This Week in Review 8-21-09
by rahsheen
A new 99-cent application from Tiverias Apps called GPush (iTunes link) aims to change that. Calling GPush simple would be an understatement – this app literally has a one-track mind. The only thing it does is provide push notifications for new emails in Gmail. It doesn’t open emails, or send emails, it just lets you know when new ones arrive, as soon as they arrive, and no matter what you’re doing.
Read MoreTr.im Concedes Victory to Bit.ly
by rahsheen
The Tr.im URL shortener has discontinued service. Tr.im was actually one of my favorite URL shorteners and I’m sad to see it go. Being an avid user of social media, I have shortened a lot of URL’s in my time. To think that many of those will suddenly go dead in less than a year is pretty disturbing. As I’ve mentioned before, my mother actually introduced me to this service and it was the first time I saw a shortener do statistics. When I just told her they were shutting down, she did the Home Alone face and she has good reason to be upset.
Read MoreStaying Ahead of the Hype in Real-time
by rahsheen
With the real-time web becoming a reality, it’s important to find ways to stay ahead, or at least abreast, of what’s going on online. You’ve a come across a new service and want to know what the buzz is. You want to see who else is talking about the article you’re reading, [...]
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Tech Week In Review: bit.ly, Facebook, Kindle DX
by rahsheen
bit.ly is Stomping with the Big Dogs
According to TechCrunch, bit.ly is now the biggest URL shortener by a nose. This comes on the heels of Twitter installing bit.ly as it’s default URL shortener. Also, bit.ly just upgraded their sidebar bookmarklet so that you can shorten and share a link on Twitter, Facebook or email without [...]
7 URL Shorteners and Why You Might Use Them
by rahsheen
There are about a million different was to shrink a URL these days. I asked my friends on Twitter and FriendFeed what service they use. Most of you picked TinyURL or whatever service your software chose for you. Further discussion revealed that many of us have no clue how useful a URL shortener can be, [...]
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