synergy

behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts.

Google Buzz User Directory

Since Google released Buzz, one popular feature request has been to be able to list users differently. I can see this becoming a future option that the Buzz team implements. Along the same lines of that request there have been several conversations I’ve seen based around how to find people to follow that are relevant [...]

Google Buzz goes live – details and reactions

Google Buzz has gone live and the initial reactions are flowing in. The product will integrate many new social networking features into the already popular Google Mail system. Speculation is that some see this as Google’s attempt to steal market share from all of the hot social sites such as Foursquare, Twitter, and Facebook. While [...]

Google taking on Facebook, who wins in the long haul?

With Google Profiles, the search giant is positioning itself to compete with Facebook and eat up some of the social network market. Facebook has taken claim to over 350 million registered users in it’s six years of existence. The fact is that I’d be willing to bet that each of those 350 million users also [...]

Droid doesn’t…sync exchange calendars.

For all that the ‘Droid Does’, it sure is missing one key item for business users. The ability to sync with Exchange calendars. Today I had my first chance to test drive the Droid, and the device is very impressive. I was not thrilled at it’s lack of integration with the Active Sync security policies [...]