Flattr, the small-donations-add-up-and-drive-content-creation company that I wrote about while it was still in private beta, drives a hard bargain. If you want to receive funds from others, you have to have funds in your account to Flattr others. If you don't use your monthly allotted amount to Flattr others, it will be contributed to charitable causes instead. Starting on May … [Read more...]
Google Apps Reducing Maximum Number Of Users For The Free Version May 10th
Google Apps, which I recommended as a way to make the most of your Gmail account, has a free version that anybody with a domain can setup as long as they have fewer than 50 users. Starting May 10th, that number will be reduced to 10. While this might reduce the infrastructure costs of Google Apps, I fear it might also reduce the adoption of other organizations that need 11 … [Read more...]
Instead of Shutting Down Delicious, Yahoo! Sells It To The Founders Of YouTube
Last Fall, Yahoo! said it was sunsetting the online bookmarking service, Delicious. After the Internet threw a collective hissy-fit, Yahoo! rescinded in December and said it was looking to sell Delicious, not close it. Now, the new owners have been announced and Yahoo! sent out an e-mail to all Delicious users to inform them of what they need to do during the transition from … [Read more...]
PlayStation Network Still Down And Probably For Another Week; Personal Data of 70 Million Stolen
Between the 17th and 19th of this month, Sony's PlayStation Network and streaming service Qriocity were compromised through an intrusion into the network. Sony was aware of the intrusion on April 19th and shut the service down as a result, first posting of the outage on April 20th. Since then, the PSN has been unavailable for those wanting to use it for online gaming, playing … [Read more...]
April 26th is Cord Cutters Day
Happy Cord Cutters Day! It seems a lot of technology is getting their own celebratory days lately since we just celebrated World Backup Day. Today's Cord Cutters Day is organized by GigaOM and includes local meetups and prize giveaways. Cord cutting refers to ditching your cable subscription in favor of other cheaper but legal options like using an over-the-air digital TV … [Read more...]