Windows: Whatever motivates you to abandon your mouse—tiny netbook trackpad, hatred of wasted arm movements, reluctance to replace a broken mouse—MouseFIGHTER enables keyboard-based control of your mouse for mouse-free navigation. More »
Chrome: Yet Another Google Bookmarks Extension (YAGBE) is an easy to customise Google Bookmarks manager for Google Chrome. If you use both Google Chrome and Bookmarks, YAGBE lets you customise everything from shortcut keys to default labels. More »
Android only: The default Gmail client can sync individual labels, but only notifies users about new inbox messages. A tiny little app, Gmail Label Notifier, offers customised notifications of new label messages. More »
Having noted earlier that Apple still wasn’t selling the iPhone 4 on its site as launch day began, we’ll duly report that it is now being offered online at the expected price ($859 for 16GB, $999 for 32GB). While Apple is the obvious option for a carrier-free purchase, its delivery window — 3 weeks — ties in with reported supply shortages at most physical locations. [Apple Store]
We’ve already pointed to disabling Spotlight and hard resetsas ways of improving the sometimes sluggish performance of iOS4 on older iPhones. Lifehacker reader Daniel has another suggestion: get rid of excess text messages. More »
Lifehacker has been an enthusiastic consumer of on-board Internet and a vaguely interested tester of SMS services, so the news that ACMA has officially approved technology to allow in-flight calls and data in Australia is welcome news. But even if the thought of the loud person sitting next to you also having a mobile fills you with panic, bear in mind it will be some time before any services actually exist. More »
Didn’t catch Lifehacker on Thursday? Here’s the best posts you missed. More »
A key element of our upcoming TechLines event on the future of email is giving Lifehacker readers the chance to participate ahead of the live webcast. Share with us three ways you would improve communications in your workplace and you could win a seat to see the event live, as well as having your issues raised with the distinguished panel of speakers on August 12. More »
The Livescribe intelligent recording pen is already one of Road Worrier’s essential technologies to take on the road. How does the new Echo design measure up against the original? More »
