Filed under: Developer, Social Software, web 2.0
Ning, a popular web service that lets you set up your own Facebook-style social network (and hosts it for you) just added something that Facebook and MySpace have had for quite a while now: apps. Like applications on those other, bigger, networks, Ning Apps are powered by OpenSocial, a much-hyped API for building third-party apps that work on multiple social networks. Open Social has been around for years, making slow progress: maybe becoming available on Ning's 1.5 million different sites will help.Ning Apps allow network owners to provide additional functionality to their users, often through integration with other sites. Full story...
Filed under: Games, Time-Wasters
No, no, really... I'm not suggesting you head to the supplies cupboard and actually toss the turtle! It's a game! NO! Not the kind of game you play with friends while drunk! A Flash game! Adobe Flash! In your browser! Toss The Turtle is the epitome -- the end of the line -- the ULTIMATE 'fire a canon ball as far as you can' game, a genre that you might remember from the (really) olden days.
Filed under: Office, Web services, Adobe, BlackBerry, iPhone, Mobile
Adobe's Acrobat.com service is getting a big update tonight, followed closely by a new mobile app for iPhone and BlackBerry.
Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Troubleshooting, Windows x64
Defragmentation (like backing up) is one of those chores I don't think about doing all that often.
Filed under: News, Mozilla, Browsers
The Firefox army is hundreds of millions of soldiers strong.
Filed under: Audio, Video
They've been awfully quiet the last couple of years, except for the recent PS3 price reduction and slow drip-feed of good games.
Filed under: Social Software, iPhone
Trillian, the excellent all-purpose chat app we've loved for years on the PC, just made the leap to the iPhone.
Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, Freeware, Social Software
When Microsoft introduced us to Silverlight 4 the other day, the demoed a slick Facebook application.
Filed under: Games, Mozilla, Browsers
It seems the age of humdrum, crippled browsers on consoles might finally be coming to an end! Though the details are very slim, with the only source being an unnamed insider very close to Sony, it is exciting news indeed if it turns out to true.
Filed under: OS Updates, Google, Ask DLS
So Google finally let loose with a real glimpse at Chrome OS today, unveiling it at an event in Mountain View today.
Filed under: Internet, Video, Google, Web
Google has given users the ability to caption their YouTube videos for a while now.