Spotify: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Spotify finally released in North America today, marking their latest and greatest expansion ever. For those unawares, with Spotify, you can access virtually any music ever made (well, of a 13 million-strong library) and sync it anywhere. If you have the Premium service, you can even sync all that content to and fro your mobile. So how is it? We at FleshEatingZipper are more than willing to give you our fierce opinions about it!
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Redesigning TechCrunch, an Interview with Dave Feldman
TechCrunch just launched their redesigned site. I like it, even the logo (though some of the guys here don’t agree with me, but you know designers, bunch of bitchy little girls), and I got a chance to talk with Dave Feldman he is Director, Consumer Experience at Aol and was the project lead on the new redesign. Read the rest of this article…
FleshEatingZipper Discusses: Google+
It’s the latest and greatest from Google: a social network that people are actually caring about. Already about to surpass ten million members, which is a long way from Facebook’s three-quarters of a billion active users, but you gotta start somewhere, right? Inside, the staff present their opinions on Google+.
Microsoft Secretly Unveiled My Next Phone Today
Unlike the rest of their Windows Phone announcements this year, Microsoft’s unveiling of four new phone models – equipped with their new major Mango update due out this fall – almost went completely under the radar. All of the current Windows Phone models were unveiled last October, so the lack of new hardware has certainly been a yank on Microsoft’s mobile chain. So sure, Acer’s finally getting a Windows Phone out, ZTE’s doing something, whatever. The big news is the new Galaxy S 2-derived Windows Phone and if Sprint plays their cards correctly, I’m going to finally own one.
Think Before You Post
We all know that social networking sites are becoming a part of life quickly. Nearly everyone has a Facebook, Twitter, or some even have the dying Myspace accounts, but here’s something not many people think about, the budding of social networking background checks. That’s right, now not only do you have to pass a criminal background check, you may have to be concerned about what kind of information you’ve willingly gave to the public on websites. Now, there are professional social networking sites such as LinkedIn, which may help your case, but may not be able to out balance any negative connotations you’ve racked up through your other sites.
Spotify + U.S. + Invites = Sexy
Yeah, it looks like Spotify, the music streaming company that spread across Europe like a wildfire and started working on plans to come to the U.S., months ago, has finally taken aim at our shores and will be here, any time.
By Book or By Nook
I love the smell of books, I love the feel of them in my hands, how they look on the shelf, okay let’s face it, I just love books, but I also own a Nook. That’s why I was interested in Barnes and Noble’s new campaign that encourages reading. “By Nook or by book, I will read.” The love of books something that I took from my childhood, many people of my generation grew up in the booming time of electronics. The niftier the device the more attracted to it and the Nook is no exception to this, none of the e-readers are. The Nook combines the love of technology and love of reading, making over two million books, magazines, and newspapers available at people’s finger tips. People who had originally lost interest in reading have picked up a Nook and started reading again. Busy moms, single parents, business men, traveling people, and those who just thought that books were out dated have rediscovered the escape that lay with in the words of books. Read the rest of this article…
Google+ Go Public Or Get Booted
So…Digging around on Google+ reveals some interesting information. It seems that the fine folks at Google intend our profiles to be left public and, if we don’t want to be out in the public, they’ll kick us the hell out.
Google Unveils New Site Designs, Leaves Us Going “Huh.”
Google is many things: the ubiquitous search engine for the entire world, an insanely popular e-mail client, the most popular mobile platform of the future, on and on. One thing Google is not, however, is very artistic. Little Google logo doodles aside, their products are plotted, drafted, and executed by waves of engineers and their utilitarian – or worse, inconsistent – interfaces are hardly anything to fawn over. But 2011 is a new year and the internet is being shown the new face of Google, but are they finally getting it down?
We’re Giving Out Google+ Invites
That’s right, you want one, why would you not. Google+ is the new hotness on the streets of the social network world. Just fill out the form below and we will share a post with you. Just click the join Google+ and you should be presented with a sign up. If not try the link again in about an hour. Don’t forget to become a fan of FleshEatingZipper on Facebook! Read the rest of this article…
