MySpace: dead. Facebook: still growing but old news. Twitter: here and now. YouTube, Flicker, Wikipedia….the list of entertainment, multimedia, and social networking services goes on for days. You take on each service as to it’s relevance in the current online world will differ from mine. However, one thing that we can mostly agree on is that navigating to and signing in to each service can be time consuming and a pain. That’s where 44 Tips looks to...

Since broadband has taken off here in the states (mostly) as well as the rest of the world, people, especially those with older machines that are having a not so easy time keeping up with the increasing demands placed upon them, have started started focusing their attention on cloud services. Of course there is Apple’s paid MobileMe service which is decent, there is Microsoft’s LiveMesh, Google of course has their own venture and host of services to brag about,...

If you were a fan of Apple’s in house email service known as “.Mac”, today will bring a sad announcement and possibly a tear to your eye.  Apple has officially stated that July 7th would be the end of .Mac homepages and groups.  The homepages you currently have would still be accessible, however you will not be able to edit old, or create new pages after said date.  Homepage changes aren’t all that bad as you can still use MobileMe and iWeb to...

Barcelona was the home to Microsoft’s grand revealing of 2009 as as far as mobile services go. Sadly, while WinMo 6.5 and Windows Marketplace won’t be available until late this year, Microsoft did give us something somewhat tangible to get our hands on…My Phone.  For the cave dwellers out there who haven’t had the mail dinosaur come by today, My Phone is Microsoft’s “MobileMe-esque” cloud syncing service.  The lucky people who...

Mobile Me haters and Microsoft purists who have been looking forward to a response from Redmond to Apple’s Mobile Me now (almost) have a legitimate service.  Microsoft’s My Phone service has a registration site that has officially been launched…albeit as a beta.  The registration site is now up and running allowing MyPhone hopefuls to sign up on a waiting list and….um….wait for more.  If that sort of thing gets your whistle wet with...