Thursday, August 6, 2009
Fix
Vanish Gives Your Message An Expiration Date
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | (Windows/Mac/Linux): Encrypting a message is an excellent way to protect it from prying eyes. What if you want to protect it against prying eyes and make it disappear? Expiring-message service Vanish can help. More »
Money
Amazon Brings Photo Product Identifications Powers To Android
11:10PM Kevin Purdy | Android: Amazon brings the cyborg-like product look-up powers its iPhone application wields to Android handsets, allowing for one-click purchases and “remembering” products through snapshots—but adds in barcodes, too. Your wallet is right to feel endangered. More »
Organise
Synchronise Web Passwords With Dropbox And RoboForm
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows: RoboForm, one of our readers’ five favourite password managers, does a handy job of plugging passwords and form data into web sites. File synchronising tool Dropbox makes RoboForm even more convenient and automatically up to date. More »
Communicate
ThatWhichMatter Delivers Grammar Tips In Tweets
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Are you one of those types who smirked devilishly through Eats, Shoots & Leaves? Whether you’re a strict grammarian or looking to learn a bit more on language, ThatWhichMatter’s Twitter feed is worth subscribing to. More »
Work
The Pushbutton Web Now In Google Reader
4:00PM Gina Trapani
Googler Mihai Parparita announces that Google Reader now sends real-time updates to FriendFeed when you share items using the Pubsubhubb protocol. More »
Work
2:59PM Angus Kidman | Budding poets and aspiring academics have a common need — tracking where they’ve sent written work and whether it’s been accepted. One easy solution to that problem is to use a specifically designed tracking document. More »
Track Writing Submissions With A Template
2:59PM Angus Kidman | Budding poets and aspiring academics have a common need — tracking where they’ve sent written work and whether it’s been accepted. One easy solution to that problem is to use a specifically designed tracking document. More »
Communicate
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Signing off an email with ‘cheers’ might be too “mock British” for our US counterparts, but the consensus amongst Lifehacker readers is that it’s perfectly acceptable on this side of the Pacific. More »
Readers Conclude: Cheers To End Email Is Fine
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Signing off an email with ‘cheers’ might be too “mock British” for our US counterparts, but the consensus amongst Lifehacker readers is that it’s perfectly acceptable on this side of the Pacific. More »
Money
10:30AM Angus Kidman | In 1958, even the Internet was a distant vision — but advice from that era is still useful when you’re trying to live a more frugal lifestyle. More »
Useful Shopping Tips From 1958
10:30AM Angus Kidman | In 1958, even the Internet was a distant vision — but advice from that era is still useful when you’re trying to live a more frugal lifestyle. More »
Work
Firefox Director Talks Firefox 3.6, Tasks, And Competing With Chrome
10:00AM Kevin Purdy | We were eager to know what’s happening for Firefox. Mike Beltzner, the open-source browser’s director, was glad to tell us. Here’s what he had to say about future features, competition with Chrome, and keeping thousands of Firefox contributors in sync. More »
Work
