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5 Must Have Tools for Web Working Moms

Mashable!

- 22 hours and 55 minutes ago

Jessica Smith is Chief Mom Advisor of MomForce.com and Chief Mom Officer for Wishpot.com. She chronicles her experiences as a mom and virtual executive at JessicaKnows.com.

More and more moms are leaving the nine-to-five corporate grind and finding themselves working virtually from home in order to spend more quality time with their children. These balance-achieving moms need to stay productive, flexible, and as stress-free as possible what with carpooling the kids, making dinner, and advancing their careers.

As a mom who works virtually myself, I’ve tried out my share of productivity and communications tools. Now I’m going to share with you the five I can’t live without:

Google Apps

I use GMail to manage five different accounts related to the different projects I’m working on. I use Google docs to collaborate with other moms for event planning, project execution, and information capture. And Google calendar is a life saver when scheduling meetings because it plays nice with just about any calendaring platform out there. The bonus? Now that I have a T-Mobile G1, I cut out the step of a daily sync because Google’s Android platform syncs “over the air.” Meaning, I can focus on my child, the dishes, my clients, the mom communities, etc. instead of trying to remember the last time I synched my BlackBerry.

Remember the Milk

As a busy mom, every second counts. Fleeting ideas and phone calls can happen unexpectedly and sometimes at the most distracted part of my day (erm…that would be every part). Remember the Milk is a task list tool that I also use to capture those ideas, jot a quick note, or write down a few words to jog my memory later.

Using the Gmail Remember the Milk Add-on, this nifty little tool now lives within my Gmail screen. Handy and unintrusive, I don’t have to open any extra windows to get what’s in my head on that list. Literally, within seconds, it’s captured and saved. And with my hectic life? Every second counts. Alternatives to Remember the Milk include Jott and Evernote.

Twitter

Seems like more and more moms are on Twitter every day. So it was no surprise when the moms’ twitter streams made headlines recently after a Motrin ad rubbed many moms the wrong way. However, a lot of moms, like me, use Twitter as a way to keep up with current events, parenting resources, and developing friendships. And more moms than you might think are using Twitter as a professional networking tool. I’d even argue that I use Twitter stream as a blog reader that sees more action than my Google Reader.

Want to find moms on Twitter?

- Use Twitter Search with the search term mom, baby, or other keyword like baby sling, preschool, etc to find other like-minded moms on Twitter.

- Sign up for the Twitter Moms Ning group to connect and share with other Moms on Twitter and find new ones to follow.

- Look for a link to the mommy blogger’s Twitter profile on your mommy blogs.

Facebook

Sure, I’ve connected with childhood chums on Facebook as far back as elementary school on this ever-popular (some might even say THE most popular) social networking site. However, I also use it as an effective way to make important announcements about projects I’m working on, sharing resources I’ve found helpful with other moms, and discovering new blogs and websites to read and explore further.

The Notes application makes it easy to share my feed with those that might not be avid blog readers and the Groups function lets me make new connections within various niches of interest. I’ve even designed my own flair with the logos of the companies I work with. Facebook can be a total time waster, but if used properly it can be a valuable tool.

Feeling overwhelmed? Start with these mom-friendly Facebook apps:

- Add your blog, support your favorites and discover new ones with Blog Network.

- Support your favorite charity or express your passion for a cause with the Facebook application Causes.

- Escape from preschool TV show line-up and be entertained by taking your friends quizzes or making up your own with the Quizzes app.

YouMail

This is a neat application that works with your cell phone’s voicemail. A lot of people will find this useful, but moms especially. I know there are some times when because of a yapping puppy and a tired, cranky preschooler, I just can’t get to the phone. With YouMail, not only can I set up different voicemails depending on who the caller is, I can also see who left a voicemail in my email. This, with the ability to forward a voicemail by email to some else, helps me prioritize and therefore makes me productive.

Plus, it takes Caller-ID to a whole different level, by showing me not just the number but the location, too. Working virtually, I get calls from all over the country, so this feature is very useful when taking time zones and the appropriate time to return a call into consideration.

Living a balanced life as a full-time mom and a virtual executive isn’t easy and it’s certainly not without stress. But I’ve found that using a few key tools consistently, makes for a more productive and therefore, more successful outcome both with my family and my career.

What are your must have tools?

Jessica Smith has successfully brought her 8 years of marketing and business development experience home with her, literally. She is Chief Mom Advisor and the woman behind the idea for MomForce.com, Chief Mom Officer for Wishpot.com, and works with big brands including Walmart and Ford. Jessica offers a personal glimpse into her life as a mom and virtual executive at JessicaKnows.com. Her specialties include creating buzz and community for companies that target moms through new media. She has also been recently tapped as one of the 50 Most Influential and Powerful Women in Social Media as #23. Jessica enjoys the best of both worlds, motherhood and career, at home in the DC Metro area with her husband and young son. You can find her on Twitter as @jessicaknows.

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What REALLY Is New In 2.2

BBC reveals catalogue of errors that led to Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross row

Guardian Unlimited

- 1 days and 4 hours ago

divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/24449?ns=guardianpageName=Media%3A+BBC+reveals+catalogue+of+errors+that+led+to+Russell+Brand+and+Jonathan+Ross+rowch=Mediac3=guardian.co.ukc4=Russell+Brand%2CJonathan+Ross%2CBBC%2CRadio+industry+%28Media%29%2CMedia%2CUK+newsc5=Not+commercially+useful%2CMedia+Weekly%2CComedy%2CRadio+Media%2CTelevision+Media%2CTVc6=Tara+Conlanc7=2008_11_21c8=1121970c9=articlec10=GUc11=Mediac12=Russell+Brandc13=c14=h2=GU%2FMedia%2FRussell+Brand" width="1" height="1" //divpThe a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/bbc"BBC/a has admitted that nobody at Radio 2 listened to the controversial a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/russell-brand"Russell Brand/a show in which he and a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/jonathan-ross"Jonathan Ross/a left offensive remarks on Andrew Sachs' mobile voicemail before it was aired. /ppThis admission is just one of a series of damning revelations revealed today when the BBC published its internal report on the "Sachsgate" affair./ppThe report includes a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/21/russell-brand-jonathan-ross1"a series of revealing emails/a between senior BBC Radio 2 executives and The Russell Brand Show producer Nick Philps prior to the October 18 broadcast that sparked the Sachsgate row./ppThese email exchanges lay bare a breakdown in communication and, in some cases, what the BBC called a "failure of editorial judgment". /ppThe report concludes there was a "lack of direct control by Radio 2" Brand's independent production company, Vanity Projects, which made his show for the station./ppAnd it reveals that Ross and Brand had recently been on the BBC's "safeguarding trust" course â€“ set up and designed to ensure no repeat of the breaches of viewers' trust and editorial standards that have dogged the corporation over the last 18 months./ppIn what will be seen as an extraordinary decision, it has also emerged that no compliance form was completed by a BBC executive or producer ahead of the transmission of the Brand show on Saturday October 18./ppThe BBC management report into the affair said the October 18 programme was only "retrospectively approved" for transmission by the Radio 2 head of compliance, Dave Barber./ppLesley Douglas, the Radio 2 controller, told the internal inquiry she believed Barber had a "responsibility to listen to the programme and to sign it off", whereas he "was adamant" it was not part of his job. Douglas and Barber subsequently resigned over the Sachsgate affair, as did Brand./ppBrand's show used to be made in-house by the BBC, but this year was transferred Vanity Projects./ppThe report said Barber "recognised that independent programmes should be listened to inside the BBC but not that it was his responsibility"./pp"We hadn't discussed how this was to happen â€“ perhaps there was an assumption I would do it," he told the BBC Sachsgate inquiry./ppAnother problem highlighted by today's BBC report is the fact that despite the concerns raised about potentially controversial content on Thursday October 16, the editing of the Brand show that aired on Saturday October 18, was not completed until just before transmission. /pp"The producer [Nic Philps] did not complete and submit a compliance form. He said he did not do so because he knew that there was no one at Radio 2 to receive and read the form, therefore he elected to complete the form the following week," the report stated./pp"The Radio 2 head of compliance [Barber] said he recognised that as a result of the situation described above no one in Radio 2 would read the compliance form or listen to the programme before it went to air," it added./pp"It was his judgment that he did not need to see the compliance form or hear the programme ahead of transmission."/ppThe report stated that on Tuesday October 21: "The Russell Brand programme producer completed and submitted an independent production company compliance form for the programme of October 18 which was then loaded into the BBC's Proteus system. Once in the system the Radio 2 head of compliance retrospectively approved transmission."/ppOther breakdowns in communication are highlighted by the investigation, including the fact that because she was not in the office Douglas was not aware for four days that Sachs' agent had emailed her a complaint about his treatment by Brand and Ross on Thursday October 24./ppShe only discovered it had been sent on the evening of Sunday October 26 â€“ after the Mail on Sunday ran a front-page story./ppOn Saturday October 25 Douglas had texted the director of audio and music, Tim Davie, to say: "re tomorrow's Mail regarding last week's Russell Brand Show where he called Andrew Sachs ... I am not around tomorrow morning â€“ for info the programme had language and content warnings at the front as did the online./pp"The producer checked with Andrew Sachs that it could be used before it went out as the show was pre-recorded./pp"We have received no complaint from him or his management as far as we are aware and the show itself received jsu [sic] 2 complaints with one being about Russell sending up Jonathan Ross who was co-hosting with him (for info the Mail often do damning pieces about Russell or Jonathan)."/ppUnfortunately, all through the day on October 26 after the Mail on Sunday splash the BBC press office had been "maintaining Radio 2's line that the BBC was unaware of any complaint and this was included in BBC News' coverage of the story on the day", the report stated./ppAs soon as she saw the email from Sachs' agent that evening, Douglas wanted to send an apology but was advised against it by the BBC's corporate press office./ppAlthough BBC management and the trust have now completed their reports, regulator Ofcom is still investigating the complaints it received about the lewd messages to Sachs./ppOfcom has the power to fine the BBC up to £250,000 per transgression for breaches of its broadcasting code. /ppemstrongÂ·/strong To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email a href="mailto:editor@mediaguardian.co.uk"editor@mediaguardian.co.uk/a or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332./em/ppemstrongÂ·/strong If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication"./em/pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/russell-brand"Russell Brand/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/jonathan-ross"Jonathan Ross/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/bbc"BBC/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/radio"Radio/a/li/ul/divdiv class="guRssAdvert"a href="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/click.ng/richmedia=yessite=Mediacountry=(none)spacedesc=rsssystem=rsstransactionID=1227284155926112116220444056"img src="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/image.ng/richmedia=yessite=Mediacountry=(none)spacedesc=rsssystem=rsstransactionID=1227284155926112116220444056" border="0" //a/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a

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iPhone 2.2 Update Review: Go Get It Now [Apple]

Gizmodo

- 1 days and 5 hours ago

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2008/11/custom_1227282078058_iphonepublictransport_01.jpg" width="804" height="402" style="display:block;float:none;" /The new iPhone 2.2 is here and we've been playing with it all night and morning. Like Apple says in their documentation, the stability and performance seems to have improved, but the spotlight falls on the new and improved Maps application, which has been polished up thanks to its public transportation and walking directions, as well as the smooth, fast Street View, and many other interface details. There are a lot of unexpected new featuresâ€”no, no cut and pasteâ€”and fixes as well, and we've tried them all here:/p pbEnhancements to Maps/b/p p· Public transport and walking mode: The most impressive part, at least for a public transport user like me, is the new public transport and walking directions mode. They work as you can expect, without many glitches. This mode has all the information you need, at least here in New York, and it showed me the fastest way to get from my house to Gawker offices (cleverly avoiding the damn 6, which is always arriving late for me)./p pNot only it showed the route clearly, with nice new icons, but it also gave something unexpected: subway timetables. As you can see in the gallery, it tells you what's the departure time for the next Manhattan-bound L train, telling you how many minutes you have to get there on time. It can also calculate the total time of your trip, which is always useful./p p· Street view: It works great. You can't access street view by clicking on any place in the map, but the way Apple has implemented it kinda makes sense. When you do a search (or drop a pin) an new little guy icon will appear in the address pop-up. You just have to click on it and the map will zoom and smoothly change into Street View mode, rotating the display to the left automatically. From there you can navigate easily, using one finger to look around the panorama and clicking on the overlaid arrows to navigate. It works hot-butter-over-pancakes smooth. We'd like to be able to access the mode by just finding our current location and switching it on though./p pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/11/teddy.jpg" width="480" height="320" style="display:block;" //p p· Other new features: When you drop a pin, it displays the exact address of the location. You can also share any location via email very easily, just by clicking on the location itself and hitting a Share this location button. It's a quick cut and paste substitute (of course, no cut and paste yet)./p pbiTunes and App Store/b/p p· Podcasts over the air: As far as we can tell, they work flawlessly for both audio and video. I accessed the new feature and I was downloading podcasts in no time. Unfortunately, the artificially-imposed 3G network 10MB limit is easy to reach for video content, such as the TED Talks that download fine over Wi-Fi. One good thing: It leaves the podcasts in a queue so the next time you get into a Wi-Fi hot spot, they will download automagically./p pscript type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" galleryPost('iphonepodcasts', 3, ''); /script/p p· App store reorganization: The UI has been sightly reorganized and polished. The categories, for example, now display bigger and with icons. As I speculated in our iPhone 2.2 rumor round-up, the icons shown seem to show the top free application./p pbFixes/b/p p· Improved stability and performance in Safari: In my informal testing, it feels a bit faster to me, especially on Javascript heavy web sites./p p· Resolved isolated issues with scheduled email: Wasn't able to test this one, as I don't use scheduled checking to save on battery life./p p· Improving wide HTML email display: If you have ever ran into this problem, you know it's extremely annoying. When somebody sends you an HTML styled email, sometimes it displays very long lines and tiny text. I received a mail like that the other day from my sister and went immediately to try it. Unfortunately, the fix hasn't worked for me on that one, but it did work in another email I got from a company. Weird./p p· Decreased in call set-up an call drops: Too soon to tell./p p· Improved sound quality on Voicemail messages: I saw this yesterday so I went and tried them in 2.1. Indeed, there were pops and hisses. After the update I tried under 2.2 and yes, they ido/i have better sound quality./p pbOther little additions/b/p p· Clicking the home button while you are in the home screen takes you to the first page of the home, which is ivery/i welcome, as that's where I store my main applications and I have several pages of additional apps and page links./p p· Safari: They have streamlined the interface for address and search, like we already saw in previous leaks./p p· Preference to turn auto-correction on and off: This is a welcome addition for me, because quite frankly, no matter what Jason says, my iPhone corrects fuck with duck every single time. So duck auto-correction for a little while. I'm going to ducking see if it affects my ducking speed or not./p pbVerdict/b: It works fairly well, feels smooth, and the new features are a must havemdash;especially the new Maps application. Ducking good. 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Apple's iPhone Catches Up To Google 'GPhone' With Street View Maps (AAPL)

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- 1 days and 6 hours ago

pimg class="float_right" src="/~~/f?id=4926bde8796c7a65008cd3dcmaxX=320maxY=213" border="0" alt="iphone-street-view.jpg" title="iphone-street-view.jpg" width="320" height="213" /Another free time waster (and useful feature) for iPhone owners, courtesy Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone 2.2 software update, which rolled out last night: Google Maps Street View./p pThis catches the iPhone up with Google's (GOOG) G1 'GPhone', though the iPhone doesn't seem to have the same automatic "digital compass" technology as the G1, so you have to move around manually. That's fine -- either way, very addictive./p pThe software update also includes some user interface improvements and lets you download podcasts over the air. It does emnot/em include over-the-air iTunes purchases, as a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/are-over-the-air-itunes-downloads-coming-soon-"we had supposed it might/a. Seems like that's a rights/pricing issue./p pList of new 2.2 features, a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/21/apple-releases-iphone-2-2-firmware/"via MacRumors/a:/p p style="padding-left: 30px;"Enhancements to Mapsbr /- Google Street Viewbr /- public transit and walking diretionsbr /- display address of dropped pinsbr /- share location via emailbr /Enhancements to Mailbr /- resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of emailbr /- improved formatting of wide HTML emailbr /Improved stability and performance of Safaribr /Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular)br /Decrease in call set-up failures and call dropsbr /Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messagesbr /Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screenbr /Preferences to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard settings/p pstrongSee Also:/strongbr /a href="../../2008/11/rim-blackberry-storm-review"RIM's BlackBerry Storm Is No iPhone, But Should Sell Well/abr /a href="../../2008/11/next-year-s-iphone-sales-your-guess-as-good-as-the-analysts-aapl-"Next Year's iPhone Sales: A Crapshoot/abr /a href="../../2008/11/blackberry-storm-coming-to-verizon-nov-21-for-199-rimm-"BlackBerry Storm Coming Nov. 21 For $199, iPhone Not Toast/a/p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Adei4t3QPPYDV7aefOcVissMrHA/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Adei4t3QPPYDV7aefOcVissMrHA/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=QFvbOnTg"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?i=QFvbOnTg" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=Xr6fPqT2"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=VuvJ3ONB"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=80" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=E3o2oveg"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?i=E3o2oveg" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=Do6ml4OF"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=131" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=XJJaztog"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=336" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=xVdscmSf"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=qPtACp17"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=50" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~4/WcO_mUIrSxQ" height="1" width="1"/

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Obama's Mobile Phone Records Compromised, Shared

No Surprise Here: Telco Employees Access Obama's Phone Records

Techdirt

- 1 days and 8 hours ago

We've pointed out plenty of times in the past, that any time there's a database of info out there, the data is almost certain to be abused. The latest example? Employees at Verizon Wireless a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10104997-83.html?part=rss#038;subj=news#038;tag=2547-1_3-0-20" target="_new"improperly accessed Barack Obama's phone records/a to see who he was calling and who was calling him. The access was just for his regular phone used for voice communications -- not his Blackberry. Also, the employees had no access to his voicemail or anything -- just calling records. At least Verizon Wireless came out and admitted this, rather than covering it up, but it's yet another reminder, that data will be abused. br /br / And, of course, Obama isn't the only one facing such an issue. Reader lavi d writes in to point out that a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_us/joe_the_plumber_records"eighteen background checks/a were conducted in Ohio by gov't employees on Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber. Eight of those background checks were done for no legitimate reason, including one at the request of the director of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services (who has now been suspended). We had a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081027/0417052654.shtml"mentioned/a three such cases earlier, but even more have since come to light.br /br /a href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20081121/0112582907.shtml"Permalink/a | a href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20081121/0112582907.shtml#comments"Comments/a | a href="http://techdirt.com/article.php?sid=20081121/0112582907op=sharethis"Email This Story/abr / br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3f5e8fedb6ca93ec6afa88812957f412p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3f5e8fedb6ca93ec6afa88812957f412p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=3f5e8fedb6ca93ec6afa88812957f412" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.techdirt.com/~f/techdirt/feed?a=9f6Cn"img src="http://feeds.techdirt.com/~f/techdirt/feed?i=9f6Cn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.techdirt.com/~r/techdirt/feed/~4/460665995" height="1" width="1"/

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iPhone 2.2 update - download podcasts directly! Map enhancements

MAKE Magazine

- 1 days and 10 hours ago

The new iPhone update is pretty good - the maps app has street view, public transit - but best of all you can now download podcasts over Wi-Fi and wireless. I've been doing podcasts in some manner for over 5 years and this is what I've been waiting for!

This update contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following: * Enhancements to Maps -Google Street View -public transit and walking directions -display address of dropped pins -share location via email * Enhancements to Mail -resolved isolated issues with Schedule fetching of email * Improved stability and performance of Safari * Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network) * Decrease in call set-up failures and drops * Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages * Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screen * Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings Keep reading for some screenshots of the MAKE podcast (we're #8 in tech, woo!). Here's something I've seen anyone note yet, the podcast client for the iPhone? It can *see* the PDFs in iTunes but cannot download them, darn! a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/iphone_22_update_download.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890" /Read more/a | a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/iphone_22_update_download.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890" / Permalink/a | a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/iphone_22_update_download.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890#comments" /Comments/a | a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/iphone/?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890" /Read more articles in iPhone/a | a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=blog.makezine.com%2Farchive%2F2008%2F11%2Fiphone_22_update_download.htmltitle=iPhone%202.2%20update%20-%20download%20podcasts%20directly%21%20Map%20enhanbodytext=%20The%20new%20iPhone%20update%20is%20pretty%20good%20-%20the%20maps%20app%20has%20street%20view%2C%20public%20transit%20-%20but%20best%20of%20all%20you%20can%20now%20download%20podcasts%20over%20Wi-Fi%20and%20wireless.%20I%26apos%3Bve%20been%20doing%20podcasts%20in%20some%20manner%20for%20over...topic=tech_news" /Digg this!/a

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News: iPhone Software 2.2 out: Google Street View, Podcasts

iPhone 2.2 Update Available Now [Iphone 2.2]

Gizmodo

- 1 days and 14 hours ago

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/11/iphone22update.jpg" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="2" width="807" height="404" style="display:block;float:none;" /That was fast. It's barely Nov. 21 and the iPhone 2.2 update is here, all 246MB of it, a href="http://gizmodo.com/5095313/iphone-22-release-may-come-tomorrow"as promised/a. Included in the update, according to the release notes and a href="http://gizmodo.com/5075154/the-iphone-os-22-rumor-round-up"as we'd heard/a, are all the new Google Maps features we've been waiting for like Street View (which is so far butter smooth and delicious over Wi-Fi, slightly less magical over 3G), public transit and walking directions, as well as over-the-air podcast downloads, mail enhancements, Safari tweaks, improved sound quality for visual voicemail, fewer dropped calls (again), and more. But you know, not MMS or copy and paste. Grab it now./p pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/11/iphone222.jpg" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="2" width="807" height="404" style="display:block;float:none;" //p br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=83f849771e5427ae03bf11e1871d4e47p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=83f849771e5427ae03bf11e1871d4e47p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=83f849771e5427ae03bf11e1871d4e47" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=BUxIoC4Y"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=xmapUbdt"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=Ss32HK6R"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=Ss32HK6R" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=c0JkFG2J"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=c0JkFG2J" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/pLiXM9RIHZM" height="1" width="1"/

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AT&T 3G Network Is Down, But Not According To AT&T [At&t]

Gizmodo

- 1 days and 15 hours ago

pimg src="http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/07/iphone-final-attack-2.jpg" style="display:block;" /We here at Gizmodo have been getting interesting missives from all you readers about how ATT's 3G network has just plumb broke. Any calls made to an iPhone 3G goes straight to voicemail, but with no notification to the iPhone owner. Switching back to the Edge/2G network will get the phone to start acting normally again. While that sucks, the biggest problem seems to be getting ATT to admit that anything is wrong in the first place./p blockquote pI connected with Apple Tier 2 support and we conference called into ATT. They claimed that it was my device (never had a problem until this point) and that before they would put in another ticket I had to test my SIM card in another non iPhone 3G ATT device. If that behaved properly then they said Apple should replace the unit. If the problems returned with the new iPhone then and only then, will they submit it to "voice tech" whatever the hell that is./p pThey claim no known issues, but I asked a stranger at Starbucks today whom I noticed had a 3G if he was having the same issues, and before I could even finish my question he described the same symptoms had been happening all week. This is along with five collegues/friends. So far this has gone under the radar and ATT is denying any problems. The last tech insisted it wasn't the network but instead a slew of "all-the-sudden" faulty iPhone 3Gs. He claimed since my phone rang on his end and that he could leave a voicemail "it was there" the phone just wasn't getting it, yet somehow that's not a network problem?/p /blockquote pYeah... ATT, here's the rub. We're hearing that your 3G network's down all over the place, from Boston to Hawaii. Even if you can't get a fix out right away, the first step to recovery is actually being able to tell people you have a problem. i-Thanks Eric and Aaron!/i/p br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/ht.php?t=camp;i=8f9e0046ffc48d4e6cc6aa26f06d9988amp;p=1"img style="border:0;" src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/ht.php?t=vamp;i=8f9e0046ffc48d4e6cc6aa26f06d9988amp;p=1" border="0" //adiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=vxrz0Ej1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=K5D9Aqzk"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=bdsYrMn1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=bdsYrMn1" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=2UwyJrNJ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=2UwyJrNJ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/PZqby1kGdNk" height="1" width="1"/

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AT&T 3G Network Down In Some Areas, Reports Say [At&t]

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- 1 days and 15 hours ago

pimg src="http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/07/iphone-final-attack-2.jpg" style="display:block;" /We here at Gizmodo have been getting interesting missives from several readers about how ATT's 3G network has just plumb broke in several areas, like Boston and Hawaii. Any calls made to an iPhone 3G goes straight to voicemail, but with no notification to the iPhone owner. Switching back to the Edge/2G network will get the phone to start acting normally again./p blockquote pI connected with Apple Tier 2 support and we conference called into ATT. They claimed that it was my device (never had a problem until this point) and that before they would put in another ticket I had to test my SIM card in another non iPhone 3G ATT device. If that behaved properly then they said Apple should replace the unit. If the problems returned with the new iPhone then and only then, will they submit it to "voice tech" whatever the hell that is./p pThey claim no known issues, but I asked a stranger at Starbucks today whom I noticed had a 3G if he was having the same issues, and before I could even finish my question he described the same symptoms had been happening all week. This is along with five collegues/friends. So far this has gone under the radar and ATT is denying any problems. The last tech insisted it wasn't the network but instead a slew of "all-the-sudden" faulty iPhone 3Gs. He claimed since my phone rang on his end and that he could leave a voicemail "it was there" the phone just wasn't getting it, yet somehow that's not a network problem?/p /blockquote pIt seems like this isn't a nation-wide thing, but there's enough complaints out there to determine that this probably isn't because of the iPhone either. How's it looking to everyone?/p pi-Thanks Eric and Aaron!/i/p br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f667e13d65fc65d3517f37a219aed18cp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f667e13d65fc65d3517f37a219aed18cp=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=f667e13d65fc65d3517f37a219aed18c" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=DgjaIDnl"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=uOWF8QVV"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=GBJh75S9"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=GBJh75S9" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=knXla7sS"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=knXla7sS" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/0LtYDvke7G8" height="1" width="1"/

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iPhone 2.2 update now available: Google Street View, Podcast downloading