Developers, developers, developers.
They’re what makes or breaks a phone, even entire platforms.
Think about it: if you have a smartphone, odds are you rely on its apps for everything. Otherwise you would have bought a regular phone.
What if I wanted to switch to another platform? Now I need to find replacements for all of those apps.
It [...]
Archive for October, 2009
What It Will Take to Beat the iPhone
October 30th, 2009
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App of the Week: Tweetie 2
October 29th, 2009
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The anticipation of Tweetie 2 was astounding. Twitter was flooded with tweets from many users saying, “I can’t wait for Tweetie 2!” and “OMG TWEETIE 2!!!!.” Then Tweetie 2 was available for download in the App Store.
If you aren’t familiar with the first version of Tweetie, it was widely considered to be one of the [...]
Monitter
October 28th, 2009
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I’ve used Monitter to keep tabs on NASA’s Ares 1-X launch throughout the morning. What is Monitter? I’m glad you asked.
Monitter is a way to do real-time Twitter searches. You can add more columns to the default three, which enables you to track different searches.
Monitter supports Twitter search operators, such as ‘from:’ and ‘to:’. A [...]
Firefox Population Surpasses that of the United States
October 28th, 2009
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Up next: India.
Over the past two months, Mozilla has been hoovering up new users with reckless abandon – nearly 4 million people per week. At 330 million, the projected number of Firefox users has actually outstripped the population of the United States (which is currently around 305 million).
via Congrats, citizens of Mozilla! Firefox population surpasses [...]
The Master List of New Windows 7 Shortcuts
October 28th, 2009
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I know what you’re thinking: you just got your hands on a shiny new copy of Windows 7, either with a new PC or as a standalone boxed copy. Now that you have the latest and greatest, how can you use it to maximize your workflow efficiency? By using the keyboard, of course.
Windows 7 adds [...]
It’s Official. Google Wave to Get Its Own App Store
October 27th, 2009
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Neato! This is exactly what Google Wave needs if it wants to become a mainstream communication tool.
With an app store specifically for Google Wave however, the potential for something as great, if not greater than the iPhone App Store is a distinct possibility. Already, independent software developers have built and tested Wave applications that handle [...]
Google Voice Offers Voicemail Without a New Number
October 27th, 2009
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Google Voice now allows you to use its amazing voicemail service without changing your number:
Your voicemail will be routed to Google’s servers, transcribed and sent to you by SMS or email, if you’d like, and accessible from your Voice web page (or playable in Gmail). It’s a similar offering to what services like YouMail have [...]
Google Chrome for Mac is Now Available
October 27th, 2009
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The developer build of Google Chrome for Mac has been released. This version is a lot more stable and polished than Chromium, which is the open-source browser that Google Chrome is based on. Chromium also used to be the only way to get Chrome on your Mac.
Although Google Chrome for Mac is only now available [...]
The Best Halloween Costume. Ever.
October 27th, 2009
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iPhone costume. Complete with a 42″ LCD display and a car battery to power it all.
I wonder what would happen if they tripped…
