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Official Google Calendar Sync Support on Blackberry
Hole-ee-shit… Laurence Hartje just sent in the best news of my life from Boy Genius Report. It appears that Google just added support of Google Calendar synchronization with Blackberry devices. For me, this is an adventure that started almost a year ago after I got my T-Mobile Blackberry Pearl (which I love), and it looks [...]
Continue reading...Introducing Google Charts API
Friday, December 7, 2007
Just got a heads up that Google’s Chart API has been updated to include Venn Diagram support now (As you see above). Blogos created the example above using the following simple HTTP request: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart? the base URL cht=v& chart type: v for Venn chs=400×200& chart size: 400 by 200 pixels chd=t:119,96,43,67,22,38,16& chart data: the 3 circle sizes, and the intersection areas: see the [...]
Continue reading...New Gmail Shortcut Cheat Sheet
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Greg Amerson just brought this to my attention, but if you type “?” in Gmail, you get the new Keyboard Shortcuts cheat sheet… have a look:
Continue reading...Google Launches new iPhone Interface
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
This is pretty damn sweet… TechCrunch has the scoop on the new Google website launched specifically for iPhone users. If you visit www.google.com with your iPhone, chances are you are going to see the new redesigned Google interface with integrated services: Search Gmail Calendar Reader Docs SMS Goog-411 News Photos (PicasaWeb?) Blogger Notebook It is truly amazing what the iPhone has done to the industry… this (what [...]
Continue reading...Sprint Launching WiMax, Service Networks Coming
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Brad Agdern sends in information about Sprint “soft launching” it’s XOHM (WiMax) service in the Chicago, Washington and Baltimore markets. Unfortunately this doesn’t suddenly mean your Sprint phone will be running at WiMax speeds as support for XOHM requires new devices. Sprint has XOHM-enabled devices for the end of the year and dual-mode CDMA/XOHM phones next [...]
Continue reading...Verizon to Open Up Network
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
What the what… Verizon Wireless has announced they will open up their wireless network to authorized devices that they don’t sell but have passed tests in their testing lab come 2008. In early 2008, the company will publish the technical standards the development community will need to design products to interface with the Verizon Wireless network. [...]
Continue reading...Gmail Tip: Finding Unread Emails
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
For the life of me I cannot figure out why Google doesn’t just add a stupid button to Gmail for this, but anyway… The tip here is how to find all your unread emails in Gmail. Let’s say you aren’t interested in the label on the mail, who it’s from or anything… you just want a [...]
Continue reading...Gmail 2.0 Locking up Firefox
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Ummm… am I the only one noticing this and going fucking nuts by it? Ever since Gmail “2.0″ rolled out with it’s amazingly new-exactly-the-same interface design and tweaked code to make it seem snappier, it has regularly been locking up Firefox for me… in the middle of work… killing off everything I’m doing. This is [...]
Continue reading...Google Refuses to Run Impeachment Ad
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Laurence Hartje just sent in news of a story Daily Kos is running on an Ad that Google refused to run in their AdSense network. The ad is as follows: Help Impeach Cheney NOW Nonpartisan, the time is here. House JC 202-225-3951 Demand ACTION YaliesorImpeachment.org Google’s response as to why it wouldn’t run the ad was as follows: “At this time, Google [...]
Continue reading...Guides
Friday, November 16, 2007
General Choosing a Toilet General - Technology Choosing a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo Laptop Choosing a Hard Drive & Should You Use RAID? Apple How to Install iPhone 2.0 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone How to Install iPhone 2.1 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone Recording a Podcast on your Mac using Skype and Audio Hijack Pro Removing iTunes DRM Home Theater [...]
Continue reading...Google Trumps Sun’s Mobile Java Play
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Greg Amerson sent along two very interesting reads (One, Two) about what the Google Android platform means to Sun and the OpenJDK. At first glance Android looks like a harmlessly cool, Java-based mobile platform… so what’s the big deal? At closer glance it appears that Google has invented their own Java VM, the Dalvik VM to [...]
Continue reading...Google Releases Android (gPhone) SDK
Monday, November 12, 2007
Looks like Google has released the Android SDK for mass consumption. What comes in the SDK is mostly expected, but still cool to see: Linux Kernel FreeType OpenGL SQL Lite WebKit (as a web browser, anyone else surprised this wasn’t Firefox 3 platform?) Custom Java Bytecode interpreter that is “highly specialized for the CPU” Common Java API Media File Support based on PacketVideo’s [...]
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
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