Don’t like to get lost? MapQuest has announced upgrades to its "Send to Cell’ service that will allows users to create driving directions and maps at their PC and send them to any Web-enabled cell phone.
Picasa Upgrades, Falls Short Of Flickr
Picasa is owned by Google, so it’s always been a bit vexing that the site’s search function lagged behind Flickr’s. Google is apparently taking steps to remedy the situation, as a new update allows users to “[d]iscover and explore public photos posted by others in the Picasa Web Albums community.”
DirectX 10: Forcing Gamers Into Vista Upgrades?
Many users who have grown accustomed to the functionality of Windows XP have been reluctant to take the plunge and upgrade their operating systems to Vista. Users who are heavily involved in gaming, however, are beginning to find that the choice in operating system has already been made for them.
MapQuest Upgrades; Google, Yahoo Sigh
In a market where Yahoo’s stake trails Google’s by just one percentage point, a third company is beating them both by a solid 30%. Even worse (from the search engine companies’ perspectives), that margin could soon increase. On Thursday, MapQuest announced plans to enhance its wireless offerings.
Google Upgrades Blog Search Tool
If you’ve ever frequented Internet forums or blogs, you’ve probably seen it happen-a thread goes quiet, becomes dormant, and for all intents and purposes, dies. Then a year later some goober comes along and replies to it. A new tool from Google will help eliminate these occurrences.
Arkeia Upgrades Arkeia Network Backup solution
Arkeia announced at Forum Stockage Paris a major new upgrade to its flagship Arkeia Network Backup solution that reaffirms its leadership position in the Linux data protection marketplace.
Provisioning/User Management System Upgrades: Part One
Tommy Sherman daily monitors a helpdesk-provisioning queue for a large company. The current provisioning/user management system was written with homegrown software. It has not had a major update for several years. Each day, he is getting more and more frustrated. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot keep up with the increasing workload. New employees are screaming for their system ids and have no way of checking their id creation status. Existing employees are demanding timely updates to their ids when they transfer across business units. Ex-employees exist in the system months after departure. His frustrated manager will be meeting with him this afternoon to talk about his “unresponsiveness.”
Provisioning/User Management System Upgrades: Part Two
Somewhere in the world is a person who wants to see their provisioning/user management systems get a sorely needed upgrade. But they seem to be getting nowhere.
Ask Jeeves Upgrades Email Storage Too
Not to be left out of all the email storage upgrade fun, Ask.com has announced that they too would be increasing the amount of email storage its customer’s receive.
Yahoo Announces Email Storage Upgrades
Yahoo has announced they will be increasing the storage capacity of its email service. The changes are to be implemented today, June 15, 2004.