The productivity niche has been around on the web for what seems like forever. And while it has slowed down from its initial online explosion, there are still a number of sites out there that have either stayed the course with their core message, have deviated or evolved into something slightly different (but with...
Daily Archives: August 4, 2011
Neat! Google has just introduced an optional three pane view to Gmail.
Gmail users now have the option of previewing messages in their inbox using a Gmail Labs feature called Preview Pane. It may be a familiar to those who have accessed Gmail via a mobile app, but now it’s coming to standard Web browsers too. Go into your Gmail settings and enable the ‘Preview Pane’...
Coming soon: Invite others to Google+ just by sharing a link
yo…when will Google+ go live man? I thought it was by the end of July? Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/GrOfkA7buxA/
15 Surprising Facts About 19-Year-Old Mark Zuckerberg And Early Facebook
See Also: The First 20 Facebook Employees: Where Are They Now? 26 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Facebook The First 20 People To Sign Up For Facebook And How They Knew Zuckerberg While Google-stalking Mark Zuckerberg, we stumbled across a 2004 interview he did with Current Magazine. “The creator of thefacebook.com — now...
12 Things You Need To Know About Getting A Job Through Social Media
Image: By Twitter on YouTube Two-thirds of US companies expect to increase hiring in the coming year, according to a recent survey by social recruitment software developer JobVite. If you’re hunting for one of those jobs, it’s going to help to be on social networks. But make sure you keep them updated and professional...
Google Fires Back At Microsoft, Both Companies Are Looking Lame Right Now
See Also: Bad News For Google: Apple Leads A Group To Pay $4.5 Billion For Nortel Patents GOOGLE: Apple Is Part Of A “Hostile, Organized Campaign” Against Android With “Bogus Patents” Microsoft Tweets Out An Email Showing It Tried To Work With Google On Buying Patents Google has fired back in its war of...
Using Query Volume to Affect Google Rankings
Visit the Qwest resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how smart businesses harness the power of customer data to improve satisfaction and sales: Unleashing the Power of Customer Data. According to Google, query volume has nothing to do with search rankings. But Martin MacDonald isn’t...
Beyond location: 7 more things you can ‘check in’ to
Location-based services like Foursquare may have popularised the idea of ‘checking in’ using an app, but the concept has since been expanded into a number of different directions by subsequent apps from a wide range of developers. Here we take a look at some of the many things you can ‘check in’ to. TV...
AT&T To Shove Jailbroken Hotspots Users On To Tiered Data Plan
It looks like ATT has decided to take the kid gloves off when it comes to their problem unauthorized hotspot users. Many of the users who get the most mileage out of jailbreak-only apps like MyWi are still rocking ATT’s grandfathered unlimited data plan, but that won’t be the case going forward. Rather than...
YC-Funded Parse: A Heroku For Mobile Apps
If you’re a mobile developer designing applications for iOS or Android, you’re probably intimately familiar with Objective C and/or Java. But there’s a decent chance you’re not so experienced with the backend server code that’s required to enable things like data syncing or authentication. Now Parse, a YC-funded company that’s launching in private beta...