Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Fix
Reload Plus Creates Mouse Friendly Reload Shortcuts
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Firefox: Reload Plus is a small Firefox extension which combines keyboard shortcuts with mouse button combinations to make a huge number of reload options quickly accessible. More »
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Google News Timeline Is A Slick Headline Skimmer
11:05PM Kevin Purdy | Want to track a topic across the web’s news sources from the last few years, the last few months, or since yesterday morning? A new Google Labs tool provides an easy-to-navigate headline timeline. More »
Fix
Expensive Running Shoes Aren’t A Necessity
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Christopher McDougall, author of the forthcoming Born to Run, excerpts a section of his book that suggests costly, tech-term-laden training shoes aren’t helping runners all that much–and they may actually be hurting. More »
Work
Update Notifier Finds Newer Versions Of Windows Apps
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: Update Notifier isn’t a new kind of software, but it is a rather straightforward and simple one that seems to Just Work—especially in its support for portable applications. More »
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4:30PM Angus Kidman | TrueLocal’s new iPhone app does pretty much what you’d expect: finds local businesses near the location your iPhone’s GPS is transmitting, sorted by category and with Google Maps integration if you want to track them down on foot or by road.
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TrueLocal iPhone App Maps Local Businesses
4:30PM Angus Kidman | TrueLocal’s new iPhone app does pretty much what you’d expect: finds local businesses near the location your iPhone’s GPS is transmitting, sorted by category and with Google Maps integration if you want to track them down on foot or by road.
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Money
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s probably a safe bet that most Lifehacker readers go close to their ISP download limit each month, but are you as efficient when it comes to your mobile phone? More »
Do You Use Your Full Mobile Phone Cap Every Month?
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s probably a safe bet that most Lifehacker readers go close to their ISP download limit each month, but are you as efficient when it comes to your mobile phone? More »
Communicate
1:00PM Angus Kidman | As rumoured, Foxtel will eventually be offering online access to some of its programming — but for now, it’s just enhanced its site with a bunch of video previews and the ability for customers to manage their accounts online. More »
Foxtel Site Offers Previews, Promises Video On Demand Later
1:00PM Angus Kidman | As rumoured, Foxtel will eventually be offering online access to some of its programming — but for now, it’s just enhanced its site with a bunch of video previews and the ability for customers to manage their accounts online. More »
Communicate
12:00PM Angus Kidman | If you can’t wait until iPhone 3.0 gets its official release, Whirlpool’s collected the files you need to make MMS work on an Australian iPhone. More »
Enable MMS On Your Australian iPhone 3.0
12:00PM Angus Kidman | If you can’t wait until iPhone 3.0 gets its official release, Whirlpool’s collected the files you need to make MMS work on an Australian iPhone. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | When the next version of Outlook appears next year, it will include at least one feature that appears to build on Gmail’s threaded conversations idea: combining related (but separate) email conversations into a single item. More »
Outlook 2010 To Feature Combined Conversations
10:30AM Angus Kidman | When the next version of Outlook appears next year, it will include at least one feature that appears to build on Gmail’s threaded conversations idea: combining related (but separate) email conversations into a single item. More »
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