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Piclens Rocks

May 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments · software

Thanks to End User, I’ve just learned about Piclens which is one of the coolest Firefox extensions I’ve seen. It takes the images on page and lets you view in fullscreen mode… something you should see for yourself. Combined with Flickr (or the image site of your choosing), Piclens is amazing!
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What’s happening with the S60 browser?

April 11th, 2008 · 14 Comments · Nokia, Safari, iPhone

I just caught a post in my reader, which is a bit alarming and rather disappointing if true.
There has not been a checkin to the S60 port in over 8 months… As far as I can tell, the port is dead… Does anyone know the status of the port? If the port is in fact [...]

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Yahoo! Announces OneConnect at the Mobile World Congress

February 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments · gadgets and technology, software

Yahoo announced OneConnect an amazingly cool service today that looks like a truly killer mobile social connector.  OneConnect will allow you to view and participate across social networks in a a way much like Jaiku does now - though it seems like it will work for most of your existing social services.  It´s not ready for release [...]

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Devicescape 2.0

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Nokia, gadgets and technology, software, travel

Devicescape received a nice update to 2.0 today and allows secure and simple access to paid and free hotspots automatically. I’ve added a few hidden APs from the office as well as my home network to my list to start combined with my Boingo Mobile and FON credentials so I can easily connect my [...]

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Google Sync For Blackberry

December 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments · gadgets and technology, software

If you browse to the Google Mobile Site on your blackberry today, you’ll see a Sync app at the bottom of the page. Once installed your Blackberry will be able to automatically sync all your calendars to the Google Calendar in the sky. Initially it syncs your main calendar, but it’s easy with [...]

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Gmail IMAP arrives … sucks the life from my system

November 1st, 2007 · 7 Comments · Gmail, apple

I’m not sure what your experience has been but Gmail IMAP is one slow ass system. On my MacBookPro, I left it running overnight to try and sync everything, but even today I am finding my system feels as though it is underwater. I see beach-balls and find navigating even my inbox to [...]

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rotateMe 2.0 will change the way you use your N95!

October 31st, 2007 · 26 Comments · Nokia, gadgets and technology, software

I learned today that the N95 actually has an accelerometer and that rotateMe 2.0 will arrive next month ready to take full advantage of this making your device much easier to use as you maneuver through multimedia, maps and the web — something I do every day!

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N-Gage looks towards user-generated content

October 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Nokia, gadgets and technology, marketing, software

This sounds very cool…

In an exclusive interview with Develop, Nokia’s games boss Mark Ollila has revealed that the company is hard at work on multiple cross-platform games for its revamped N-Gage platform.

Earlier this year it emerged the company was developing a new game in association with studio RedLynx which could be played on both [...]

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The Mobile Web: WebKit, Safari and the S60 browser

October 16th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Nokia, Safari, apple, gadgets and technology, marketing, software

I am sitting on a plane en route to the Web 2.0 Summit writing this on my N800, enjoying my time to write some things wihout distraction… aside from the guy in 11B reading this over my shoulder!

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Google Mobile Updates

October 15th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Gmail, Nokia, gadgets and technology, software

As we prepare for the eventual Google Mobile experience, there are a few updates that are worth noting.

First, last week Google released a terrific update to their Maps application on Friday, which now runs native on S60 devices. You can download from your phone via http://www.google.com/gmm. Speed seems much improved in loading [...]

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The battle to post your content online!

October 7th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Nokia, gadgets and technology, software

If you use a Nokia N-Series you are probably familiar with the web upload (now Share Online 3.0 beta) feature on your phone to share content to Flickr and Vox. You may have also heard of and tried Shozu or the recently updated for S60v3 Zonetag. Shozu is the only application that easily [...]

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Amazon MP3 Auto-Import to iTunes

September 25th, 2007 · Comments Off · On My iPod and in iTunes, apple, music, software

This was incredibly easy to figure out, but still something worth sharing as it substantially enhances the Amazon MP3 store experience if you manage your music on iTunes and sync with an iPod / iPhone. By default, the music will be added to iTunes, but this actually leaves a second copy in the Amazon [...]

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Gmail Mobile Updated!

September 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Gmail, Nokia, iPhone

There’s a very nice update to Gmail’s Mobile web version today which I just noticed on the iPhone.

As you can see there’s FINALLY a check-box next to each message so you can select a bunch of messages and then act upon them at once. For some reason this was only available in [...]

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Jaiku Beta Updated!

September 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · gadgets and technology, software

Today marks a long awaited update to the Jaiku client for S60 devices. Photos from your contacts now appear in stream which is very cool but even more importantly, you can finally connect over WiFi!

As of today’s release however, you still need to have a SIM handy. I hope subsequent releases [...]

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Vringo - Video Ringtones!

September 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments · software

Vringo has been working hard to shake up the ringtone market with video ringtones and a focus on sharing. Currently the service is free and supports Nokia, Sony Ericsson and the Motorola Q. I’ve been playing with the Nokia edition on the N95 and it’s pretty cool. While I don’t have any [...]

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Native iPhone Apps with AppTapp

September 11th, 2007 · 3 Comments · apple, iPhone, software

I’ve been playing with Nullriver’s AppTapp / Installer.app for a few days now and I have to say it’s very cool. To get started you simply download the right version for your device, disable auto-sync (only temporarily) in iTunes and connect your iPhone. During the installation process, you choose which firmware your iPhone [...]

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Thinking the Mac MS Office Product Manager’s need to think of a better reason to upgrade…

September 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments · marketing, software

This sounds like a complete non-event…

Microsoft’s next release of Office for Mac, due in January, will include business features that PC users have taken for granted for years.

That will include the ability to set up out-of-office messages, according to a preview in Microsoft’s Office for Mac team blog.

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Are we there yet?

September 7th, 2007 · 4 Comments · gadgets and technology, software, travel

The jokes are old with regard to blue screens of death in cars… but I can’t help but think how complex life with kids in the car might become if Microsoft controlled the infotainment… The current car systems might be far from perfect, but a MS driven “standard” is not what I am looking for [...]

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Nokia to integrate Twango into S60

September 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Nokia, gadgets and technology, marketing, software

This is great news from Nokia on how they will use the Twango assets and technology, though I wonder what this means for Mosh…
“‘We are going to integrate it with our S60 platform,’ Stephen Johnston, senior business development manager at Nokia, said in a speech to a trade fair in Helsinki.

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Video Search…Results are still being tabulated

August 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Nokia, gadgets and technology, marketing, software

I saw that Truveo re-launched today…

“Last night, Truveo relaunched as a consumer video search destination. Emphasizing branded content (including branded channels), it may be the most comprehensive video search site on the Internet. The site also has a host of personalization and social media features (user favorites, what’s hot, etc.). Truveo CEO Tim Tuttle contrasts [...]

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