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11:00AM Angus Kidman | If you meet someone new and want them to contact you online, which option do you share? Twitter? Facebook? Your blog? Start page Hi, I’m collects all that information in one location. More »
Hi, I’m Consolidates Social Networks On One Page
11:00AM Angus Kidman | If you meet someone new and want them to contact you online, which option do you share? Twitter? Facebook? Your blog? Start page Hi, I’m collects all that information in one location. More » 
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iGoogle Working With Secure Gmail Connections
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Setting Gmail to always use a secure connection (connecting with https://) is a good idea for many reasons, but doing so had, for a long time, prevented users of Google’s customised iGoogle pages from accessing their Gmail. More »
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1:00PM Angus Kidman | You can already access surf conditions tracking site Coastalwatch via the web or on your mobile phone. Now there’s an iGoogle gadget to let you seek out the perfect wave on your home page. More »
Coastalwatch Splashes Out With iGoogle Version
1:00PM Angus Kidman | You can already access surf conditions tracking site Coastalwatch via the web or on your mobile phone. Now there’s an iGoogle gadget to let you seek out the perfect wave on your home page. More »
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Australia is often low down the list when it comes to Google features getting rolled out (Voice, anyone?), but a new range of “social gadgets” for iGoogle are being tested in Australia before hitting the rest of the world. More »
Google Adds “Social Gadgets” To iGoogle
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Australia is often low down the list when it comes to Google features getting rolled out (Voice, anyone?), but a new range of “social gadgets” for iGoogle are being tested in Australia before hitting the rest of the world. More »
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2:30PM Angus Kidman | Google has launched a minor refit of its local iGoogle home page, including ‘canvas view’ gadgets that can expand and contract without leaving the iGoogle site and a bunch of additional news feed gadgets. More »
Google Updates Australian iGoogle Apps
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Google has launched a minor refit of its local iGoogle home page, including ‘canvas view’ gadgets that can expand and contract without leaving the iGoogle site and a bunch of additional news feed gadgets. More »
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11:00AM Angus Kidman | Transferr adds a visual twist to the familiar concept of a bookmark-centric start page, offering your most-used sites in a grid-based icon display. More »
Transferr Organises Bookmarks In A Chrome-Like Display
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Transferr adds a visual twist to the familiar concept of a bookmark-centric start page, offering your most-used sites in a grid-based icon display. More »
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Netvibes Adds Multiple, Publish-Ready Pages
11:10PM Kevin Purdy | While it lost to iGoogle in our best start page showdown, Netvibes remains a popular platform due to its serious customisation powers. With its newest feature, multiple personalised pages, it overtakes the competition as the feed addicts’ platform of choice. More »
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iGoogle Adds Sidebar Chat, Works Just Like Gmail
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Google’s start page is rolling out a sidebar chat tool, which uses Gmail users’ existing chat settings if they have them but can also chat between iGoogle users without Gmail (all 12 of them?) We kid, we kid. iGoogle’s chat works almost exactly like Gmail, offering the same status options, providing mouse-over details on contacts and quick links to email, chat, and choose their appearance frequency in your list. If you want to invite a non-Gmail friend to chat, you can do that from the “Add friends” link—they’ll have to sign up for iGoogle, but after that, you’re both inside Google Talk/Chat. The two noticeable drawbacks to iGoogle chat are the lack of Gmail’s AIM support, and no pop-out options for the chat windows that pop up from the lower-right corner. If you use iGoogle to get things done and don’t want any chats, you can sign out and minimise the chat bar to a single line. It’s a US-English-only thing for now, but “coming soon” for other languages and countries. Does Google Talk make your iGoogle page a better all-in-one home page, or is it feature overload? What features would you like to see installed? Trade your takes in the comments. Chatting away on iGoogle… [Official Google Blog] More »
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Sticky Screen Makes Your Start Page A Sticky Note
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | If you’d rather have a simple reminder for your browser home page than a host of gadgets and feed checkers, Sticky Screen is just about perfect. The site doesn’t require a login or plugin—it stores whatever you’ve typed into the lone sticky note in a browser cookie. Lean and lightweight, and pretty helpful. It’d be neat to see a multi-space remix of this site, though, with additional writing spaces and maybe other no-login features. Anyone with a knack for JavaScript up to the challenge? Sticky Screen is free to use, doesn’t require a sign-up. Sticking with iGoogle, but looking for sticky note features? Try the Web Stickies Mod. StickyScreen.org [via Digital Inspiration More »
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