Today is a glorious day for T-Mobile G1 owners, whom as of now can download the Loopt app for free from the Google Android Market and install it on their beloved phone. Loopt, a location based mobile social network, made the announcement today and as of 8 PM CST it had Read more »
It appears someone at Google finally realized that Gmail users might want a task manager integrated into their beloved webmail service. Well, all I can say is that it’s about frickin’ time. I’ve been using the Remember The Milk (RTM) Firefox add-on that fills this need as a sort of workaround for Read more »
MakeFive is a fairly new and addictive service that does one simple thing really well. That is, it lets you create a top five list of anything and everything on the MakeFive website and share it with your friends. The concept of MakeFive was conceived in late 2007 but with Read more »
Today you can freely download and install TextFlow’s Adobe AIR based desktop application for your own document collaboration and editing needs. TextFlow’s claim to fame is that it is the world’s first parallel word processor. It’s basically a Flash-based document collaboration editor that enables you to import multiple versions of a document and quickly identify Read more »
Today I discovered a new online document editor called EtherPad that has successfully solved the long standing problem of how to allow multiple people to edit a document at once and while being able to actually see the editing occur in real time. Until now the closest attempt at this goal with Google Docs which Read more »
Everyday I learn to love my Android driven T-Mobile G1 a little bit more. It’s not perfect, it currently doesn’t support Flash, doesn’t record video, and the camera is a bit slow to respond. Other than those issues, which will probably be improved Read more »
Drop.io just recently announced the release of their new API. For those that may not be familiar with Drop.io, it is an online file sharing service that was recently covered in our review of online Read more »
Hype and naysayers aside, Google Chrome (download here) has been able to obtain over 1% of the market share for web browsers in only one day after launching. While the browser itself is very fast and it offers some great benefits, it does have it’s share of problems too. Most notably, its bugs Read more »
The recently awarded search and advertising deal that Microsoft just landed with Facebook and the acquisition and implementation of JellyFish’s cashback program into Live Search have really impressed me. Regardless of the potential on-again, off-again Microhoo deal, Microsoft’s aggressive strategy towards strengthening its foothold in web-based applications and services has me thinking that it’s not the old stuffy bundled-up one trick software pony I used to know and actually reminds Read more »
Scavenja is a web-based scavenger hunt where users compete against each other to win great prizes. Each game last approximately two weeks with a new clue provided each day. After deciphering the clue, users take a picture, upload it to the site and describe how it meets that goal. Points are awarded for accomplishing goals as well as how fast they can accomplish the goals. At the end of the two week period, the player with the most points wins the prize.
Apparently the idea of Scavenja was conceived in Raleigh, NC during RTP Startup Weekend where it won “Best in Show†Read more »
