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Confirmed: Chrome Is Coming To Android (28)
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Are you sick of Google Chrome news yet? We can't blame you, but you'll have to bear with us. It's not everyday that Google releases a brand-new web browser. The latest news regarding the much-hyped browser? It's coming to Android. According to Google Co-founder Sergey Brin, "a subsequent version of Android is going to pick up a lot of the Chrome stack." Wow, did he just say that the Google phone is getting a Google ...Shared by adam (716) AJ (154) Bjoern (24) CannonGod (190) Corvida (60) Danielle Brigida (134) Dominic Foster (266) doransky (22) Drew Olanoff (117) Inthenameofmine (361) James Whatley (23) Javed (62) Karl Söderström (7) Konstantin (10) louisgray (111) maxyRO (391) Mike F (357) Nigel Eccles (147) Paul Dunay (8) Paul Love (7) Rami Taibah (298) Richard (13) Rob (105) Ruben (18) yoshy (312) Yung-Hui Lim (75) きっづ (50) 異塵行者 (20)Contribute comment -
Google to Offer its Own Browser: Chrome - ReadWriteWeb (94)
onGoogle watchdog Phillip Lessen has scanned and posted a printed comic he says he received in the mail from Google today describing the company's forthcoming open source browser Chrome. The link to Chrome is currently a 404. Long rumored to be in the works, this appears to be the first formal acknowledgment that Google really is working on its own browser - and it looks very cool. Will you drop Firefox and use Chrome instead? ...Shared by 88michael (6) aak (1) Abhishek (5) Adam (16) AJ (154) Alex (8) Andrew (7) Andy (6) Anna Richter (2) Anthony Romano (8) arjo (25) asblogger (19) atul (70) BNPrade (1) Bob Caswell (15) Bob Hazlett (5) Bobbi Newman (15) Brian (26) Caleb (5) CannonGod (190) Chris L (20) Christopher Martin (60) Corvida (60) Dedalus (16) Dimitar D (35) Drew Olanoff (117) dryan (6) Dzu (19) Earl E Morningwood (37) Emily Malloy (1) Eric Herberholz (31) fordchao (43) Forrest (21) Glenn (23) Götz (23) GUNA (17) Hari Kishore (2) Henk-Jan van der Klis (9) Hisham (21) Jandy (11) Jason R. Hunter (21) Jawad Shuaib (10) Jay (44) Jeff the Great (14) Jeremy (70) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Joseph Rodgers (13) Karl Söderström (7) Kim (16) Konstantin (10) Kristen (180) Le prof. (8) Leonid (20) louisgray (111) Luis Suarez (21) ManiacD (25) Marshall Sponder (21) maui (1) max (9) Melissa Attree, GetOn eMarketing (9) Michael (19) Mike (5) minmax (1) Morton Fox (42) neal (2) Netviber (10) nicholas gill (11) NickBoucart (9) Nihar (19) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (21) onurka (9) partout (18) Phil (42) PlanningQueen (6) Program Witch (18) Quasidot (22) Rabid Cow (7) Radu (6) ramyon (18) realgt (20) Rick Turoczy (62) Rob (105) Ron Capps (2) Rumble (11) Ryan S (39) StudentMfri (2) Tac (15) tadhgk (5) Uday Kiran (7) ultraviolet (34) Vox (42) yoshy (312) Yung-Hui Lim (75) тaмás (12)Explore read four notes
- Forrest said: Great development - and how interesting is it that we're still competing so heavily over browsers, all these years after microsoft / netscape? As I've said before, it would take something HUGE for me to switch from firefox. But innovations like these are great for competition, and will push the industry forward.
- aak said: I use so much Google stuff, I'd almost be afraid to download the Google browser. I'd feel like a Google freak if I did. But...
- Ryan S said: Go read the comic if you are at all interested in this, it's worth it.
- Dedalus said: There's already Prism (all plats.) and Fluid (Mac), but this one is built on WebKit.
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Classic WTF: Laboring Holiday (7)
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It's a particularly busy week for me: on top of a few looming deadlines, I'll be at Business of Software 2008 in Boston. So, I figured it'd be the perfect opportunity to revisit some classics. While digging through the archives, I came across this fun email (from I.Y.) that was originally published on September 4th, 2006. From: Melinda Blevins Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:06 PM To: All Employees Subject: Labor Day Just a remind ...Shared by David Poblador (16) Doug (23) Igor (4) Karl Söderström (7) Lucas (15) Richie de Almeida (27) Tomi (8)- Igor said: L O L
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Microsoft job listing hints at App Store-like 'Skymarket' for Windows Mobile (4)
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Filed under: Software, Windows Mobile While Apple's App Store was far from being the first of its kind, we're now seeing a job posting over in the Redmond area that suggests that Microsoft is looking to produce something similar for its Windows Mobile platform. The news comes hot on the heels of Google's own Android Market announcement, and if the Product Manager position writeup is to be believed, said platform will be christened Skymarket. Described ...- Wayne said: Well, if there's an analog clock widget, that pretty much confirms everything.
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Google Implements Social Graph API and hCard in Profiles (105)
onthis February, Google released its Social Graph API, which allows developers to give users the option to easily find data on their social connections around the web. Google itself, however, hasn't really implemented any of this technology yet. Starting today, however, it seems Google is starting to surface some of this information from your Social Graph in your Google Profile, which might be a first sign that Google is planning to do more with these ...Shared by !&# (17) adam (716) Alan Dean (32) Alex Ryan (6) Andrei (18) Andrew Terry (25) Andy (13) Anthony Romano (8) aNTwNHs (74) atul (70) audi (6) Ben Shoemate (4) Benjamin (815) Bjoern (24) brokekid (117) Bruce (0) Cai Chen (769) charlie anzman (79) Chris Newman (0) Chris Ryall (4) ChristianAnderson (8) Corvida (60) dani (10) Deep.ed (35) Dimitar D (35) dobata (324) DOCBook Howto (98) Dominik (27) Edo (9) Elroy (21) elsterama (30) FelipeC (7) folkert (2) graywolf (13) gregoire (10) guttertec (37) guy (479) hao (8) Harper (75) Henk-Jan van der Klis (9) Henri Bergius (2) Hervé (16) Hisham (21) iAlja (25) iskandr (6) Jamin (12) Javed (62) Jeff (5) Jeppe (2) Jeremy (70) Joakim Lind (11) joamag (5) Joe (77) Justin Baum (8) Karl Söderström (7) karmona (5) Kathy (241) kcearns (0) Kerry (8) Kevin (2) kukoo (3) Leena (806) leo (15) Leon Ridge-Cooke (34) losamorales (2) Magnus J (3) Mao Yu (21) marchbox (12) Marshall Kirkpatrick (4) Marshall Sponder (21) Matthew Bischoff (29) mattnz (10) Michael (19) Miguel Angel (78) mndoci (29) Mushin (31) Nate (28) Nick Cobb (320) nicoladecarne (3) Nihar (19) nikan (37) Niklas (20) partout (18) perspikace (15) Phil (2) Phreak 2.0 (47) Pierre (6) Régis Gaidot (12) ramyon (18) Richard (13) Roger (20) Schade (0) Sébastien (11) SMC (204) sryo (19) StevieB (37) Syed Akram (3) symtym (15) Tal Siach (373) Tibor (41) Trebel (15) ultraviolet (34) Votis (12) w0lfh0und (468) whatevernevermind (8)
- Jeff said: Another online profile. At least this one auto-detects some stuff from existing profiles using the Social Graph API
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FriendFeed Blog: Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster (70)
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When you add a web site like Flickr or Google Reader to FriendFeed, FriendFeed's servers constantly download your feed from the service to get your updates as quickly as possible. FriendFeed's user base has grown quite a bit since launch, and our servers now download millions of feeds from over 43 services every hour. One of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to get updates from services quickly without FriendFeed's crawler ...Shared by _dot_ (0) Adam (10) Adam Nisenbaum (4) Alan Dean (32) Alex Ryan (6) Alexandru Popescu (3) atul (70) Azeem (35) Benjamin Golub (13) Brian Landau (0) Caleb Elston (13) Cartwright Reed (6) cesaracardoso (69) chachra (2) charlesnadeau (43) Chris Wetherell (7) Christopher (10) DarkBls (61) Dennis Laumen (11) DOCBook Howto (98) Don Hazelwood (1) ewbrown (4) Guillermo Esteves (13) Gwenny (16) hui (0) Igor Poltavskiy (7) imma (4) iphonegirl (0) J. Phil (12) Jere Majava (6) Jesse (19) Joe (77) Joe Gregorio (4) John Mettraux (19) jonezy (5) Josh (4) Karl Söderström (7) Laughing Squid (13) lizunlong (4) LouCypher (33) lunamoth (22) Maksim Berjoza (18) marcell (12) mario r (13) Mark (11) Michael (12) Mike F (357) Mitchell Tsai (12) Mone (6) Nate (7) Ognjen (34) pankaj (13) panuta (1) Paul Buchheit (10) Paul Goggin (0) Peter H (24) pmuellr (6) ricardo (0) Ryan Christensen (19) Shankar Ganesh (37) snoopdave (7) Sol Young (1) tig (27) Tim (4) tomozo (4) Trevor O (7) Tyler Weir (5) urbansheep (5) Xavi (3) YuSuPh (0)- Paul Goggin said: interesting and probably needed approach for the any site that actually serves data up for me - I'm such a pig.
- Chris Wetherell said: A better proposal than relying on conditional GETs. (Why? Less overall polling.) Neat.
- pmuellr said: Interesting. Wonder if we could use this in Jazz? Think so.
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Search experiments, large and small (54)
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In my previous post, I described the components of your web search experience and the principles behind creating a great search experience. There are complex algorithms underlying simple features such as spelling correction and the two line snippets that describe each search result. We figure out what works by running experiments - tiny tests for a small number of users which help us determine whether that feature helps or hurts. Experimentation is a very powerful ...Shared by alike (21) andyed (1) Angus (42) badpazzword (0) Chris McQueen (0) Christopher (10) Chung (111) Damon (16) Dan McCall (5) DarrenN (6) Diana (17) eschnou (9) Fiorano (5) focoma (12) francks (15) freeblee (9) Ian Tindale (15) Ionut (9) Jaap Willem (0) Jamieasp (20) Jorge (18) Karl Söderström (7) LouCypher (33) Manos (7) Mark (8) Meromo (7) Mike Aizatsky (0) Mike Ashworth (2) Mike F (357) Nat Torkington (24) Nishith Prabhakar (13) Paul Capestany (0) Phillie Casablanca (11) Piaw (0) Powera (5) psybuzz (12) rexy (23) Robert Konigsberg (1) roel (20) Sathya (2) SeanConnolly2000 (2) sike (6) soupenvy (17) spsneo (8) sryo (19) Steve (14) sukumar (8) Tim (0) TOMHTML (6) Travis (9) Vicky (1) Yinka (9) yjsoon (8) Yuancheng (3)Explore read four notes- Jorge said: It's rather interesting to see that changing minute details on a page can yield measurably different results.
- Chris McQueen said: It's all in the details.
- francks said: Hard to be more anal than that...
- Damon said: For those that think UI design is for the birds...
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Fake following (60)
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This is a little bit genius. One of the new features of FriendFeed (a Twitter-like thingie) is "fake following". That means you can friend someone but you don't see their updates. That way, it appears that you're paying attention to them when you're really not. Just like everyone does all the time in real life to maintain their sanity. Rex calls it "most important feature in the history of social networks" and I'm inclined to ...Shared by Adam Crowe (5) Alasdair Watson (1) Alix (2) andré.friedrichs (44) Aneel (16) ayo (2) Ben Turner (35) boost ventilator (1) brokekid (117) Carrie Jaeger (3) Christopher Granade (2) Citizen K (9) Cort (5) Czarski (0) dasmart (6) Dominik (27) Eamonn (2) Emil (6) gautamg (11) HacKnight (7) Herschell / Special*Dark (9) issa (18) Jake (1) jan (2) janequigley (5) Jared (1) Jason (2) Jay (44) Jonathan (8) Josh Bancroft (22) jschultz (6) Karl Söderström (7) kenmat (2) Kevin (3) Láudano (14) Linkletter (5) Marissa (5) Mark R (3) Matt (3) Michael (5) Mike F (357) Paulo Querido (2) philapple (6) Phonkmeister (18) puthali (12) Rafi (3) ralph (6) Rick (17) Ricky (0) Sandra (2) Scott Reston (2) Shaw (12) sturob (10) Sunil Garg (2) Thomas (10) tosh (0) Vincent van Wylick (17) Walter DeFoor (28) Yan (9) 狮子真好吃啊 (5)Explore read 11 notes- gautamg said: attention is the new currency. Preserve it.
- Matt said: Interesting feature... I don't have any friends I'd want to fake follow, but it's good to know it's there. I haven't been using friendfeed as much recently, anyway.
- jschultz said: ha!
- puthali said: lol, didn't know friendfeed had tht...
- Josh Bancroft said: LOL I hadn't seen this yet. :-)
- Carrie Jaeger said: Hilarious!
- Herschell / Special*Dark said: Now you can be as fake on social networks as you were in high school : p
- janequigley said: This is fantastic. And much more honest...
- Yan said: web 2.0 comes of age!
- HacKnight said: I'm a fan of friendfeed. I'm sure if I used it more often and had any more than 0 friends I would enjoy this option.
- tosh said: thats actually a pretty good idea
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New Gears Geolocation API powers mobile web sites (42)
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Imagine if web sites could provide you with customized information based on your current location, even if you don't have GPS. Today we're launching the Gears Geolocation API for mobile and desktop browsers, while two third-party developers are launching the first location-enabled web apps using this API on Windows Mobile.One of the most popular travel sites in the Europe, lastminute.com, has now location-enabled their new mobile restaurant finder to help you find restaurants near you ...Shared by aemkei (2) Alfonso Martinez (0) allgoood (3) Bernardo (10) dalelane (1) Diana (17) Dreamside (41) egon (6) frieda99 (0) Gine (5) Henri Bergius (2) Hyunhak (2) ian (1) Jay Liew (9) Jdorfman (6) Jeppe (2) JohnMu (9) Jules (10) Karl Söderström (7) kmohr25 (16) Marc (9) Marque (0) Miguel A. Arévalo (4) Nick (0) Nina Schiøtz (1) Paul (16) Peter H (24) PMinze (26) Q-BEE (8) Reto (4) retrofitweb (1) richard ting (2) S Anand (5) schuettla (0) silpol (25) Sinan Yüce (1) Tijs (3) tonextone (2) Umesh (9) Varun Mahajan (6) Yinka (9) yolly (2)- Miguel A. Arévalo said: Google sigue con el gratis total... las operadoras no.
- Sinan Yüce said: Bence web'in geleceği konuma dayalı içerik sunma. Sanal dünya ile gerçek dünyayı birbirine iyice yaklaştıran bu tarz servisler konusunda güzel bir uygulama anlatılmış.
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Comic for August 22, 2008 (35)
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Comic for August 22, 2008 (20)
onShared by adantas (5) axel668 (0) Chris (3) Christian (2) Ed (0) Frank (8) guercheLE (5) James and Tom (7) Karl Söderström (7) Louis Rossouw (16) Matt (4) Mattia (0) Max (0) neuro (7) nikan (37) Ophir (0) Patrick (4) Paull (4) pigpogm (11) Yann (22)Contribute comment
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Here's the link to the twitter blog re: sms (42)
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Let's start with the bad news. Beginning today, Twitter is no longer delivering outbound SMS over our UK number. If you have been receiving SMS updates from Twitter via +44 762 480 1423, you'll notice that they've stopped and you may want to explore some of the alternatives we're suggesting. Note: Updating via our UK number remains fully supported and these changes do not affect users in Canada, India, or the United States. Before we ...Shared by Ade (9) Allen (10) Andrew Long (14) assbach (15) Brad McCrorey (0) Brian (0) David (3) dewitt (11) faizal (4) Frederic (3) G (3) Gemma (0) Glutnix (7) Greg (7) HUNG (38) Inky (8) insk (1) Jason Brooks (0) Jenna (5) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Karl Söderström (7) Khanh Le (9) Leximo (256) Linden (0) minus-one (4) Mook® (3) Nacho (5) neal (352) Nirav (10) Nkululeko Masondo (0) Ognjen (34) orie (13) perspikace (15) Peter Warnock (6) Sam (6) sarahintampa (79) Scam (12) The one (0) ThiagoCampezzi (1) Thorsten (15) Tom Morris (6) Yann (22)Explore read eight notes- Peter Warnock said: brilliant! i buy sms in bulk because of twitter
- orie said: Beginning today, Twitter is no longer delivering outbound SMS over our UK number.
- dewitt said: "We took a risk hoping to bring more nations onboard and more mobile operators around to our way of thinking but we've arrived at a point where the responsible thing to do is slow our costs and take a different approach" -Biz Stone, explaining candidly why Twitter is dropping outbound SMS support in most geographies.
- Linden said: Great. No more cell phone contact to my buddies on Twitter. It made me feel a little closer to home. Hopefully they figure something out with Germany soon.
- Jenna said: I agree with @allen - Really sucks.
- Allen said: Sucks
- ThiagoCampezzi said: Twitter vai parar de enviar updates de amigos para todos os países do mundo, exceto Estados Unidos, Canadá e Índia. É isso mesmo, o Brasil também foi excluído. Tudo (óbvio) graças aos custos altíssimos de envio de mensagens SMS pra tanta gente.
- Mook® said: no more dm, no more.. why dont they just limit to 250sms/ month (instead of the current 250sms/ week)? ;pps. this is the first time i saw m.slandr.net and cellity. they look nice (to try... haha).
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Social networking’s next frontier: the mobile phone (2)
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Because today’s social networking rarely function or perform well on a mobile device, Oz Communications CEO Jim Knapik argues that carriers must find a simple way to bring the best social networking communities to the mobile masses. A complete mobile social networking experience is composed of three specific elements: Sharing and storing personal information and profiles, including browsing for friends and contacts, reading status messages, commenting on photos and blogs, uploading photos to a personal ...Shared by Karl Söderström (7) Lyle Clarke (2)Contribute comment - Moving cubicle, without being able to pick, really sucks. (5)
