Thursday, July 9, 2009
Organise
Delicious Spy Keeps A Real-Time Eye On New Bookmarks
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you think that real-time Twitter searching has been getting too much attention lately and you wish there was a handy real-time monitor for Delicious, you’ll definitely want to check out Delicious Spy. More »
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Turn Your Printer Into A Self-Filling Inkjet
11:15PM Kevin Purdy | If you’re serious about avoiding cartel-level prices on ink cartridges, or even refilling services, you can convert a multi-color inkjet printer into a continuous inking model for serious long-term savings. More »
Communicate
4:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s often hard to get an airline to acknowledge that it’s screwed up, but musician Dave Carroll came up with a pretty effective way to respond after United Airlines broke one of his cherished guitars: writing a series of songs about the incident and putting them up on YouTube. More »
Use Social Media For Customer Complaints
4:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s often hard to get an airline to acknowledge that it’s screwed up, but musician Dave Carroll came up with a pretty effective way to respond after United Airlines broke one of his cherished guitars: writing a series of songs about the incident and putting them up on YouTube. More »
Communicate
2:30PM Angus Kidman | MMS support was one of the most anticipated features of iPhone 3.0, but it turns out it has a nasty side-effect: group SMS sending has effectively been dumped. More »
Fixing The iPhone Group SMS Bug
2:30PM Angus Kidman | MMS support was one of the most anticipated features of iPhone 3.0, but it turns out it has a nasty side-effect: group SMS sending has effectively been dumped. More »
Money
1:10PM Angus Kidman | Supermarkets will soon have to provide “unit pricing” to make comparison shopping easier. Which stores have to feature them, and what quirks should you watch out for? More »
How Unit Pricing Will Help You Save On Shopping
1:10PM Angus Kidman | Supermarkets will soon have to provide “unit pricing” to make comparison shopping easier. Which stores have to feature them, and what quirks should you watch out for? More »
Communicate
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Internode’s new $49.95 broadband plan sounds like an appealing option if you’re helping someone get connected, but there’s one important catch to be aware of. More »
Internode Easy Broadband Has One Catch
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Internode’s new $49.95 broadband plan sounds like an appealing option if you’re helping someone get connected, but there’s one important catch to be aware of. More »
Design
9:00AM Angus Kidman | If you’ve already customised your desktop to within an inch of its life, this might well appeal to you: a newly-released Sony Ericsson phone will include the option to design your own cover for the phone. More »
Sony Ericsson Phone Offers Customised Covers
9:00AM Angus Kidman | If you’ve already customised your desktop to within an inch of its life, this might well appeal to you: a newly-released Sony Ericsson phone will include the option to design your own cover for the phone. More »
Work
How To Handle Kitchen Thieves
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | If you’ve ever walked over to your office fridge anticipating the lunchtime meal that awaits you only to discover that someone else has nabbed your meal, foodie weblog Chow details how to avoid being left empty-handed. More »
Work
Nine Must-Have Features We Want To See In A Google OS
7:15AM Kevin Purdy | What’s inside Google’s just-announced Chrome Operating System? How does it work, exactly? Nobody outside Google knows. We can, however, build a dream operating system from the ground up, and that’s what we’re doing with some help from the hive mind. More »
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