Making sure to not let Google steal the spotlight for more than a few moments, Facebook announced their Facebook Connect platform is now open to developers to seamlessly connect Facebook accounts to site authentication and identity information:

Ok Google Connect.  It’s your move now.

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The new Google Reader look and feel was released today, and it looks… Terrible.  In fact, when it first was changed, I thought my browser was failing to load a CSS file or something.  It looks like the whole left side of the screen is broken.
Here’s a sample of the new left sidebar:

But, according [...]

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Not to be outdone by recent news of advancements in adoption of Facebook Connect, Google launched their Friend Connect beta site today.
Google’s Friend Connect differs from Facebook Connect in that it’s leveraging open standards (OpenID, OAuth and OpenSocial) instead of the (arguably) closed and proprietary Facebook Connect standard.
Google also launched a developer site with [...]

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What is up with me finding news out of Australia lately?
Check this out, the Kogan Agora Pro Android phone:
Back at the beginning of November, Kogan had said that the phone was going to be AU$199 and ship by Christmas, but that has since changed.
According to Kogan:
The Agora will cost AU$299, and the Agora Pro will [...]

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As I’ve posted earlier, I’m an avid fan of FireFox.  I tried out Google’s new Chrome browser when it was first announced, and I was impressed.  It did seem a tiny bit faster than FireFox (more detailed reports were posted at LifeHacker) and the tab system seems a lot less cluttered than FireFox.  But [...]

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