A recent article by the 37signals folks discuss the results of a recent survey they did concerning their Backpack program. One of the things that they noticed was that a good many people were requesting or suggesting features that already existed. Read More »
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Even though WebWorkerDaily is staffed by a team of international writers, expect posting to be light over the Thanksgiving holiday. That gives us a chance to give thanks to the fine companies that sponsor this site. None of this works without you. ki-work: access and outsource online … Read More »
This is the risk of falling in love with free services. We’ve written positively about I Want Sandy and Stikkit in the past, two simple but effective productivity web apps. The company behind the apps, Values of n, has announced … Read More »
I did it once, three years ago, for 10 whole days! I was coming to Paris and knew it was going to be one of those out and about all day and half the night and with a side trip to another country kind of vacations. And … Read More »
Sometimes you and Google are going to disagree. I know, I know, so far it’s been a fairytale romance, but it happens to the best of us, trust me. When you do disagree, you really haven’t had any option to date but to suck it up and … Read More »
Earlier in the week we saw the Asus R50A on sale for 1,475 Euros and that time, the U.S. price roughly equated to nearly $1,900. Way too much these days for a UMPC. I still don’t see Asus selling too many of these, but … Read More »
Kevin and I first got to see the R50A UMPC at the Asus press event at the CES last January and we were pretty impressed. The R50A is the successor to the first UMPC from Asus, the R2H and what we saw was a genuine … Read More »
A tiny clamshell UMPC has appeared from UMID that reminds me of the uber-small Fujitsu U810. The Korean device has a 4.8-inch screen and a bunch of connectivity options including WiBro, WiMAX, HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth for starters. Couple all of that with a 1.33 GHz … Read More »
I was thinking we’d soon have to retire our UMPC category but Fujitsu just gave it a stay of execution. The follow-up to the U810 UMPC is now available says … Read More »
The latest alpha release of boxee, released today, has added support for streaming shows from Hulu and CBS. In fact, I’m watching the season opener of Heroes on my Apple TV right now. Very cool stuff. If you haven’t seen it yet, boxee installs on your … Read More »
For the first time in Apple’s history, the recent incarnation of consumer and professional laptops are starting to show signs of being part of the same family. While the MacBook has seen arguably the most impressive bump in terms of comparison to its original feature set, … Read More »
Om Malik has been testing the new Google Phone for the past few days. His take? This isn’t an iPhone competitor. If you look at it, you can very quickly see that G-1 is a Honda to iPhone’s BMW. After a few days of usage I have … Read More »