Tech It Like A Man!

Holy mackrel. If sharing everything you do on things like twitter wasn’t enough, TypePad has just launched BLOGIT. You are now able to add an application in Facebook that will allow you to blog and tweet and pownce till your heart’s content. It works with all the major blog platforms, as you can see by the extensive amount ot finy little icons surrounding the sign. I don’t know that I am going to like all this quadrupled amount of repetitive information. Just imagine what this will mean for advertisers who daily look for better ways to send out massive amounts of ad text all in one shot.

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U-Doo is a new avatar application from Wirefly. I have been checking out this interesting interface for making an avatar. I actually have it on my Myspace. It has been there for a few days. It was easy to add in. All I did was make my avatar with their website, click to let it know I wanted to add it to my myspace profile, and it asked me for my login info so that it could be added automagically.

I was reassured that they weren’t keeping my login information.

You can do more than just add the avatar you make to your Myspace. The main function is to add it to your cell phone to be used as a ringtone. You can also email it to your friends. You tell the avatar what to say via text or a phoned in message and in what voice to say it in. There are premade voices for text entry, but you would have your own voice if you phone it in yourself.

Downloading to your phone starts a subscription service that is free for the first 60 days and after that only $4.99 a month for unlimited usage. Email and Myspace options are free for users.
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The message is loud and clear. The courts will not hold Myspace accountable for the actions of individual parties that use the site. I have to say that I am not surprised. How can Myspace make sure that child molesters are not frequenting the lines? How can Myspace reach out from the Internet to make sure that kids and pedophiles don’t end up meeting each other? It’s not their responsibility. As I said before, it’s the responsibility of the parents to make sure their kids aren’t ending up in these predicaments. I can’t stress educating your children about the dangers of social networking and meeting in person enough!

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In light of the recent lawsuits and criticism, Myspace has decided to help get the predators under control. I think they are doing something right this time. It is better for them to be proactive than to wait for more lawsuits to bite them in their virtual rear. There are so many issues that stem from social networking, but it still comes down to educating the teens who use them. There are a number of teens who use Myspace and never come to harm because they are using what they have learned about being safe on the Net as a basis for all interactions. I hope that Myspace can find solutions through this new platform soon.

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I can’t say that I would be sad if they did.

The YouTube site is worth over $1.6 billion. Google has already absorbed so many other websites it’s scary. The Google Video section already has a tie in to Myspace so that you can post videos straight from Google to your Myspace blog.

Hopefully the YouTube execs will realize that this merger is not necessarily in their best interests. The reasoning behind this conclusion is my own. I don’t think we need one huge myspace/google/youtube video source. Competition and variety is good. The reason Google and Ebay didn’t forge an alliance is because of the “monopolistic” venture it would have become. Google should be happy that it has nearly all the bases covered with the many sections it has to offer the public and stop trying to absorb the rest of the free internet.

A theory…my theory alone:

Google is the vehicle of the antichrist…
Think about it!
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