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Gmail and Google Calendar to Add Offline Support (107)
on Google Operating System (1739) permalinkIt seems that this year Google's most popular web applications will work offline. After Google Reader and Google Docs, two other services will integrate with Gears. Andrew Fogg saw a preview of the integration at Google's offices and found that Gmail and Google Calendar will add offline support in approximately 6 weeks.In the past months, Google accidentally enabled the option in Google Calendar and some users saw the dialog illustrated below: "To view and edit ...Shared by adrcc2 (22) Alberto (27) Alvin A. (85) Ameer (77) Andrew (81) Andrew Mitry (34) arturo.servin (141) Brent (17) Brian (480) Charlie (13) Chris (22) Clint Ecker (378) Compuwizard123 (131) danliebke (65) David (72) dd (52) Denis Gobo (29) Dennis Laumen (86) dobata (1552) Doctor Setebos (74) Donnie Berkholz (89) Doogie (2) Dzu (190) erbianchi (47) faizal (86) Fernando Batista (65) Garrett (79) gisc (161) Gothy (83) guercheLE (392) Harper (164) Hasan (235) HBreda (236) Henry Webb (260) Ian (30) invariant (77) James Forbes Keir (100) Jesper Kjær Hansen (5) Jeton (18) Jim (26) John (108) JustonWestern (11) Kaleb (9) kcearns (48) Kevin (21) kmohr25 (152) Larsen (21) Laughing Squid (284) Leo Romanovsky (54) lpalli (29) Lu Tao (510) macbeach (14) Martin Gordon (87) merkurov (27) metaeuphoria (146) metallicker (59) mgratzer (18) MH (184) Mike F (2080) minus-one (37) Mr. Matt (72) Navid (258) Netviber (62) Nick (11) Nicolas Lehuen (59) Nkululeko Masondo (151) norti (124) nyenyec (42) Oscar J. Baeza (14) Pat (39) Patrick (39) Patrick (135) paul (27) Paul (188) Paul (41) Paul O'Flaherty (27) Peter (133) Philou (120) PMinze (172) ppalli (72) psi (39) Quasidot (128) R (206) R Daneel Olivaw (63) ricardo (246) Robert Birming (284) Robert van Bregt (104) Rutger Blom (92) rzklkng (944) Sacha (103) Sam (128) sasb (26) sevas (9) Shogun (34) Sonny Cloward (41) Swaroop (15) swined (119) symtym (64) tapir (113) Tewe (15) theundesided (29) Tommy (30) Toomore (53) xeal (76) Yu (170) 摩摩诘(Momojie) (36) 攻疼新一 (1184)Explore read eight notes
- dd said: Andrew also found out that Google will add SyncML support for Gmail contacts next month. He thinks this is "related to the sync that they worked on with Apple for 3G iPhone".Remove starShareShare with noteEmail
- Peter said: Finally!
- Harper said: looks like i will have to dust off my syncml skills.
- Kaleb said: I am an extreme user of Google Calendar at university. This will be great for those spots that my laptop doesn't get WiFi.
- Paul said: gCal sync for iphone should be easier after syncML...won't have to go through GooSync.com
- Tommy said: Sweet, offline support will be awesome, how often do you really read old email?
- Pat said: What does this mean for Soocial?
- Martin Gordon said: OMG
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Portable Gmail Contacts (57)
on Google Operating System (1739) permalinkIf you use Gmail, many Google services have access to your contacts list and you can easily add addresses using autocomplete or from a contact picker. But what happens when you need to enter an email address on a site that's not from Google? Many news sites have options to send a link to your friends and sometimes this is more convenient than loading Gmail and pasting a link to the article.Google Contacts Autocomplete is ...Shared by adrcc2 (22) Ameer (77) Andrew (81) badpazzword (67) Bevan (3) Compuwizard123 (131) Czar (279) David P (36) David T (9) Dennis' Library (15) digiSal (7) DWM (29) Dzu (190) elias (38) eunduk (50) Fernando Batista (65) fyc (206) griflet (37) guercheLE (392) HBreda (236) Israel (17) James Forbes Keir (100) jgonfre (69) Johan (6) Josh (34) MadGrin (68) Mathias (5) MH (184) Mike (3) MiramarMike (61) Mr. Matt (72) ndench (45) nessuno (13) norti (124) ocular avulsionist (27) Petre (42) Phil (4) Philou (120) pkj (52) Rakesh (15) ramyon (130) ricardo (246) Rick Klau (320) RobC (12) Robert van Bregt (104) rungss (16) Sid (77) SilverStag (32) SimonRobic (4) sparrowsmith (10) sryo (77) Techfanatic (248) Theo Bosdas (82) Tom (37) Wyctim (154) Yassin (29) YuSuPh (152)
- ndench said: Potentially useful, if you've got Greasemonkey
- Tom said: this should be integrated into the browser.
- sparrowsmith said: wonder if this has the possibility of exposing my contacts to sites I visit without my knowledge or consent?
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Tiny sovereign Dutch neighborhoods in Belgian town (47)
on Boing Boing (6053) permalinkGeoff sez, "A reader emailed me about this amazingly weird town in Belgium where, due to how the town was divided back in the 12th century, parts of the village are actually now Dutch. In other words, you have this weird island-effect - check out the map - where pockets of the Netherlands exist within the larger matrix of a Belgian town. These sovereign pockets are only big enough to hold a few houses, though ...Shared by !&# (254) Aaron (34) adrcc2 (22) Andrew (3) Azeem (94) brokekid (380) Carl Dunn3 (34) Chris (2) chrisv (79) Cogo (76) Daniel C (39) Dennis Laumen (86) dj empirical (260) Earl E Morningwood (156) eMich (73) Eric Mortensen (123) Fearghas (41) giginger (82) hallie (43) hibiscusroto (57) Hokai (64) HokieGeek (64) Huw (27) Jamie (29) JenniferG (78) John Halton (26) Kevin Branigan (51) krisnelson (15) Marcel (37) Mark (495) meta (9) mhaw (9) Mike F (2080) mita (18) naovouporai (108) nyenyec (42) Phillie Casablanca (50) Rodrigo Barba (31) Ryan (118) Ryan S (18) Sage (9) Shawn (94) StevieB (159) tosch (96) Wesley (11) wyclif (32) ydant (88)
- nyenyec said: Europe is crazy.
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Vision Anatomica (1)
on Street Anatomy (21) permalinkThese dreamlike anatomical works were created by Vicente Marti, a graphic designer/illustrator from Chile. He works with a lot of mixed media, collages, paint, and digital art. Although this seems to be his only anatomically themed work, the rest of his portfolio is definitely worth taking a look through.Shared by adrcc2 (22)Contribute comment
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Gmail to No Longer Auto Add Contacts (128)
on Google Operating System (1739) permalinkGoogle has finally realized that it's a bad idea to automatically add to the list of Gmail contacts all the people you've sent an email. An updated version of Gmail's contact manager has a separate section for the people you've emailed: "suggested contacts"."My Contacts is a place to import, store and view all of the contact information that's important to you. You can also create your own groups of contacts to easily email many people ...Shared by (``-_-´´) (356) Aditya (5) adrcc2 (22) Aleksas (13) Ameer (77) Andrew (81) Andrey Petrov (8) Andy (74) Anu (20) Atilano (133) baldahin (20) beanj007 (148) Bhavesh (116) biano (35) Brad Davis Seal (153) Buzzworkers (172) Ced (18) Chad (65) Chat (5) Chimpadink (37) cisellis (125) ckaroli (266) curlyfoxy (5) dalehugo (32) danutz (101) Dario Salvelli (14) Dave (36) Dave (65) David (151) David (72) David Chartier (48) Dennis Laumen (86) dk (59) dobata (1552) Doris (20) DWM (29) Eunix (123) Evert Jan (20) Fenng (256) fijidaddy (131) fyc (206) G (59) geekgrrl (87) gisc (161) gyakusetsu (43) Hagdahl (19) Harper (164) ignace / micronauta (87) IwfWcf (47) jack (18) Jeremy (377) jgonfre (69) Jonathan Sterling (122) kcearns (48) Keef (84) keith (101) KenFan (365) Kip (9) kmohr25 (152) Lavender Cafe/LFH Design Studio Library (73) Litrik (16) lpalli (29) MadGrin (68) Masashi Oka (77) MaTT (44) MaXeR (141) merkurov (27) mgratzer (18) Mike F (2080) Mr. Matt (72) naovouporai (108) Neko (26) Nihar (82) Nkululeko Masondo (151) norti (124) npike (93) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (164) Pat (39) Patrick (39) Patrick (135) Patty (912) Paul (41) paul (27) Peter (133) Phil (86) Philou (120) Phuller10 (178) PMinze (172) ppalli (72) R. Francis (109) Ray Grieselhuber (76) reisfeldt (45) Ric (516) ricardo (246) rkj (78) Robert (25) Robert Birming (284) rOckY (669) Ronald van der Putte (17) Roy (21) Russellreno (120) Rutger Blom (92) rwonline (61) Sam Harrelson (89) Scott (22) Shane (9) Shankar Ganesh (320) SharonG (272) Sid (77) Steve Loopipe (56) Sumesh (215) Todd Mundt (123) totalpardo (32) Travis Tubbs (45) UnchosenOne (5) Vahid (494) whatevernevermind (128) Will Brown (69) wille (457) williamsdb (6) Wyctim (154) Wyn (66) xeal (76) Xic0 (27) Yu (170) YuSuPh (152) Zach (281) 異塵行者 (66)Explore read six notes
- Pat said: Finally! My Soocial address book won't be so full of junk anymore!
- Bhavesh said: This is definitely a positive news
- Wyn said: This is definitely the next sign from Google of steps toward better syncing of Gmail contacts with other devices.
- MadGrin said: Finalmente non avrò più il mio address book pieno di gente ignota!
- baldahin said: ура!!!
- Andrew said: YEAH!
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Edit Any Web Page in your Browser (Temporarily) (21)
on Digital Inspiration (774) permalinkImagine if you could open websites like Techmeme or New York Times in write-mode and change text or images at will as if you were editing some open wiki. Well that’s quite possible through Edit Current Website - a bookmarklet that helps you change content of any web page live inside the browser - no need to install extensions like Firebug or learning HTML. Edit current website - Drag this link to your bookmarks toolbar ...Shared by adrcc2 (22) Beemer (5) Brian (26) Clay (135) Daniel Sale (78) everyone loves a wee sombrero (404) gisc (161) Greg (48) hnouwens (101) Javed (404) Mark (112) Mike (101) Nkululeko Masondo (151) Paul (188) Razzu (65) Roger (73) ScorpFromHell (156) Srinvard (251) Tad Chef (596) Tech For Novices (361) TonNet (83)Contribute comment
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Cholesterol Meds For The Youngest Children? (1)
on Pharmalot (24) permalinkThe nation’s pediatricians are recommending wider cholesterol screening for children and more aggressive use of cholesterol meds starting as early as the age of 8 in hopes of preventing adult heart problems, The New York Times reports, adding that new guidelines are expected to be issued today by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Why do this? The Times writes that proponents say there is growing evidence the first signs of heart disease show up in ...Shared by adrcc2 (22)Contribute comment
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Improv Everywhere: Human Mirror (202)
on Improv Everywhere (207) permalinkFor our latest mission, we filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Enjoy the video first and then see below for our report with tons of photos. (also available on YouTube) edited by Matt Adams / song by Tyler Walker Featuring: Twin Agents Barrett, Barry, Bell, Brown, Clyne, Doro, Drinkwater, Kruger, Kruth, Le Boeuf, Port, Rosenblum, Scanlon, Stone, Tattenbaum, Vieyra Digital Video: Agents Adams, Carlisle, Cobalt, Shafer, Todd Digital Photography: Agents ...Shared by ///TARIK (16) 1only (200) 4braham (40) a caverna (19) Aaron Peters (9) AaronTN (187) Adam Fuhrer (419) Adam Snider (67) Aditya Sengupta (26) adrcc2 (22) Affan (112) AJ (34) Alex Dumitru (1904) Amit (4) Amit Chowdhry (776) Amy (46) Andrew Baron (24) Andy Bell (62) Andy Wibbels (231) Angus Fraser (360) Ankesh (189) annacoder (15) Anu (20) atVelu (4) beanj007 (148) bitmaster (16) Borzo (46) Brando (13) Brian Schwartz (64) Bruce Prokopets (47) Bryce Schober (2) Burcu Sarar (54) Calvin Robinson (61) Carl Mendoza (89) Carol (443) Chris (217) Chris (35) Chris Coleman (60) Chris Fizik (33) Chris Gurney (66) Chris Ryall (44) chrishathaway (28) Christopher (110) ckk (4) clickykbd (116) Colin (15) Connor (81) Corey Hammond (122) Corie Allison (150) count.dokument (82) Daniel Bartholomew (25) Dave (44) davemac (8) DavidM. (37) Davina (27) Dean (37) Deepak Sarda (3) Dennis Bjørn Petersen (12) Derrik (180) DJ (42) djp (28) Dominik (151) drew (24) Dylan Andersen (26) Ed's NextInstinct (39) Edwin Khodabakchian (30) elif kavalci (3) Eric Holsinger (13) ernohannink (32) Evan Sims (152) Florent Solt (31) geekgrrl (87) Gmadz (51) Greg Rosen (69) gtanuel (11) Handy Lukman (20) Heather (8) iBspoof (58) Ivan Žužak (54) J128 (67) James (62) jamesjbigler (108) Jared (222) jason unger (12) Jeffrey Vanneste (30) JenniferG (78) Jess Lee (26) Jesse (170) Joe (3) John Fairley (8) John Gunn (71) Johnathan Powell (6) Johnny Makkar (10) Jonathan (79) Jonathan Fields (45) Jordan (1425) Junwei (35) Just A Clerk (190) Justin LL. (31) kara (12) Karnatos (35) Katie Fellows (235) Kaybee (10) Ken (27) Kendra (56) KenFan (365) Kevin Branigan (51) Kevin Federline (1644) kg4vma (35) Kiwi Nerd (105) Kreg (92) Liam (140) Lisa Creech Bledsoe (27) Lyndon Antcliff (676) marcell (96) Marco Frattola (21) Marius (9) Marko Sultsing (111) Matt (24) Matt (38) Matt Allen (24) Maxime Fleurant (9) melmyfinger (85) mfh (75) Michael (74) Michael (blog.crisatunity.com) (16) Michael Bartnett (221) Michelynn (115) mike (44) Mike Aizatsky (31) mike demarais (6) Miko (20) Miroslav Hrdlička (13) mojo (2) MrManson (19) muhh (30) Myles (3) NasirJumani (873) Nathan (82) Nathan Reale (169) Natitude (538) Neal (10) Nicholas (52) Nick (41) Nymo (673) Owen (58) Panchaka (6) Paul English (37) Paul McIntosh (216) Pedro Silva (126) Pierre (16) PnS (49) Porter (37) PouarK (127) Rainer Wasserfuhr (233) Randy (3) Raoul (164) ReCoder (13) Rene (23) Richard (82) Rob (164) Rob Kerfia (38) Robert Gene Rosero (60) Ryan Merket (10) Ryan Parker (216) Satoka Fujita (38) scott (626) Scott (19) Scott Hebert (111) Shea Gunther (292) Simon (57) Simon (135) Simon Hesesltine (27) spiri (73) Srinvard (251) Stephane (17) Stephen Lopez (10) Steve (878) Tad Chef (596) Thomas Kang (4) Thomas Lister (38) Tim (375) Tim Morris (16) Tinu (98) Toby (1369) Travis (197) Travis Jon Allison (39) trevor (21) tsangal (154) twotwo (41) Uno (86) vojur (12) Walt Disney Bio (60) webto (21) wellmobile (80) Will Kirkpatrick (7) Xavier (178) Xi (24) Xuan (21) Yonga (34)Explore read six notes
- Nicholas said: Wow this is AMAZING -- "For our latest mission, we filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Enjoy the video first and then see below for our report with tons of photos."
- davemac said: Great pics and video of people's reactions to this
- trevor said: Genius
- Kreg said: This is a very cool project. I like the Improv Everywhere. They have done some interesting things in the past.
- DJ said: Haha, this was awesome, wish I would have been in the city to see it.
- a caverna said: Twin conference? Hahaha!
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Univers Freebox - Regardez Canal+ sur votre PC gratuitement ! (3)
on Univers Freebox (20) permalinkIl y a quelque chose en plus, et si c'était Canal+ ! Un lien officiel émanant du site de Canalplus.fr permet de profiter de la chaîne sans cryptage (en clair) sur son PC ou directement sur son téléviseur ! Vous vous en doutez certainement mais le lien que nous allons vous communiquer risque de "s (...)Contribute comment
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Flying Priest Found Dead in the Atlantic, God Positioning System Still Missing [Rip] (26)
on Gizmodo (10453) permalinkFather de Carli, the flying priest who got lost last April, has been found dead in the middle of the Atlantic. In an effort to raise funds for a local charity organization, De Carli planned to stay for more than 19 hours up in the air using a thousand party balloons, taking a GPS with him to communicate his position in case emergency. Unfortunately, the trip ended in disaster. The body of the priest was ...Shared by adrcc2 (22) AJ (1159) Alex Dumitru (1904) Amit Chowdhry (776) Aurora (19) Babychen Mathew (1620) besighyawn (146) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (1878) Dave (219) Fatsleroy (289) Kaveh Dorafshan (263) Lionel Riem (48) Marcio (15) Michael H (20) nonameplayer (28) Rachel Ross (7) rajan (44) Robert Accettura (169) rOckY (669) slice in (42) stratus (43) tabo (42) vince (17) Walter DeFoor (162) webtime (1027) Zach (288)Contribute comment
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Tour the Tour de France with Street View (46)
on The Official Google Blog (1293) permalinkPosted by Stephen Chau, Product ManagerToday marks the beginning of one of my favorite summer events: the Tour de France. I'm always amazed when I hear about the long, steep climbs through mountains or the blistering speeds of the cyclists as they pass through the French countryside. But since most of us can't head over there to watch it in person, we're giving you the next best thing: Street View of the 2008 Tour de ...Shared by adrcc2 (22) aemkei (52) ameo (704) andrefaria (73) Appu (27) carmilevy (3) charlie anzman (369) cyberbaguioboy (93) Dave (102) David Bradley (81) Farzin (52) gnusic (417) Grandje5ter (99) Greenish (17) Haisheng Wu (36) Hervé (112) HunterTech (51) James Forbes Keir (100) Javed (404) jccamus (115) Jeremy (2) JohnnyG (48) Lars K Jensen (48) Lu Tao (510) LUCCHINA (1789) Marque (93) MaTT (44) Matthew Jones (24) MH (184) Mike Reardon (45) Nikki (305) Nishith Prabhakar (81) Olya (81) Paolo Bozzelli (31) Sheryl (57) springwang (19) stratus (43) Suchita (13) Tech For Novices (361) TheDudeAbides (41) Thomas (11) Todd (52) Tom S (11) yaron (142) Zack (39) zeb (71)Contribute comment
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Sentences to ponder (10)
on Marginal Revolution (515) permalinkThe "likely consequence" of growing numbers of Chineselearning English without "enough quality spoken practice" means that"more and more spoken English will sound increasingly like Chinese."Already, non-native speakers far outnumber native speakers, and in thenext decade, native speakers will make up only 15 percent of those whouse the language.Shared by adrcc2 (22) arsalan (58) David (25) grant (96) Isaac (48) Joel (47) jritch (48) pqs (12) Sangeetha Murthy (116) Satyajeet (26)
- Isaac said: meh. non-native speakers have outnumbered native speakers for a long time.
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louisgray.com: TinyURL Adds Custom Alias Feature To Shortened URL Service (58)
on louisgray.com (859) permalinkThe URL shortening service TinyURL was first useful for sending longer URLs to friends over e-mail to avoid line breaks that would often disable links in many e-mail programs.With the advent and massive growth of SMS and microblogging services, like Twitter, TinyURL and other services like it have become omnipresent, an integral part of sharing blog posts, news, and other items.In fact, Steve Gillmor of TechCrunch recently wrote, "Who controls TinyURL... controls the high ground ...
