Posts Tagged with ‘firefox’

The mobile web is quickly surging in popularity, as the recent launch of AdSense for Mobile and resumed Firefox mobile development have shown.
FeedM8, a unique service that converts RSS feeds into a mobile-friendly format, is now the latest to experience the rush to go mobile first-hand, having announced that its publisher network has seen a massive increase in member sites, having added 1,000 new websites within the last 30 days alone.
The Toronto-based company officially launched the service in August [...]

In a bid to reach more consumers at a time at which the Internet application appears more and more capable of managing tasks ordinarily best performed by desktop-based utilities, Napster plans to abandon its current distribution model for one entirely Web-based. The move will allow both active and any future Napster users to play music obtained through the service - which will continue to operate via a subscription system - from any computer with a broadband connection and open [...]

Mozilla, the organization arguably responsible for giving the term browser extension great meaning and prominence in an increasingly Web-centric world, has made known its plans to “revitalize its mobile development efforts,” promising to deliver its first issuance of Firefox Mobile sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Not too distant, meaning sometime after Firefox 3 is offered as an official public release. Firefox 3, for those unaware, has yet to be so much as provided as something for Mozilla’s core of beta testers [...]

Google Apps has been far more successful than Microsoft could have imagined, which I am sure is why their reaction to Google's enterprise agenda was less than impressive.
Now, Microsoft seems to have realized the benefits of the web, finally bringing its Office Suite online with Office Live Workspace, which is currently running in beta to a limited number of people.
With Google Apps, Zimbra (recently purchased by Yahoo!), and Zoho having already built an online following, is it too late for [...]

So, you like Google Gears, do you? You like firing up that browser, logging into a service/Web app (the current list of GG-compatible sites is short, but generally is a good group nonetheless), syncing up with the latest info – be it in the form of RSS feeds or to-do lists or whathaveyou - and enjoy the luxury of a small little button conveniently placed atop your browser window that, when pressed, allows you to continue reading and making edits [...]

It is my usual pleasure to report on the startups I am particularly fond of. That is why today I will share with you exciting news from YooRL, the web service that permits you to create a special link from any URL and share it with your friends by any means whatsoever to further track how the link propagates on the world map. The small Russian startup provides a totally new way to deal with how you share the links. [...]

CoReap is a new service that combines social bookmarking, social searching and a social network. It allows users to manage their bookmarks and their network directly from the sidebar of the browser for complete ease of use.
What is innovative about CoReap is the way that it seamlessly integrates with existing search platforms such as Google and Yahoo!. With CoReap, you can actually search for new bookmarks by creating a social network of trusted individuals based on your interests. Those [...]

When I saw the announcement today that Facebook had acquired Parakey, I wasn't all that surprised. Sure, the name was a surprise; Parakey has been in stealth mode for over a year now, with little known about them other than the fact that it's a company founded by two Firefox co-founders: Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. There was a tiny bit of information leaked just to let us know who the players were, that it was a Web OS, and [...]

Firefox plug-ins have most to do with tweaking the browser’s performance, adding to its powers, and increasing user productivity. And lots of other things, too. Now there’s one that helps you make the most of Web-based photo albums. It’s called PicLens, and it helps you enjoy digital slideshows as they were meant to be enjoyed: full-screen.
A number of caveats right from the get go, though, and they’re important memos for all you peoples out on the Web loving the wealth [...]