It had to happen sooner than later, and we’re so glad it is our favorite CRM, WordPress, that is leading the charge. On Twitter. On cleaning up who they follow.

In a blog post today, WordPress announced that they had unfollowed everyone who follow them and will slowly rebuild their community, making sure that they follow only those forming part of the WordPress community.

No more auto-follow, no more following everyone who follow them. It just did not make sense then, it still does not make sense to automatically follow someone. In fact, the number of followers a site has says nothing about how popular it is. Automatically following someone who follows you is akin to taking part in the link farm that Google so frowns upon.

I don’t know how Twitter plans to monetize its site with ads because there is currently no stats that can be used to accurately determine Twitter site popularity. Number of followers is at best a poor and unreliable measure. The quality (relevancy, authority) of your followers is.

Read the blog post at: WordPress.

Nik Software Expands Educational Offerings with the Launch of Nik Radio

Free, regularly scheduled podcasts to provide tips, news, and photography interest stories designed to inspire and educate

San Diego, CA (April 2, 2010) — Nik Software announces today the launch of its new free educational and photo imaging interest podcast “Nik Radio.” Created to inspire photographers of all levels, Nik Radio delivers timely educational and inspirational content about the company’s software solutions and services through interviews and on-air lessons. The first episode of the program is available for download starting today on iTunes and on the Nik Software website at www.niksoftware.com/radio.

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Interesting article over at TrustedReviews about the passing of Dr. Ed Roberts — dubbed the “father of the personal computer.” Dr. Robert used Intel’s famous 8080 processor to build the Altair 8800 in 1974.

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Canon EOS T2i / 550D

“The EOS 550D [...] offers the most compelling feature set of any nominally ‘entry level’ DSLR that we’ve used. ”

We’ve added a new Canon EOS Rebel T2i / 550D [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

DPReview has published their review of the Canon EOS Rebel T2i / 550D digital SLR camera with 18MP resolution on a large APS-C CMOS image sensor, a large 3.0-in. high resolution (1.04 million dots) LCD display screen, ISO range of 100-6400 (expandable to 12,800), and Full HD Movie 1920×1080 at 30fps. It is targeted to Families, as well as beginner and serious amateur photographers.

You can read the full Canon EOS Rebel T2i / 550D Review at: DPReview.

Canon PowerShot A3100 IS

“The A3100 is an almost ideal first digital camera and an excellent choice for the primary family camera.”

We’ve added a new Canon A3100 IS Review to our Reviews Matrix.

DigitalCameraReview has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot A3100 IS, a 12.1MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD) entry-level digital camera with a 4x optical zoom (35-140mm equiv.), a 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots), optical viewfinder and Movie 640×480 @ 30fps.

You can read the full Canon A3100 IS Review at: DigitalCameraReview.

Canon PowerShot A490

“Overall build quality, performance and image quality don’t really compare to Canon’s more expensive models.”

We’ve added a new Canon PowerShot A490 [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

TrustedReviews has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot A490, a 10MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD) entry-level digital camera with a 3.3x optical zoom (37-122mm equiv.), a 2.5-in. LCD (115K dots) and Movie 640×480 @ 30fps. The A490 accepts 2 AA batteries.

You can read the full Canon A490 Review at: TrustedReviews.

Olympus Stylus TOUGH 3000

“If you can stomach the user interface and so-so image quality, it still makes a very versatile family snapper.”

We’ve added a new Olympus TOUGH 3000 [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Olympus TOUGH 3000, a waterproof (3 m / 10 ft), freezeproof (-10°C / 14°F), and shockproof (1.5 m / 5 foot drop) ultra compact digital camera with 12MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 3.6x wide-angle optical zoom (28-102mm equiv.), Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization, Intelligent AUTO, Scene Modes, Face Detection, In-Camera Panorama Stitching, a Magic Filter (Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fish-Eye and Drawing), AF tracking, Geotagging, Face Recognition functionality, and HD 720p video.

You can read the full Olympus TOUGH 3000 Review at: PhotographyBLOG.

April Fool’s Joke or not, it seems that Google has gone 3D (as in need to wear a red-green glass to see it 3D) with its Books and Street Views.

Mouseover image to see the 3D version (with red and green offset images). Click on image to see a larger version.

See the cute lego head at the top right corner (just below the navigation icons) with cool 3D glasses up on its head? Click it to see the 3D version of the street view.

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