The Google Maps service just recently got a ‘labs’ section, much like Gmail and other Google Services. Along with the introduction of labs to their maps offerings, Google has released a collection of nine innovative labs features the Google maps service. read more… »
Google Maps Adds Experimental New Features
Useful Photo Orientated Chrome Extensions
With Chrome recently fully supporting third party extensions the flood gates are open to millions of developers around the world to build useful and innovative extensions that both enhance or improve online browsing with Google’s Chrome browser. A large part of Firefox’s awesome success is owed to extensibility, it would seem only natural that the Chrome which has proven to be an incredibly innovative browser would follow. read more… »
Pencil Printer
Putting those unusable pencil stubs to good use? A concept by Hoyoung Lee over at Yanko Design which marries old tec with new tec with their graphite pencil printer which uses standard graphite pencils as the ink cartridge for printing documents. The concept is great aesthetically and practically. Graphite pencils are pretty cheap so running out of a cartridge is much less of a hassle then with conventional ink printers. the pencil printer concepts also includes a built in eraser which allows you to re use paper, another plus for environmental responsibility. read more… »
Download More Ram Prank
Do you curse the low ram capacity that your computer has?? Your days of frustration are over, just header over to downloadmoreram.com and increase your computer’s ram, absolutely free! A clever prank set up that will probably catch a few non computer savvy people out there. The whole website is a joke as stated in it’s footer and means no harm. The concept of being able to download and install additional ram is rather humorous! read more… »
Facebook Chat Goes Jabber Friendly
The Facebook chat platform went jabber friendly today, meaning that one can connect to the Facebook chat service from any jabber enabled messaging client. “Every day people send more than two billion chat messages to each other on Facebook. Today we’re making it easier for people to extend those conversations with their Facebook friends to instant messaging clients beyond Facebook.com. Facebook Chat now supports Jabber/XMPP, the open standard for instant messaging. Now developers can integrate Facebook Chat with their Web-based, desktop, or mobile instant messaging products.” say the Developers at Facebook. read more… »
A Collection of Inspiring Workspaces
A workspace is is a key factor in productivity, an effectively planned workspace allows for a more pleasant working experience, specifically for those who have a desk job. Lifehacker.com has taken the initiative to showcase a selection of well created workspaces submitted by their users, who have taken a pride in their space of work. read more… »
The Google Tablet Concept
Following the recent announcement by Apple to begin manufacturing and selling thier iPad tablet computer, Google decided to release some Google Chrome OS mockups illustrating how the Google tablet would look like, if it were to exist. read more… »
Facebook To Introduce Email Services
It is rumoured that Facebook will soon start offering email services which will give it’s 350+ million users access to thier own Facebook webmail account. Code named project Titan, Facebook plans to rival popular and established email providers such as Gmail with this new service. In an effort to unify and streamline thier current messaging system, the new Facebook mail will incorporate the messaging and instant messaging offerings currently avalaible. read more… »
Paypal In South Africa via FNB??
Could it be that FNB will be bringing Paypal to South Africa later on this year? Online retail has long groaned at the lack of a full Paypal service in South Africa. Rumours have recently surfaced on Twitter and the Popular online technology news site MyBroadband that thanks to FNB this may all change. FNB has failed to comment on this, either comfirming or dispelling the rumour. read more… »
Artistic Typography
Typography art, is perhaps one of the most beautiful ways to combine text and design into a beautiful composition. Deviant is treasure of artistic talent, out of the tons of outstanding typography artwork on deviant art, we have short listed these five as possibly the most creative and visually appealing pieces read more… »
Step Aside Facebook, A Social Google On The Way
The internet Giant, Google is looking into adding social features to their Gmail offering. With the recent explosion of social media, it seems as though Google has decided that they want a slice of the pie. The new social service will be tightly integrated into Gmail’s existing interface and into other Google products. The social service will probably take advantage of the Gtalk network and probably Google’s own social network, orkut. read more… »
The Fail Whale Strikes
The Twitter Fail Whale Strikes again. It has been some time since the Fail Whale was spotted. For those who are unfamiliar with the Twitter Fail Whale, it is the whale that indacates Twitter’s servers are under strain from an overload in internet traffic or that the site is experiencing down time. read more… »
Run Firefox 3.6 From Your Flash Drive
Firefox 3.6 portable is a useful web browsing application as it runs completely and portably from your flash drive, saving its usage data and settings along side itself on your flash drive. Perfect for the traveller or internet cafe user, as this allows you to take your own browsing experience, along with you bookmarks and settings anywhere. read more… »
The Breathing Earth
The Breathing Earth is an interesting web simulation that demonstrates quite clearly and impressively the human impact on our Earth. Designed by David Bleja, the simulation tracks the amount of CO2 in tonnes released be each nation and how often a death or a birth occurs. Bearing in mind that it is a simulation is not 100% percent accurate however the author states that the simulation was built using reputable data sources, read more… »
