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Introducing Gmail Labs
via Official Gmail Blog by Robby Stein on June 06, 2008
Posted by Keith Coleman, Product ManagerWe have a lot ideas for Gmail -- many come as suggestions from Gmail users, many come from people here at Google. But there's only so much we can do at any one time.People often ask how we decide what to build next. It's usually a mix of factors, like how many users are asking for it (think delete button, vacation responder, and IMAP, among others),...
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Best Online File Sharing Services [Hive Five]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 07, 2008
Whether you're trying to share megabytes worth of music with a friend or send an important document to a coworker, nothing outshines a fast, easy-to-use file-sharing service. On Tuesday we asked you to share your favorite file-sharing service, and over 200 nominations later, we've rounded up the five most popular services. Hit the jump for a look at the top five, and then cast your vote...
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New York Times API Coming
via ReadWriteWeb by Josh Catone on May 25, 2008
As print circulation continues its slide at most newspapers, one of the United States' most respect the New York Times is taking steps to boost online readership. The paper is already the third most cited web site on Techmeme, and the first on Memeorandum, proving that bloggers at least pay attention to its reporting. Now, the the Grey Lady is working on an API that aims to make the entire...
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The History of Firefox 1.0 to 3.0 in Screenshots [Screenshot Tour]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on June 16, 2008
Mozilla released Firefox version 1.0 to relative obscurity in November of 2004, and four short years later, the much-anticipated Firefox 3.0 will hit the streets with ambitions of setting a new world record tomorrow. In honor of tomorrow's 3.0 release, let's take a look back at a visual history of Firefox, version 1.0 to 3.0.The Themes The most significant change you'll notice in...
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Gmail Labs: A Public Stage for Googlers’ 20% Time
via TechCrunch by Mark Hendrickson on June 04, 2008
Google invited members of the press to its main campus in Mountain View to unveil a new beta feature platform for Gmail called Gmail Labs.Gmail Labs is essentially a stage for Googlers from all areas within the company to develop new features for Gmail, and to do so under the public eye. Starting at 6pm PT tonight, all Gmail users in the US and UK will see a new tab in the settings area called...
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Sometimes Crowds Aren't That Wise
via ReadWriteWeb by Josh Catone on May 25, 2008
Last week, computer book publisher SitePoint relayed a story about recent experiences with Digg that demonstrates that the Digg system is far from perfect. We've written recently on ReadWriteWeb about the decline and fall of quality on Digg, but SitePoint's anecdote demonstrates that sometimes the wisdom of crowds approach is, well, kind of dumb. Now is probably a good time to revisit...
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Semantic Tagging with Faviki
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on May 25, 2008
Faviki is a new social bookmarking tool that offers something that services like Ma.gnolia, del.icio.us, and Diigo do not - semantic tagging capabilities. What this means is that instead of having users haphazardly entering in tags to describe the links they save, Faviki will suggest tags to be used instead. However, unlike other services, Faviki's suggestions don't just come from a...
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ReadAir Brings Google Reader to Your Desktop [Featured Download]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 13, 2008
Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR): Free, open source application ReadAir syncs your Google Reader feeds to the comfort of your desktop. ReadAir—whose three-pane interface looks and feels much more like a desktop newsreader than Reader—also retains a lot of Google Reader features, like starring items and adding and tagging feeds. The biggest missing feature in ReadAir is its lack of keyboard...
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A need for speed: the path to a faster loading sequence
via Official Gmail Blog by Gmail Blog on May 12, 2008
Posted by Wiltse Carpenter, Tech Lead, Gmail PerformanceGreat performance has always been an obsession at Google and it's something that we think about and work on everyday. We want Gmail to be really fast, and we keep working on ways to make it faster. Gmail's architecture eliminates many of the delays in reading mail by employing techniques like prefetching, but recently we decided to...
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Facebook Will Be the Mainstream Everything
via ReadWriteWeb by Josh Catone on May 23, 2008
Whenever a new product comes out that has the early adopter set all atwitter -- like say, Twitter, for example -- there is a certain amount of discussion devoted to when or if the product will go mainstream. Sometimes we're not even sure if a new web app or service maybe already has reached the masses. A lucky few new web apps will cross the proverbial chasm into the mainstream, but most...
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