Yearly Archives: 2011

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Dropbox Automater File Uploader

Dropbox Automater combines time-saving task mastery with perhaps our favorite cloud storage solution. The service watches a designated folder for uploads, when a new file is added an action is triggered, everything from converting documents, to resizing an image or tweeting a link. And that’s just scratching the surface. You [Read More]

Facebook Messenger for Windows released

Facebook has responded to the leak of its Messenger for Windows application by simply releasing an official download, writes Emil Protalinski on ZDNet “Mere hours after Facebook Messenger for Windows leaked, Facebook has released the official desktop client. Facebook contacted me and said the official Messenger for Windows download link [Read More]

Firefox 10 Developer Tools

Firefox is to feature new tools for web developers. Firefox 10 to be released in early 2012, will add HTML and CSS inspectors designed to help web developers inspect and debug their code. Later releases will add more features, like a 3-D page inspector and a built-in code editor. Developers [Read More]

Google to Launch iPad Competitor

Eric Schmidt, Google’s acting chairman confirmed that his company is currently planning to launch its own tablet device in no later than the next 6 months. “In the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality,” Schmidt reportedly said during an interview with an Italian [Read More]

Dropbox announce new Android app

Dropbox has announced a new Android app which adds a flood of fresh new features such as: bulk uploads, single-tap access to content and speedy offline entry to your favorites folder. “We’ve just given our Android app an engine upgrade and a new paint job! Since we know you’ve liked [Read More]

Control4 releases MyHome app for Android

Home automation provider Control4 has released a version of its MyHome software for phones and tablets Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, announces their new Control4® MyHome™ application for Android™-based smartphones and tablets. This addition to the popular Control4 MyHome family lets homeowners use the simple yet [Read More]

Google updates Google+

Google announced that it is introducing new features to its Google+ social network, including new controls that adjust how posts from a given circle are blended into the overall stream of posts, along with which posts are highlighted for your attention. The Google+ Android app has also been updated. More [Read More]

Firefox 9 Now Available

Firefox 9 is now available to download from the official Firefox website. The most significant change over Firefox 8 is the addition of type inference to the JavaScript engine, which singlehandedly improves JS execution speed by 20 to 30%. Without getting into the complexities of this change, type inference basically [Read More]

Huawei Mercury Announced on Cricket

Long Anticipated Android™ Smartphone Features 4-inch Screen and 1.4GHz Processor Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) today announced the exclusive United States availability of the Huawei Mercury, Cricket’s fastest and most powerful smartphone, [Read More]