The extension development for the Google Chrome browser is slowly taking up speed. While there is still no option to use extensions in the latest public release of the Google browser the developers are slowly improving the capabilities of the extensions manager. The latest dev builds of the web browser support extensions right out of [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 1st, 2009
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Gmail at your fingertips on the Linux desktop
When Gmail first came out I wasn’t a fan. But after a year of use I have found Google Mail to be a very valuable tool. Because I use Gmail mostly for work-related issues, I do not always like to check it within a browser. Instead I use various applications that enable me to have [...]
Google Sidewiki Firefox Add-on
Google introduced a new service called Google Sidewiki some time ago which basically gives Google account owners the opportunity to share their views and opinions about a website, service or page with the rest of the world. Google Sidewiki was integrated into the Google Toolbar. An unofficial bookmarklet appeared on the web soon thereafter allowing [...]
Google Docs Adds Zip Document Export
Data storage in the cloud offers several advantages like being able to access the data from multiple computer systems. But there are also aspects of cloud computing that only become apparent recently like being unable to access the data if the service or some of their servers become unavailable or are terminated completely. Backup solutions [...]
Gmail Login Page
It is usually not that hard to access the Gmail login page. Most users simply need to point their web browser at the standard Gmail address to access their email accounts. But, this address is not working in all countries and some users do regularly experience difficulties when trying to connect to the Gmail web [...]
Bing And Google Search To Integrate Twitter Results
Real time search has become a buzzword this year. With Twitter increasing its popularity search engines like Bing or Google Search are aiming to make their search results real time or at least closer to that. We have seen some attempts already. Google for instance has included new time based filters for their search results [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Oct 22nd, 2009
- Comments: 5
Sync your Android phone with Banshee
Recently I finally managed to get rid of my iPhone for a much more Linux-geek friendly mobile – the HTC Hero. One of my issues with the iPhone was that, in order to do ANY syncing, you had to use iTunes, which I really didn’t like. And although the HTC Hero has yet to be [...]
