Google Maps has been enhanced with a new Helicopter View. The new function gives users the opportunity to preview their trip in a 3D visualization. The feature uses the Google Earth browser plug-in to give users a top-down aerial view of the planned route as though seen from a helicopter flying about the route. To […]
Pandora Wednesday publicly launched a totally revamped website. The New Pandora site uses HTML5 rather than Flash and is said to be more responsive, easier to use, and comes with improved social integration. The team also previewed the site over the last two months to listeners for feedback and bug fixes. Perhaps most importantly for […]
Mint has addressed one of it’s largest customer requests. Today Mint launched a Bill Reminders feature that helps people stay on top of their upcoming bills by tracking regular due dates in one place. This feature joins the reminders for credit cards and loans. The new feature provides people with a simple timeline of […]
Microsoft will now support raw format images with Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011. Until now, photographers working with photos in RAW had to work with third-party apps such as Adobe Photoshop or Corel PaintShop Photo Pro. Apple has supported RAW formats natively since 2005. RAW is an uncompressed way of saving images with a one-to-one […]
Google has introduced redesigned interfaces for its web-based Gmail and Calendar utilities. The revamped layouts, which are currently available for users to preview, offer a modernized appearance with functional improvements alongside aesthetic tweaks. The Gmail interface brings a red, black and white color scheme, closely resembling the new Google Plus presentation. Users can choose from […]
Google outlined its true social networking efforts Tuesday by unveiling Google+. The service is built around the concept a persistent toolbar that allows sharing from any Google site as well as Circles. A drag-and-drop interface lets users organize contacts into sharing groups where a single share can go out to many people at once. The […]
Facebook is currently testing a new feature in the form of a Happening Now sidebar. It is believed to be undergoing limited testing with some user pages and lets them see in real-time what is going on in their network. The feed displays what their friends are sharing, commenting on or liking, as well as […]
Adobe has identified a new vulnerability that affects its freshly minted Flash 10.3 and all previous versions for all desktop as well as the mobile version for Android. Adobe has classified the threat as important and recommends that all users of Flash Player 10.3 upgrade to the new, patched version, immediately. The exploit targets users […]
At Google I/O 2011, the Google revealed its Chrome Web Store has been launched to 160 million users of the browser and in 41 languages. There is good news for developers too, as Google will only take a five percent cut, with 95 percent of app revenues going to the developer’s pocket. Those outside the […]
Friday Google gave Google Docs its first major file format update with 12 new standards. The release supports an Apple-specific format for the first time, Pages, letting users read Pages documents in-browser. Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop images also now work, and modelling gets its first support through recognition of Autodesk’s AutoCAD. Other updates bring Excel […]
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