{"id":1707,"date":"2011-11-22T14:05:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T22:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2011-12-06T00:10:41","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T08:10:41","slug":"week-of-111411-%e2%80%93-tech-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/week-of-111411-%e2%80%93-tech-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of 11\/14\/11 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tech News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple and Google made major music announcements this week. Apple finally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/111114\/p38#a111114p38\" target=\"_blank\">rolled out iTunes Match<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and Google made <a href=\"http:\/\/music.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Google Music<\/a> available to everyone and opened up a <a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\">Music Store<\/a>. Amazon started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2011\/surprise-amazon-ships-kindle-fire-today-kindle-touch-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\">shipping the Kindle Fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/google-music-is-open-for-business.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google Music is open for business<\/a> (The Official Google Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5860789\/best-practices-for-setting-up-google-music\" target=\"_blank\">How To Properly Set Up Google Music<\/a> (Lifehacker)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/11\/16\/dont-be-too-disappointed-by-google-musics-lackluster-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t be too disappointed by Google Music&#8217;s lackluster debut<\/a> (TechCrunch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Google-Music\" target=\"_blank\">Google Music Q&amp;A on Quora<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The\u00c2\u00a0introductory\u00c2\u00a0video from Google:<\/div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NI8rQEHoE24\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"450\" height=\"259\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0iTunes Match<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/allsongs\/2011\/11\/21\/142413277\/itunes-match-thousands-of-songs-with-a-couple-of-hitches\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes Match: Thousands of songs with a couple of hitches<\/a> (NPR &#8211; All Songs Considered Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/163658\/2011\/11\/itunes_match_what_you_need_to_know.html#lsrc.mod_rel\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes Match: What you need to know<\/a> (Macworld)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilounge.com\/index.php\/articles\/comments\/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-itunes-match\/\" target=\"_blank\">Secrets &amp; Features of iTunes Match<\/a> (iLounge)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/163606\/2011\/11\/check_your_musics_icloud_status.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check your music&#8217;s iCloud status<\/a> (Macworld)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2011\/11\/14\/how-to-use-itunes-match-with-very-large-itunes-libraries\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to use iTunes Match with very large libraries (&gt; 25,000 songs)<\/a> (MacRumors)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/iTunes-Match\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes Match Q&amp;A on Quora<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>iDownloadBlog.com created this<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2011\/11\/14\/itunes-match-the-complete-walkthrough\/\" target=\"_blank\"> iTunes Match Ultimate Walkthrough<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3oXFGuBQQSo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"450\" height=\"259\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Kindle Fire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amazon shipped the Kindle Fire earlier this week. Kevin Tofel from GigaOm has a <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/mobile\/amazon-kindle-fire-what-the-web-is-saying\/\" target=\"_blank\">good write-up on the mixed reviews<\/a> for this product.<\/p>\n<p><em>Positive reviews:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/technolog.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/11\/14\/8790557-kindle-fire-review-yes-its-that-good\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Fire review: Yes, it&#8217;s that good<\/a> (MSNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/technology\/ihnatko\/8816567-452\/review-kindle-fire-is-no-ipad-killer-but-it-is-a-killer-device.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Fire is no iPad killer but it&#8217;s a killer device<\/a> (Any Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/11\/14\/amazon-kindle-fire-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Kindle Fire Review<\/a> (Engadget)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><em>Negative reviews:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/reviews\/2011\/11\/kindle-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is this really the tablet everyone&#8217;s talking about?<\/a> (WIRED)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marco.org\/2011\/11\/17\/kindle-fire-review\" target=\"_blank\">A human review of the Kindle Fire<\/a> (Marco.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Other news this week<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/11\/14\/amazon-kindle-fire-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google&#8217;s Lab of Wildest Dreams (a.k.a. Google X)<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(New York Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/11\/15\/google-plus-pages-third-party-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google+ Pages can now be managed with 3rd party apps<\/a> (Mashable)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/media\/2011\/11\/19\/netflix-to-resurrect-arrested-development-in-2013-as-part-of-content-play\/\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix to resurrect Arrested Development in 2013<\/a> (The Next Web)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/8301-2007_4-57326520-12\/skype-desktop-app-now-makes-facebook-video-calls\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skype desktop app now makes Facebook video calls<\/a> (CNET)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-employees-go-nuts-as-zuckerberg-tells-them-the-ipo-is-coming-2011-11?op=1\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook employees go nuts as Zuckerberg tells them the IPO is coming<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/technology\/2011\/11\/no-ones-noticing-twitters-new-ad-experiment-which-good-thing\/45143\/\" target=\"_blank\">No one&#8217;s noticing Twitter&#8217;s ad experiment, which is a good thing<\/a> (Atlantic Wire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20111117\/amazon-kindlephone-for-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon KindlePhone for 2012?<\/a> (All Things D)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-31322_3-57324406-256\/how-facebook-is-ruining-sharing\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Facebook is ruining sharing<\/a> (Molly Wood\/CNET) and Robert Scoble&#8217;s rebuttal: <a href=\"http:\/\/scobleizer.com\/2011\/11\/20\/the-facebook-freaky-line\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Facebook Freaky Line<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple and Google made major music announcements this week. Apple finally rolled out iTunes Match\u00c2\u00a0and Google made Google Music available to everyone and opened up a Music Store. Amazon started shipping the Kindle Fire. Google Music Google Music is open for business (The Official Google Blog) How To Properly Set Up Google Music (Lifehacker) Don&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,24,33,18,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-google","category-itunes","category-tech-news","category-weekly-roundup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1712,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions\/1712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}