Category - Internet
Initially I thought that Web apps are just applications on the Web and they should not replace the desktop apps. How wrong am I. As I spent more and more time online and started to collaborate projects with other bloggers, it is then that I discover the true mobility and flexibility of the Web apps. When I formatted my hard disk last month, other than Firefox, I have really no urge to install any of the desktop apps, especially the OpenOffice which I like it a lot in the past.
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Toodledo is a simple and easy to use online task manager which aims to help you become more organized, stay motivated and more productive. While there are many to-do list applications around, Toodledo stands out among the rest because of it has plenty of ‘killer‘ features. Read on for the review.
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Often, you have heard a rare nice song from a particular YouTube video and you wish you could just save that song (without the video) into your hard disk. Well, in Ubuntu, you can use UTube Ripper to extract audio from YouTube video and save it as mp3 file.
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While there are tons of news, excitement and hypes over the release of Firefox 3 and how it is going to break the Guiness World record, few have realized that Opera has also released their latest version 9.5. This browser was built with a new browser engine and it contains plenty of useful apps, that hopefully, could steer itself back to the browser race.
Since Firefox 3 is come pre-installed in Ubuntu, I took the opportunity to test out Opera 9.5 and see if it has enough juice to replace Firefox as the default browser in your desktop.
The following are some of the noticeable differences that I observed:
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While I have covered 16 interesting things that you can do with Twitter, it only covered the tip of the iceberg. Ever since Twitter released their API, there are really thousands of things that you can do with it - one of them is to track your FedEx, UPS, USPS and DHL shipment with Twitter.
TrackThis is a Webservice that monitors your package shipment for you. To get started, simply follow TrackThis at http://twitter.com/trackthis and wait for it to follow you back. Once that is done, you can send your shipment tracking code via a direct message to TrackThis.
The syntax to use is [tracking code] [nickname of package]. For example, if you ordered a PC and the tracking code from FedEx is 1234567, send:
d trackthis 1234567 PC
Trackthis will then reply you with a direct message each time your package changes location.
If you know of any other interesting applications with Twitter, do let just know.
[via CyberNet]
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Some people prefers the keyboard shortcuts, while some prefer to do everything with the mouse. If you belong to the latter, you will find the new mouse gestures features in Gmail extremely useful.
Mouse gestures is one of the 13 new features in the newly launched Gmail Lab. It allows you to use your mouse to navigate through your mails.
To activate the mouse gestures feature, go to Settings->Labs. Scroll down to the mouse gestures section and check “Enabled“. Save the changes and you are set to go.
To navigate through the mails, simply right-click and do the following:
| Mouse Gestures |
Action |
| Right-click and move the mouse right |
- In conversation view, go to the next mail.
- In Inbox, load the next 100 mails.
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| Right-click and move the mouse left |
- In conversation view, go to the previous mail.
- In Inbox, load the previous 100 mails.
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| Right-click and move the mouse up |
- Return to inbox, only applicable in conversation view
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While most of us are used to moving mouse and clicking around the screen, sometime things can be done faster if you use the preset shortcut keys. Similarly, for those who spent a lot of time in your Gmail, the following shortcut keys will definitely be of great use to you.
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If you are a frequent user of Facebook, Twitter, AIM, Flickr, FriendFeed, Youtube and wish there is a centralized place to control everything, now you have it - Yoono.
Yoono is a extension for the Firefox browser. For those who are familiar to Flock, you might find this to be too similar. However, Yoono is only 2MB in size and works right in your Firefox browser, so there is no need for you to install the new 15MB Flock browser.
Once you installed the extension, you will see a slick Yoono interface on the sidebar. On the corner lies all the widgets where you can add to your Yoono interface.
The widgets are categorized into Videos, Photos, Friends, Music, Web notes and Discovery. The Videos and Photos widgets allow you to view videos from Youtube, Metacafe and photos from Flickr. Music widget enables you to listen to online radio while Friends widget allows you to connect to the various social media sites and instant messaging networks (Facebook, Twitter, MSN, gadu-gadu, google talk, AIM etc).
People who love Stumbleupon will also find the Discovery widget useful as it analyzes the page you have visited and present the sites that are of your interest.
Generally, I have been pretty impressed by Yoono as it has successfully and creatively integrated all the various social media networks together. It is definitely not flawless, but it has really proved to be an addictive and useful extension for power social media users.
Yoono
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Zenbe is a late starter in the webmail arena, especially after the market has long been dominated by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. However, this newcomer into the industry does has some ‘killer apps‘ that could probably snatch some market shares from the leaders.
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Other than the big four: Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask, how many search engines do you know? One? Two? Five? Or Ten? Most people don’t realize that there are LOTS more search engines than just Google, and a great proportion of them are targeting great niches and providing useful information (and features) that you can’t find in the big players.
Below I have compiled a list of some of the great alternative search engines.
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