Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Social Networking Comes to Gmail

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

So, I logged on to my Gmail account this morning and instead of going directly to my inbox, I landed on a new page introducing me to Buzz. Buzz is a set of social networking features added to Gmail. Google is hoping that instead of sharing information ...

Facebook Goes Vanity

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Beginning at 11:01pm CDT Friday Facebook will allow its users to claim a name as part of their profile page's Web Address i.e. http://facebook.com/johndoe. This will allow users to replace the randomly selected string of numbers currently assigned to each profile. Businesses and Fan pages will be ...

Google Rides the Wave

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

A few days ago Google announced the upcoming release of its latest application called "Wave". Google Wave is a new communication and collaboration tool. It's meant to answer the question, "What would email look like if it had been invented today?". It combines aspects of email, instant ...

Gmail Goes Offline

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Google has announced that it will be rolling out offline functionality for Gmail. The company is calling the feature experimental. The functionality is facilitated by Gears, the same web application used to provide offline functionality in other Google web applications. Once the feature is enabled, Gmail uses ...

Apple Refreshes iPods & Updates iPhone Software

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

This week Steve Jobs announced a refreshed iPod line and the release of version 2.1 of the iPhone software: iPod Nano Square design abandoned in favor of the elongated design of its second generation Curved design made of aluminum ...