URL shorteners are great for minimizing URLs in a Twitter message or keeping links clean in an email, but as convenient as they are they do introduce an extra point of failure. WatchMouse, a monitoring organization, highlights the best.A Dutch web-monitoring company, WatchMouse, monitored popular URL shortening services for a period of one month and then analyzed the results. They found... [weiterlesen]

Die New York Times berichtet aktuell, dass Google, Sony und Intel gemeinsam an einem Fernseh-Projekt arbeiten. "GoogleTV", so der Arbeitstitel, ist eine Settop-Box mit Android als OS und Atom-Prozessor, die auch gleich in Fernseher verbaut werden kann, um das Internet auf dem TV noch besser zu integrieren. Twitter oder Picasa zu erreichen soll dann genau so einfach sein, wie den Sender zu wechseln. Auch mit an... [weiterlesen]

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, had some really positive things to say about Apple during a speech he was giving at the University of Washington, specifically hailing the company for it’s creation of the App Store. “Apple’s done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property,” Seattle Times columnist Brier Dudley took Ballmer’s mentions of the Big “A” as a sign that Apple just might possibly be looking at Bing into making it... [weiterlesen]

Penguin Books CEO John Makinson gave a glimpse into the future of what the possibilities are on the iPad, showcasing a number of ideas for highly interactive content in eBooks. John displays number of content from children’s readings to medical textbooks to highly interactive star constellations maps, which by the way is some intuitive and fun stuff. He demonstrates hoe children can interact with their readings on the iPad by performing certain functions that enable the story to progress such... [weiterlesen]

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10066133&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1","customParams":[],"width":500,"height":375,"ratio":0.75,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"vimeo"} ); Google Voice is a solid option for your personal phone needs, but it might not be professional enough for freelancers and small business owners. Phonebooth is a great alternative that gives you a dedicated phone number, free minutes, and more.Phonebooth is a web-based phone system that routes your calls to any landline or mobile phone number you choose. Like Google Voice, users receive a free local phone number to... [weiterlesen]

I'm thrilled to announce that the online book by Adam Pash and myself, The Complete Guide to Google Wave, is now in print! Order your copy here. The new edition is double the pagecount of the Preview PDF released last fall, and it's packed with screenshots and examples. With this expansion, Adam and I went out of our way, page after page, to illustrate the... [weiterlesen]

Developers and product managers from the Gmail team hosted a jam-packed panel at SXSW Interactive yesterday, and talked in a refreshingly honest manner about what they've done and what's coming next—including speed improvements, new features, Buzz, better Contacts, and more.Photo by davidh.walker. A recurring topic during the Gmail panel was speed. Gmail Engineer Jonathan Perlow asked the capacity ballroom crowd to raise their hands if they "thought... [weiterlesen]

Google's Apps suite for domain owners and businesses has finally received some star treatment with the launch of the Apps Marketplace. Which Google-friendly apps are free, worth the cost, and entirely useful? These 10 are definitely worth a look.10. Box.net Box.net is one of many online file storage sites, but from its... [weiterlesen]

Erick Tseng von Google war zwar Gaststar der Engadget Show im Januar, aber nicht das einzige Highlight: Es traten auch einige Musiker und Künstler auf, die mit gehackten Geräten und Mods mehr anfangen können als mit althergebrachten Instrumenten, wie zum Beispiel Glomag, Paris und Outpt. Ein kurzer Blick auf die Geschichte der Chiptunes-Bewegung, Game Boy Music und vor allem auch auf das wer,... [weiterlesen]

Nach meinem Bericht über Chatroulette im Februar, jetzt die Erweiterung. Irgendwie werden bei Chatroulette Map die Geodaten der Kameras der Nutzer auf zu Google Maps  verknüpft und schon weiß man wo in der Nähe jemand sitzt. Zuerst sieht man bei Google Maps die Hotspots und kann sich dann immer tiefer bis zu den einzelnden Nutzern vorklicken. Bitte Vorsicht am Arbeitsplatz! Die Inhalte sind nicht immer Jugendfrei. Verwandte Tagestipps:... [weiterlesen]