How Do You Rate the Quality of an App?

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http://lockergnome.net - http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - Over on Lockergnome, CiphersSon asked simply: "How do you rate an app's quality?" The way I rate the quality of an app may be different from how you rate it. It's frustrating to me at this point in time. We have services such as iTunes and the Android Marketplace. We are all looking for something different - from features to aesthetics. Therefore, we will rate apps in different ways for different reasons. This means that something with a lower rating may actually end up being exactly what you were looking for. http://chris.pirillo.com

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Google Chrome 5 Beta

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http://go.tagjag.com/chromebeta - http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - Marques has created several excellent screencasts for us in the past. This time, he wanted to show off how fast and stable the latest beta release of Google Chrome is. He feels that it's the fastest browser to date. Additionally, Marques loves that the Extension integration has been made much simpler to use, and is instantaneous when you install or remove them. http://chris.pirillo.com - http://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee

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Emoji on the iPhone

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http://go.tagjag.com/emojifree - http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - I love being able to send cute little smilies to friends who are also using an iPhone. Using Emoji is fun and is simple to do. Once you've installed Emoji, it will tell you exactly what you need to do to get started. After enabling Emoji, anyone who has an iPhone will be able to see all of the cute little symbols you send via email, IM and text. http://chris.pirillo.com

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The Truth as Parents Know It

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http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - http://lockergnome.net - Over on our questions and answers community, roguekiller23231 began a discussion about things our parents told us when we were young which may - or may not - have been true. "Your face will freeze that way if you do that!" How many times did you hear that growing up? I'm willing to bet your face is intact and not frozen into some grotesque mask. What things did the adults in your life tell you that you now know for a fact were a fib? http://chris.pirillo.com

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TweetDeck Can Manage Your Social Life

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http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - http://chris.pirillo.com - Matthew has created a screencast to walk you through setup of the free TweetDeck application. TweetDeck runs off of Adobe Air, and is an excellent program to help you manage your social stream. You can add your Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, FourSquare, Google Buzz and MySpace profiles. Mix and match to have any (or all) of those accounts right in one easy-to-use application. http://chris.pirillo.com - http://www.youtube.com/TheMatt7000

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Have We Thrown Privacy Out the Window?

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http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - http://chris.pirillo.com - PEHUB wrote an alarming article last Friday about a lady named Louise who they identified & tracked using Foursquare. When she was confronted with this information, how did she respond? Lamarr was shocked at her answer - are you? http://youtube.com/wilsontech1

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Are Solid State Drives Better Than Traditional Hard Drives?

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http://lockergnome.net - http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - Over on our popular questions and answers site Lockergnome.net, bcgocubs asked how a computer will benefit when using an SSD. Also, they would like to know what everyone's general opinions are regarding solid state drives vs traditional hard drives. A traditional hard drive has moving parts, but is quite inexpensive compared to an SSD. The solid-state drive is just that: suspended in a solid state with no moving parts. It may be more expensive to buy one of these, but many people are starting to believe that they are much better for your computer. What are your thoughts? http://chris.pirillo.com - http://live.pirillo.com

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