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links for 2006-06-27

• PR Thoughts
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Oooops, I've been re-instaling del.icio.us Firefox extension, and unfortunately made it wrong... But geeeh, what a lot of available extensions now, it's impressive, it's definitely worth having a look !

Go Wengo !

This is a geek week at PR Thoughts...

Have you heard about Wengo, an IM solution that you can use to connect with your friends who are using other IM client (Yahoo! Messenger, MSM, Jabbber...) ? The new release WengoPhone 2.0 is available, enabling voice and video calls.

Give it a try, you can download it for free. I've been trying the Firefox integrated release till now, but they issued the Mac OS X one yesterday too, so I am definitely going to test this one.

Update: I succeed in the setup, my ID: gdugardier

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MacBook: terrific !

Just discovered the new MacBook... I want it.... Now...

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Launched my new IT blog

I made my decision, I launched my new blog about IT, hardware, software, web services and in french ! Ah mais. I am not blogging here on the same regular rythm I used to do in the past, mainly because I am overwhelmed at my new office and also because I'd love to spend some more time on podcasting. I've got several shows already recorded and quite ready to be published, just need to make some minor final "clean up" and they will go on air here.

PR Thoughts is going to be the be mainly my podcast with still some PR thoughts but not on such a regular basis. It took me a long time to clarify the situation, but now it's done.
Sorry for having been so "lazy" here, hope to meet you again soon.

iTunes 6 and the new iPod are now available

Apple released iTunes 6 with several terrific new features. Music Videos is one but also very interesting the ability to buy and send music as gift or to post personal reviews and ratings. I wonder how many video clips are available right now, the list I saw today was already quite impressive...

Apple offers a specific entry for Pixar's films and I couldn't resist jumping through this open gate to get "For the birds", a short film that made me laugh as never the first time I saw it few years ago... I fully recommend to invest the 2,49 EUR required to get it !

With the new iPod also released those last days (who did get a Nano....?), Apple is now inviting us to "Watch your music" as the campaign says. Who could have imagine that we would once write such things and more over that it will make any sense...?!? Nothing else than Apple's genius ! That's terrific marcom !
The advert is really a success too. Well, I wonder what might be Apple's next step on the big consumer market...

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Google Reader has been launched

Google just launched it's RSS reader at the Web 2.0 conference, Google Reader, that you can use if you have a Google account. I've just try it, although I don't fancy online RSS readers, seems that it has some original features: you can upload your subscription list from other readers, mail or blog items you're reading with a click, play your podcasts with a built-in player ...
You can also classify your feeds by "label" or star your favorites. I am going to give it a deeper try in the next days...

Via Netwizz

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Is Steve Jobs playing with the cell phone industry ?

If you're interested by this question, you should have a look at Bill Palmer's last piece on Ipod Garage, he's got a terrific vision of what's happening up there...

It would seem that there just can't be a method to all this sadness regarding the iTunes phone, this Motorola / Cingular / Apple three-headed monster of a phone of whose head Apple is seemingly attached by a lone tendon. Did things go horribly wrong between Apple and Motorola behind the scenes? Has Apple been trying to make this project fail from the start? Or did Steve Jobs sit this one out and put the whole cell phone "vision thing" in the hands of the Dell Dude?

More than 65 comments at that time, jump in !

Thanks Teebo for the link.

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Google to launch a blog search engine

Google has launched a new search blog service in beta, I've tested it a bit, seems to be working quite well... I'll have to make additional tests and comparaison with other blog search services... Back soon with deepest feedback...

Via Micro Persuasion

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eBay to Acquire Skype !

... for approximately $2.6 billion in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration.

This is the hugest news of this fall ! You can find the full release there, I know two men that must be the happiest of the world today... Congratulations Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis !

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Smart icons for your computer

If you want some nice and smart icons to personalize your computer, you should have a look at Fasticons, they have some really nice and great designed icons available, some for free download, others that you can pay through Paypal.