You don’t hear as much about Second Life these days as you did several years ago. For a while, articles were being written left and right about how to leverage this virtual world from Linden Lab as a business tool. Lately, not so much.
More Gmail Labs Features Released
In the neverending quest to improve what I think of as Google’s real social network, the company has released a couple of new features in Gmail Labs that can be integrated into the regular Gmail experience when activated.
Google Chart API Released
Google released a chart generator service they are calling the Google Chart API. Usage is quite straightforward: you link to an image in the form of a parameterized URL, e.g. (line break added)
Latest Version of WordPress Released
The latest version of the WordPress blogging platform was released late yesterday.
Vietnamese Cyber-Dissident Released
Reporters Without Borders said the release of cyber dissident Nguyen Vu Binh on June 9 under a presidential amnesty was a "great relief" but added it should not be forgotten that he was in prison for close to five years for what he wrote online.
“Vietnamese Cyber-Dissident Released”
New Version of FeedDemon Released
FeedDemon is the Windows desktop RSS application I’ve been using for the past few years.
And for the past few months, I’ve been testing the various betas of the upcoming new version 2.5.
Wikipedia Competitor Released In Beta
While Jimmy Wales has been busy of late creating a new search engine and dreaming of challenging Google for dominance within the field, another Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has been working on a new collaborative resource designed at offering more validity and expertise to its entries.
Spry 1.4 Released!
The site still says 1.3, but you can now download Spry 1.4.
Zune Released, PS3 Failure, Vista and more
The Zune came out today, as well as news that Microsoft is paying Universal Music $1 per Zune sold, in order to get Universal’s music in its Zune music store. Looks like the music industry and the mafia aren’t so different after all
ChaCha Beta Released; Users Seek Google
ChaCha, which describes itself as “the world’s largest live search engine,” is now available in beta form. The interesting feature is the defining one – ChaCha can supply “a human guide who assists you in real-time via an instant-message chat.”