You may not know it, but you probably have an OpenID. If you have a Yahoo account, you have an OpenID. If you have a Windows Live account, you will soon have an OpenID. And today, if you have a Google e-mail account, you can also start using your Gmail address as an OpenID. Google [...]
In spite of – or perhaps due to – its ongoing trials and tribulations, Yahoo! has done an admirable job of remaining on track with plans to open its platform to the developer community – plans that could mean the survival of a company that is among the old guard of the Web as we [...]
Microsoft announced at its PDC conference that the next release of Microsoft Office will include browser-based versions of some of its main office software products – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. These will be “lightweight versions”, but Microsoft told us yesterday that they’ll still have rich functionality and will be comparable to Google’s suite of [...]
OpenID – the “free and easy way to use a single digital identity across the Internet” – has rapidly gained traction as a login credential for Web 2.0 apps and sites. Its adoption by more mainstream technology properties, however, has occurred at a slower rate. But all of that could be changing with today’s announcement [...]
Aviary has left private beta and launched their online image editing service with a new domain name (http://Aviary.com) as well as several new features. Most notably, their Phoenix online image editor now includes an option to install a Firefox extension that will allow you to perform screen captures and more. Other new features include Peacock, [...]
Ray Ozzie opened the Microsoft PDC ’08 this morning with a keynote speech. In it he announced Windows Azure, Microsoft’s “Windows in the cloud”. It is a new service based operating environment. He described it as a massive highly scalable service platform. What is being released today is just a fraction of what it will [...]
The latest app to adorn your iPhone screen is Google Earth, the virtual 3D world atlas we’ve learned to love on our desktops. Like all other iPhone applications, it’s available through the applications store; it started rolling in on Sunday and is now available for almost everyone, depending on your time zone. Take a look [...]
Qik, a startup that allows you to stream live video to the web directly from your phone, has launched support for RIM’s incredibly popular Blackberry platform. The software is currently available in an alpha state (so don’t be surprised if you encounter bugs), and includes support for the Blackberry Bold and Pearl (other phones, like [...]
Facebook has decided to share some details about its system architecture and make public the source code that powers it. In a note posted by one of the company’s engineers, Facebook describes how it went about choosing its technology stack and ultimately arrived at the decision to build its own server – called Scribe – [...]
Even if you’re a seasoned Gmail user, every article is filled with Gmail goodness and perhaps like me, you may learn something new. Enjoy! 1. “13 Gmail Extensions for Firefox 3” 2. “5 Gmail Labs Features Everyone Should Try” 3. “Tip: Read Your Mail Without Touching Your Mouse” 4. “Check if Your Gmail is Hacked [...]
