But it will apparently be free [...]]]> I don’t want to keep posting about Google really I don’t. I don’t think that they’re quite the “not evil” entity that they set out to be but this evening I’m genuinely impressed at how Google Music seems to be developing. Except for one irritating factor it’s STILL U.S. ONLY.

But it will apparently be free for life, up to a 20,000 song upload limit and they’re also supporting independent artists with a 70/30 deal!

I can’t download and use the mobile app yet but do have an account and it works via my mobile’s browser or a standard web browser.

I’m intrigued at the song/artist suggestion feature too, and hoping it’s nearly as good as Last.fm? Having new music 30 second song previews is underwhelming but full song sharing with friends is a bit more like it.

No access to the shop yet either from the UK. Here’s hoping it’s officially coming soon.

I’ve set up a page for Technotik. It’s early days yet but I’ve got a good feeling about this. Like I said way back in the [...]]]> They’ve been a long time coming but Google pages are live. Google Apps were updated recently so that they could also join G+ and that’s opened the way for pages.

I’ve set up a page for Technotik. It’s early days yet but I’ve got a good feeling about this. Like I said way back in the mists of time, who’d bet against Google?

Here’s the link to create a G+ page https://plus.google.com/u/0/pages/create.

And here’s the link to the G+ Page badge https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/badge/config

Or you can have listen to the E.P. on Spotify here.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mass-injection-attack-targets-aspnet-sites-101911

“There is yet another large-scale injection attack going on right now, with nearly 200,000 pages affected so far. The compromised pages are serving visitors with malicious code that sends them off to a remote server for installation of malware.”

I’d [...]]]> .NET programmers check your sites to make sure you’re not affected by this latest SQL injection attack.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mass-injection-attack-targets-aspnet-sites-101911

“There is yet another large-scale injection attack going on right now, with nearly 200,000 pages affected so far. The compromised pages are serving visitors with malicious code that sends them off to a remote server for installation of malware.”

I’d still recommend Linux as a more secure platform wherever possible but good coding practise should prevent SQL injection attacks, whatever the platform.

Well worth a look. If you use Google Analytics already switch over to the new version and apply to join the beta here – https://services.google.com/fb/forms/realtimeanalytics/

Here’s Google’s own blog post announcing the new feature – http://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/09/whats-happening-on-your-site-right-now.html

Apologies for banging on even more [...]]]> Just read about Google Analytics realtime today, signed up for the beta and it’s live already.

Well worth a look. If you use Google Analytics already switch over to the new version and apply to join the beta here – https://services.google.com/fb/forms/realtimeanalytics/

Here’s Google’s own blog post announcing the new feature – http://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/09/whats-happening-on-your-site-right-now.html

Apologies for banging on even more about Google, they do make my life easier though.

I still highly recommend Google apps too [...]]]> I like the new look Google Docs a lot and especially that text Documents now have a notification feature too. It was added to Spreadsheets way back but that’s a biggie for me and it makes collaborations far easier, which is something I use Google Docs for a lot.

I still highly recommend Google apps too if you need to collaborate a lot. Make sure you try out the free version first if you want to take a look – http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

Following many rumours circulating that Facebook was sharing users phone contacts with the world Facebook released this yesterday – Wednesday 10th August

“Rumors claiming that your phone contacts are visible to everyone on Facebook are false. Our Contacts list, formerly called Phonebook, has [...]]]> This slightly belated message from Facebook wasn’t amusing at all was it

Following many rumours circulating that Facebook was sharing users phone contacts with the world Facebook released this yesterday – Wednesday 10th August

“Rumors claiming that your phone contacts are visible to everyone on Facebook are false. Our Contacts list, formerly called Phonebook, has existed for a long time. The phone numbers listed there were either added by your friends themselves and made visible to you, or you have previously synced your phone contacts with Facebook. Just like on your phone, only you can see these numbers.”

They could have saved a lot of bad feeling if they’d acted faster but at least it’s done and the word is slowly spreading.

It’s a potentially useful application of the technology but as always with Facebook there are [...]]]> I first spotted the feature on my own account yesterday when I uploaded a few photos from a day out at the weekend. Facebook’s photo app suggested a I tag a few of my friends and the suggestions were right too.

It’s a potentially useful application of the technology but as always with Facebook there are privacy issues here too. It should be opt in and not opt out as it’s set up at the moment. If you want to opt out go to the top right menu, account >> privacy settings and click on “Customise settings”. Then click on “Edit Settings” next to “Suggest photos of me to friends”. Here you can choose to enable or disable the feature.

Here’s Facebook’s own blog post on the subject – https://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=467145887130

Facebook have added a new “Send” button that compliments the “Like” button or can be added on it’s own. It allows the page to be sent to Facebook users, groups or email addresses and is as simple as adding an extra ‘send=”true”‘ to your current code if you’re already using XFBML.

Here’s [...]]]>

Facebook's new Send button

Facebook have added a new “Send” button that compliments the “Like” button or can be added on it’s own. It allows the page to be sent to Facebook users, groups or email addresses and is as simple as adding an extra ‘send=”true”‘ to your current code if you’re already using XFBML.

Here’s a couple of examples I set up today at http://www.bridgnorthmusicfest.com/ and within a Facebook application at https://www.facebook.com/bridgnorth?sk=app_194807670561047

More from Facebook here – https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/494