Awakened Voice

I’ve been trying the Utterz service for the last few days so I decided to call in an audio blog post.
On this post I talk about the Microsoft/Yahoo deal, as well as tools tools that can help you to create a lifestream.

Neville Hobson has done an analysis of his RSS feed subscriber stats since Google started reporting statistics on subscribers via Google’s Reader and Home Page services.
He concludes that Google Reader, ” is making its mark as an RSS aggregator.” He sees a larger percentage of subscribers now using Google tools as opposed to other popular [...]

I recently upgraded my Firefox browser to version 2.0. One thing to consider before you upgrade is how the upgrade will affect your add ons.
Most will probably be supported, but I ran into a potentially sticky situation with my desktop RSS feed reader of choice, Onfolio. Onfolio was acquired by Microsoft earlier this year and [...]

Speaking of acquisitions in the social media space, I got an email this morning announcing that Google had purchased hosted wiki service JotSpot. Is there no end to the acquisitions that Google can (and will) make? Probably not given their market capitalization.
According to the email, “Google shares JotSpot’s vision for helping people collaborate, share and [...]

Internet Explorer 7 is out and it includes some nifty features that allow people to discover and subscribe to RSS feeds in the browser. I’ve been testing the beta for months and recognized that the RSS functionality is a very important new feature.
Apparently Walt Mossberg from The Wall Street Journal doesn’t think so. I read [...]

If you’re curious about how the latest version of Internet Explorer handles RSS feeds then head over to the Learning Center to catch a video tutorial on managing RSS feeds with IE7.
I’ve been trying out the IE7 Beta for a few months now and am impressed with the support Microsoft has added for managing RSS [...]

Microsoft has recently added some RSS news reader features to their new product that currently has a code name of Max.
According to the official website, “Microsoft® Codename Max is your opportunity to try a new, exciting experience from Microsoft. Today Max lets you make beautiful photo slideshows to share with your family and [...]

A couple of weeks ago I started trying out Windows Live Writer, a desktop based blog post creation tool developed by Microsoft. I’m happy to say that so far this new tool has worked very well for me.
Over the past couple of years I’ve tried out a number of tools for short periods with little [...]

A number of sources have reported on the launch of a new blog writing app from Microsoft. The rumors are true!
Microsoft has released Windows Live Writer. It’s a desktop based application that supports posting to Windows Live Spaces and other blogging tools like WordPress and Movable Type.
I’m giving it a try right now as I write this [...]

MSN Spaces is now Windows Live Spaces. Live Spaces is the next generation of Microsoft’s web based social community effort.
According to the ‘about’ page on the Live Spaces website, “Windows Live Spaces is a free online software service where you can blog, share pictures and connect with the people you care aboutor the world at [...]