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Sorry for no updates last week, been busy, but I made up for it!
My Attack Upon RealPlayer…and why is it still around?
As I scan across the RealPlayer website, the first button I see is the download RealPlayer for Mac option.
Ay Ay!
And guess what, I’m not clicking it even if it does have the image of an attractive lady on the beach inside the screenshot of RealPlayer. Now, many of you are probably asking: “Why is there such a hate for this application? I’ve never had problems with it!” Well, it goes without saying that I most certainly have had problems with it
Actually, I shouldn’t be so hasty to blame the company of this media player, rather those who use this player exclusively. I used to watch many anime and other TV shows when I was younger and there were always sites that would stream new episodes via RealPlayer. As it happens, when I tried to download RealPlayer, it refused to play these and had a series of complicated drivers that I needed to install in order to just watch said anime. It usually ended up in frustration or anger, and although I know a lot more now about such things, I’m really surprised it has survived the test of time, when so many other (better) media players are out. Not to mention the rise of independent video sites such as Vimeo and YouTube. Quicktime has also made many strides in getting Xvid and DivX codecs, enabling users to play almost any format they want. If this wasn’t enough, freeware application VLC has almost all codecs known to man in their player, which is personally what I use for playing videos.
Anyway, that’s my short rant about RealPlayer, comments and questions welcome!
Google Maps is #1!
After years of telling people that Google Maps is superior to MapQuest, the facts have finally come out. According to TechCrunch, industry analyst firm Cowen & Co. have released results that Google Maps is way ahead of Yahoo! Maps, MapQuest and Live Search (Microsoft) Maps. Cowen & Co. describe it as simply a matter of not having the resources to beat Google at the cartography game, direct quote below:
“Since our initial survey in July 2007, innovation at (AOL’s) MapQuest and Yahoo Maps has stagnated,” and although Microsoft has improved Live Search Maps, it remains the least popular of the four top services, said Cowen and Co. “Yahoo and MapQuest do not have the resources to keep pace and are forced to aggressively monetize a declining franchise in the maps segment.”
Here’s to everyone who told me MapQuest is “easier to use and gives faster times.”
Multicolr Search Lab
The team over at Idée Labs have created a cool little utility that allows you to search all of Flickr by simply different hues of color! Sounds like a simple algorithm (well, relatively), but it is really cool nonetheless. I’m honestly not sure when you’ll look for certain color images (?) but its cool, I’ll give them that! Maybe Yahoo can use this to look for more purple things… They do own Flickr.
The Weekly Tech Video Blog!
We have a video blog/podcast! Because Vimeo’s code doesn’t allow us to embed it here (because of WordPress), you can view it here. We’ll work on getting a YouTube video up or maybe Viddler, I’ll update tomorrow, later everyone!
The Weekly Tech News Bulletin
Hey everyone, just something to keep in mind for the future! Eventually (not soon, but eventually) we’ll be switching from WordPress to Blogger! Blogger has many features that aren’t allowed by WordPress (such as HTML and other coding, ugh) so there’s little choice I have. Though I enjoy the design of the site (I enjoy the trees), It’ll be switching to look more “Web 2.0.” Just a reminder, follow us on Twitter or Pownce! Check the links out! Oh, and keep reading!
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