I’m now primarily a Mac user, but back when I was on Windows, my multi-protocol IM client of choice was Miranda IM. It’s a lightweight, highly extensible and unobtrusive open-source tool. The Miranda IM team this week released version 0.9, which contains some useful new features: Read More »
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Today, while most of the U.S. was sleeping, Apple approved the Netflix update which brings universal support for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. On the iPad, it doesn’t do much beyond adding a new icon, but I couldn’t access Netflix until I updated. Read More »
It’s now possible to make and receive phone calls to the U.S. and Canada at no charge directly from Gmail’s web interface. I’ve been testing the new service, and so far, I’m very happy with it. As always, Google is rolling out the new service gradually. Read More »
The iPhone 4 can record video in glorious 720p HD. Unfortunately, when you use the built-in Send to YouTube function, that same video gets compressed to 320p. A new app sets out to remedy that problem, and does so both simply and for free. Read More »
Tom’s Planner — a simple online planning app — will move out of beta this Sunday, August 29. If you haven’t already tried it, it’s worth signing up before then, as all beta users will get a year’s free access to all of the app’s features. Read More »
Free social networks, blog publishing tools and microblogging sites. Free trials lasting weeks and weeks where we can kick the virtual tires of everything from Basecamp to Typepad. But what do we do when what we were getting for free is no longer free? Read More »
I’ve been an enthusiastic Evernote user for quite a while, but until recently I didn’t think of it in terms of a collaboration tool. However, the web-based notebook tool’s evolution has made it far more useful as a base for collaboration than anyone might expect. Read More »
Social discovery engine StumbleUpon has released a new iPhone application, bringing the product’s web functionality to mobile devices.For those of you unaware, StumbleUpon, which was established in 2001, is a service which allows its users to browse the web in a casual and possibly addictive way. Read More »
One of the most useful Labs features is called “Undo Send.” Ever hit the send button on a message and then immediately regretted it? Undo Send stops the message from being sent for a few seconds, which enables you to change your mind. Read More »
FolderBoy is a web-based note-taking app that sits somewhere between the bare-bones functionality of Paprika and the kitchen-sink approach taken by Evernote. As you might expect from the name, FolderBoy encourages users to create folders to organize notes. You can even create folders within folders. Read More »
Looking for some sound effects to use in a presentation or project? Check out the Freesound Project, a large collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings and bleeps. You can search for sounds by tag, description, username or filename. Read More »
Microsoft Office is a tool found in most offices, so a tool that makes it easy to not only share documents through the cloud but to collaborate on them is a logical choice for many businesses. Central Desktop for Office is such a tool. Read More »
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