The Steps to Read Gmail Mouselessly [Gmail] (15)
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Looking at a list of keyboard shortcuts for an application is one thing, but a step-by-step walk-through of putting the best ones to use in your workflow is another. Over at the official Gmail blog, Googler Arielle Reinstein describes how she reads her mail without touching the mouse in three steps.
Emulator gives you the T-Mobile G1 experience now (5)
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Filed under: T-Mobile, Android Yeah, the wait for October 22 (or after) is absolutely excruciating; trust us, we know. We'll take every scrap of information and imagery we can to hold us over until G1s start showing up on doorsteps in a few weeks, but T-Mobile's really gone above and beyond the call of duty here by setting up a surprisingly functional and feature-complete emulator to satisfy our urges to touch icons and click buttons. ...
Google Launches Its Own Memetracker (45)
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Google has just launched a new homepage for its blog search that bears a strong resemblance to Techmeme, Memeorandum and their “memetracker” counterparts. The site displays a listing of the top stories from across a variety of topics including business, politics, technology, and entertainment. Memetrackers identify emerging trends on the web, especially across blogs. They are often the best way to learn about breaking news stories, as they can automatically monitor hundreds (or more) news ...
"Windows Cloud" Operating System to Be Released Within a Month [Windows] (20)
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces that within a month, MS will release a new operating system he described as "Windows Cloud"—for cloud computing. Computerworld reports: The operating system, which will likely have a different name, is intended for developers writing cloud-computing applications, said Ballmer, who spoke to an auditorium of IT managers at a Microsoft-sponsored conference in London. The Windows Cloud OS is a separate project from the upcoming Windows 7. Sheesh, this fall is ...
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unicious said:
are they finally seeing the light of a light-weight OS?
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Jeffrey Vanneste said:
Potential to be cool but I have pretty low expectations on this one.
Coming soon: Changes to the spreadsheets interface (7)
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Next week, we'll be introducing a new interface for our spreadsheet application, polishing up the navigation and making it look and feel like our word processing and presentation tools. At the top of the page, a new set of menus is the place to look for all of your favorite spreadsheet features. In the toolbar, we've concentrated the most commonly-used features as shortcuts to make formatting data easier and faster. And the Share menu (look ...
iYo YOYO Induction Charger lets you enjoy your tunes sans AC (6)
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Filed under: Peripherals For any iPhone or iPod user brimming with energy that might otherwise go wasted on aimless fidgeting, Swedish designer Peter Thuvander has devised the perfect way for you to marry your hyperactivity and your love for your Apple device: the iYo YOYO Induction Charger. While playing with the charger as you would an ordinary yo-yo, a small lithium-ion battery is charged inside, which in turn powers your device. The idea sounds great, ...
Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners [Hive Five] (152)
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Our Hive Five feature series answers the most frequently asked question we hear at Lifehacker: "What's the best tool for the job?" In the past six months, we've covered the five best tools in a number of categories, from best instant messengers and DVD-ripping tools to anti-virus applications and BitTorrent clients. Each week, we ask our savvy readers to vote for the one tool they like best out of the top five; the winner represents ...
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Robert Scoble said:
This is a must read for everyone. Lifehacker has pulled the best productivity apps out and put them all into one post. Me loves Lifehacker.
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Caz said:
This is good stuff... a bunch of the "best of" applications and systems to make you more productive... really... you should read this.
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chunk said:
One stop shop.
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Jake said:
I use about 70% of these things. All pretty awesome apps.
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mina. said:
i love that the best tools to keep track of your life are still pen and paper. the satisfaction of drawing a line through something on your to-do list is unparallelled.
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Mark Bockenstedt said:
this is a pretty good comprehensive list of the best packages around
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Kurt said:
Awesome post!
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JeeBs said:
Rock solid list of the best apps in many categories. Many I already use, some I don't, and will check out.
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Glutnix said:
Even technophiles still like pen-and-paper!
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Matt said:
This is a good list that everyone should check out.
Mobile Industry Discovers It's the Software, Stupid (5)
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Hardware schmardware. Real wireless geeks know that pretty industrial design is only skin deep. The software on the inside is what makes the difference between a barely usable piece of eye candy (Motorola Z10, we're looking at you) and a revolutionary, industry-changing device like the iPhone. That's why your next cellphone will have a slicker user interface, a cleaner menu and plenty of mobile applications to help you manage your photos, videos, evening plans and ...
Yahoo Brings a Social Address Book to the iPhone (24)
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Yahoo on Wednesday announced that it will bring its oneConnect social address book application to Apple’s App Store to work on both the iPhone and iPod touch. Yahoo’s oneConnect application lets users integrate contacts, send instant messages or SMS messages, and view their friends’ latest activity on social networks. What’s most compelling about oneConnect is that it doesn’t bog you down in solely Yahoo software. Instead, the service supports AOL Instant Messenger along with Yahoo ...
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Jan said:
sounds like fun - will be trying this when it shows up in the App Store on my phone - this is the second app today that has supposedly launched but doesn't yet show up in the App Store on my phone - how often does that update, I wonder?
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Sean said:
In my constant pursuit to try new things, I'm going to give this a whirl. Anyone want to join me?
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Steve Sill said:
I went to load it and its not on the app store yet. Can't Yahoo! catch a break and have something go their way?
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Joe said:
I tried this out last night and I like it, although my avatar looks like a girl even in just the swimming trunks!!
Presentations turns 1 (3)
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We've been quiet for a while but are letting the news out. Presentations is nearing our first birthday, and we're unveiling a slew of new features that will make your presentations pop.To start off the announcement... reveals! You can set the order that objects appear. Or, setup a textbox to reveal paragraphs or bullets one at a time as you're giving a presentation. Reveals are perfect for pacing your talk, keeping the audience focused on ...
Are Linux Programmers Getting Too Fat? (89)
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We generally frown on companies showing slides during a TechCrunch50 demo. But FitBit (which demoed its health activity monitoring device live as well) put up this slide to underscore its point that obesity is a growing problem. The slide shows how the distribution of T-shirt sizes at the Linux Symposium has shifted towards the XL and XXL side of the scale. I’m convinced. Linux programmers need FitBit. Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new ...
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Leon said:
I think this really means that Linux programmers are making a good living now and can afford to buy and eat more food.
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Ryan said:
I really need to start riding my bike to work.
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Donnie Berkholz said:
rofl
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Ryan said:
All those raily, skinny white-boy geeks...turned out their metabolisms and lifestyles caught up to them. I know because I knew so many in college, and after. I don't like stereotypes either, but they come from somewhere! Kind of an interesting stat, though.
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Adam said:
I don't know. They could have just switched to American Apparel stock shirts for printing. AA's sizes are crazy-small.
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Tony Buser said:
I know I've gotten fatter since 1999
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Benny said:
give me a couple months ... im almost there
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Craig said:
This is funny.
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Chris said:
Guess the Wii fit was a little late :P
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DC said:
Say no more..
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Shawn said:
just kind of funny to see
Move over T9, here comes Swype (3)
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T9 inventor takes another stab at text entry. It's quite simple to use, though beneath the user interface there's a lot going on.
The Art of iPhone Battery Life (71)
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Some of my buddies have expressed astonishment that I get approximately thirty-six hours of standby with my iPhone, so I'm sharing my settings. Note: this is my second 3G iPhone--I returned the first one because I was getting only five hours of standby time. This is my usage screen. One thing to notice: I don't talk much on the phone--"talk is not cheap" in my book. I am totally an email/tweet centric person. This clearly ...
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Michael Hyatt said:
This is great advice. It is especially helpful if you travel. When I'm in town, I keep my iPhone plugged in. The battery life truly is terrible. I hope this is something that Apple can fix going forward.
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Loic Le Meur said:
I should follow Guy's advice to get better from mine
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Tibor said:
I'f you want your brand new iPhone 3G to last longer, here's tips from Guy Kawasaki.
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colladude said:
iphone battery life
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ScrewTheMan.com said:
Guy's approach is a bit extreme- I really don't think I should turn off all of the advanced features on my phone. But it's a good example that the iPhone's standby time can be improved with some customization. We just need an app to support Locations and swap settings like the Macs too.
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adam said:
I consider my iPhone a "tinytop computer that can also send and receive phone calls" as opposed to a phone that can "do email and browse."
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Stewtopia said:
all good tips. the only thing that I would add is turn the brightness down to about 1/4.
