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Prism 1.0 for Firefox: Gmail, Facebook, YouTube and More on Your Desktop

Mashable  May 10 09

The browser and the desktop are melding. Web applications like Facebook or Twitter used to be primarily browser-based, but more and more products such as Tweetdeck and Seesmic Desktop are bringing that functionality off-browser. Firefox though, can do a lot more.

Mozilla has released version 1.0 of the Prism Firefox extension. It’s a Firefox extension that allows you to transform web applications into desktop ones. According to CNET, the new update adds auto-update support, the ability to clear private data, a new API for developers, and best of all, tray icons with notifications. Full story...

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Tweetie 2.1 For iPhone Now LIVE in the App Store

Mashable  8 hours ago

Tweetie 2.1, the latest version of the popular iPhone Twitter client, went live in the app store today.

Twitter Ads Are Evil: Here’s Why

Mashable  10 hours ago

Advertisers are frustrated. You’re all having direct conversations with friends on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the rest while totally bypassing the mass mediums they understand.

Twitter Billboard Leads to Epic Fail [PIC]

Mashable  14 hours ago

A TV station in Alabama is learning that live Twitter billboards sometimes deliver unintended consequences.

Black Friday a Big Win for Online Retailers [STATS]

Mashable  less than a day ago

Last year’s holiday season wasn’t so cheery for online retailers. The devastating economic recession hit people’s wallets, forcing them to cut back and save whatever they could.

New iPhone in the Wild, According to Usage Records

Mashable  less than a day ago

An app developer has found the identifier for an as-yet unreleased iPhone in its usage records, providing evidence that a new iPhone is under testing by Apple.

10 Gift Suggestion Sites for Hapless Holiday Shoppers

Mashable  less than a day ago

At this time of year every web site and its dog is offering pages and pages of “for her” or “for him” gift guides, but for the seriously challenged shopper you want the ability to input data and get a neat list of suggestions tailored exactly to who you need to buy for.

POLL: Verizon Trounces AT&T in Reader Vote

Mashable  less than a day ago

Last week, we witnessed a shocker in our weekly Web Faceoff series, where we pit two tech companies or web apps against each other and let you choose the victor.

10 Firefox Extensions Google Chrome Should Have Too

Mashable  less than a day ago

Extensions are coming to Google Chrome in the near future. The current developer build supports them, and there’s a lot to be excited about in the implementation -, you don’t have to restart the browser to use an extension you’ve just installed like you do in Firefox, for example.

What Users Like/Dislike About Google Wave [DATA]

Mashable  2 days ago

Google has been actively collecting feedback on Google Wave with an ongoing survey, which was distributed via email, the help center, and Twitter.

Android Gets an Adults-Only App Store

Mashable  2 days ago

Android, Google’s mobile operating system, already has the Android Market as its official app store, but it may not be serving everybody’s needs, especially those of an adult variety.



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