Tag: WEBAPPS

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Your writer has faithfully reinforced his shark phobia over the past few weeks, and has also chronicled the tech that can help us to learn more about these formidable ...

Big changes are afoot at YouTube, on both desktop and mobile fronts. The video sharing site finally launched its new TV-friendly 'Leanback' Web interface yesterday, just a month after parent Google announced its own highly touted GoogleTV platform. Leanback [Ed. Note: Does this make anyone else wanna 'Do the Rock Away?'] lets users navigate feeds, recommendations, searches and categories, by ...

The development of the written alphabet is one of humanity's greatest triumphs. Although it's difficult to nail down when the first true alphabet was created, experts can agree that by the 15th century B.C.E. many cultures in the Middle East had shifted from primarily logographic forms of written communication to much more open-ended, phonogram-based texts. But that flexibility came at the cost of ...

Google is clearly betting on the Web being the platform of the future. We're all marching towards a day when it will no longer matter whether you use OS X or Windows or even Linux. But finding top-notch applications has largely required users to search across blogs, visit several sites, and generally have boat-loads of patience. So the Web giant has developed several products and tools for ...

Microsoft veteran Chris Jones couldn't have been much more direct: while Hotmail is still a major player -- the top worldwide, in fact -- the mail client is underperforming in the U.S. and is "just behind on a bunch of features" compared to its competition. And so began our briefing today on a completely revamped Hotmail, the rollout of which hits around July or August this year. What we saw was ...

Have you ever wondered how much money is being wasted at those lengthy company meetings that never stay on topic? You get ten people in a room to discuss some new project, but spend half the time discussing last night's game or the latest celebrity sex tape. One way to keep everyone on track is to visualize how much money the company is paying for its employees to sit around chatting. The ...

With all the chatter surrounding Windows 7, Chrome OS, and the recent release of Firefox 3.5, it's easy to forget that there is another major software release approaching: Office 2010. Sure, Office may not be loaded with the flash of Windows 7 and it lacks the mystery of Chrome OS, but it is still one of the world's most popular suites of publishing, spreadsheet, and presentation software. ...

Tom Berge, a builder from Sutton, England, has been using Google Earth as a treasure-seeking tool, of sorts. While other Google hunters before have claimed to find lost ships or even Atlantis, Berge pursued a more tangible type of booty. Using the popular map application, Berge would canvass nearby areas and identify buildings whose roofs consisted of valuable lead tiles. An unidentified ...

Do you like making stuff, but absolutely hate the idea of putting any effort into it? Well, we have just the thing for you. Essentially, Animoto is a Web app that produces videos from photos and music that you upload to the site. It analyzes the data and automatically generates a slide show, pieced together with crazy cuts and visual transitions. It's sort of like a movie trailer, but with ...

Thanks to Google Earth, and a fortunate, cardioid shape, the tiny Croatian island of Galesnjak has become a lover's escape for couples worldwide, reports the Telegraph. The owner of the island, Vlado Juresko, told the Telegraph that, though he has always been vaguely aware of the island's shape, its uncanny resemblance to a cartoonish heart didn't dawn on him until he was bombarded with booking ...

Google was not resting on its laurels earlier this week. First, it announced its corporate video sharing platform, then it unveiled Chrome, and towards the end of the day rumblings of a vastly updated Picasa started to come out. The Picasa news was clearly overshadowed by Chrome, but the new features are nonetheless impressive. Most dramatically, Picasa's Web Albums will allow you to tag people ...

The world has been speculating for years that Google would eventually release its own browser, one that would, of course, be finely tuned to run Google services and other rich Web apps. Well, the day has finally come: In a surprise Labor Day announcement, Google announced Chrome, its new browser project. The Windows PC version of Chrome is set to become available for free download sometime today, ...

Google Street View has certainly made a name for itself in the U.S. by catching some interesting situations, such as people braking into houses, a kid wiping out on his bike, and even a marriage proposal. The service has now launched in Australia and, go figure, is already getting itself in trouble down under, this time catching a drunk passed out on the curb after an all-night bender. The man, ...

The Internet is supposed to be the great equalizer. Race, color, creed, class, and physical handicap are supposed to of no impediment on the Web. Unfortunately, the blind face great obstacles in getting online, especially from public computers, like those in a library or Internet cafe. Screen reading software is rarely installed on these PCs, and portable options are often prohibitively ...

There are plenty of tools out there to track disease and infections, but only HealthMap.Org uses Google Maps to give you a frightening visual of outbreaks around the world. The service uses a complex algorithm that searches Google News, World Health Organization alerts and other online news and discussion groups for reports of outbreaks. The algorithm is able to distinguish between articles ...