great domain name - is shutting down their public offerings to concentrate on paying (SHOCK!) customers. The service provides provided the user with a virtual system complete with their own desktop, folders, email, etc.  Its pretty handy if you have to share a pool of computers. There are still a few others out there but g.ho.st was definitely my favorite.

Improv Chatroulette

What's more entertaining that being connected to random people for an online video chat? Singing about them, to them.

Facebook "Like" App: A Real Sneaky Bastard

If Facebook apps are harmless then why are some of them such sneaky bastards? I logged in this morning and found a notification that someone "likes my photo." I clicked on the word "photo" as I normally do expecting it to take me to the photo in question. Instead, it took me to a page. WTF?

You have to look pretty closely to notice any difference between the fake and real "likes" - it appears to be how the link is formed.

I have no idea what this apps really does, but if it has to be that sneaky it can't be good.

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Update: I guess the folks behind the "Like" app had to change things around a bit. This morning's latest notice was that "Lika" needed access...

Corsair's Padlock 2 offers 256-bit AES encryption inside a rugged body

via engadget.com

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Bacon and Spam Cakes

In this age of super healthy eating, there’s only one way to put bacon even further up the no-no listen than it already is: make it out of pure sugar. That’s what Debbie did for this fried eggs and bacon cake. The bacon is formed sugar while eggs are made of chocolate cake. Over the sweet foundations, both portions are painted and glazed to realistic perfection.

via walyou.com

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