Shiira 2.0 Released

Apr 24, 2007

Version 2.0 of Shiira was released today. Shiira is a web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa. The goal of the Shiira Project is to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari. All source code used in this software is publicly available.

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Major Update for Picasa Web Albums

Mar 8, 2007

Google Operating System: Major Update for Picasa Web Albums

Today Picasa Web Albums has the most important update since its launch, in June 2006. Basically, it adds the most requested features and even some obscure features that will make you very happy.

First, the free version of Picasa Web gets 1 GB of storage (up from 250 MB), enough to host 4000 high-quality photos. It’s interesting that Google says “1 GB (and counting)” so the storage could increase like it does in Gmail.

7 Confessions of a Cingular Sales Rep

7 Confessions of a Cingular Sales Rep - Consumerist

Features are your friends. “You can just about get about get a rep to do anything you want if you offer to get a text package or a data package, and they can be cancelled on-line or over the phone the second you leave the store. The same goes for accessories. Offer to get accessories if it will get you a deal, they can be returned no questions asked within 30 days. (Let me put it this way, if a customer came in looking to get a treo w/the data package and accessories I would have sold a Treo 750 for $100 after rebate)”

Uh Oh, Gmail Just Got Perfect

Feb 10, 2007

Uh Oh, Gmail Just Got Perfect

Google quietly added a small feature to Gmail this week called Mail Fetcher. When that feature launched, Gmail became perfect.

Mail Fetcher allows users to access non-Gmail email accounts from within the Gmail interface. If you have a Yahoo email account, and a work email account, etc., you can simply access that email from within Gmail, using POP settings. Gmail will now work in a very similar way as Outlook does on the PC desktop.

Wal-Mart First to Offer Digital Movies From All “Big Six” Studios

Feb 6, 2007

Scoring a major coup over Apple, Wal-Mart has become the first (and thus far, only) digital distributor to go into business with all six major studios: Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal will all be selling digital movies at its online store.

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