FTP-like Uploader for Firefox Supports Flickr, Picasa and more

This article was written on June 01, 2007 by CyberNet.

Firefox Universal Uploader

One thing that many file sharing sites lack is an FTP-like interface for users to upload their files. Whether it be photos, videos, or just about anything, most power users like having the option to drag-and-drop files from one window to another.

So what if there was an FTP program that worked with Flickr, YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, and even Box.net? You’d probably think that was pretty great…and so I introduce you to Firefox Universal Uploader. This extension is sure to become a huge hit as it incorporates more services, but I’m already loving it.

Once I installed the Firefox Universal Uploader I clicked the "Manage Accounts" button in the upper-right corner to setup my Flickr account. It took me a little while to realize that this was actually a button, but after I figured that out it was smooth sailing. The extension went and grabbed all of my sets from Flickr, and put them in a folder-like structure on the right side of the screen.

Then using the left and right buttons located in the middle, I was then able to transfer images back and forth between Flickr and my computer. At the bottom of the screen is where you manage things like names, descriptions, and privacy options for the items you upload.

Unfortunately it doesn’t have the drag-and-drop feature that is found in most FTP applications, but it is almost there. I’m sure future releases will support more than just Flickr, YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, and Box.net as well as offering drag-and-drop support.

After seeing this extension it started to make me wonder why a standalone application has never been made to do something like this. I could just see it now…an FTP program that supports plug-ins for services like Flickr and YouTube!

Thanks to Radu and 100rabh for the tip!

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Audi commissions four US universities to research urban mobility issues

We’ve seen what other companies have in store for our automotive future, and now Audi’s given us a glimpse of what we can expect from its car of tomorrow. The company’s Silicon Valley research lab have teamed up with four universities here in the US to develop technologies that will give city drivers the full KITT treatment — vehicles that recognize the driver (and his or her preferences) and can detect and avoid dangers and traffic delays. Called the Audi Urban Intelligence Assist initiative, each participating university has a specific area of urban mobility research ranging from urban crash analysis to aggregating historical and real-time traffic, parking, and pedestrian data in cities. The schools will also study how best to deliver relevant information to drivers and get them from point A to point B as easily and efficiently as possible. Looks like the groundwork is being laid for a German counterpart to GM’s EN-V we test drove in Vegas, and we look forward to the fruits of their labor. Ich bin ein Ingolstädter!

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Report: HTC Planning Three Android Tablets in 2011

Another day, another Android tablet.

HTC is this week’s latest contender, as the company appears poised to launch three new tablets in the first half of 2011. We may see the first of these as soon as March, according to a report from DigiTimes. Dubbed the “Flyer,” HTC’s first tablet release is said to look like a larger version of the company’s Desire smartphone (above).

The Flyer will ship with the most-current Android version, 2.3 (Gingerbread), rather than the heavily-hyped 3.0 Honeycomb version, the upcoming Android OS designed specifically for tablet devices. DigiTimes says customers will be able to upgrade to Honeycomb once the OS is widely available. Google has not yet announced Honeycomb’s exact release date.

A March release for HTC would put the company in line with the slew of spring tablet releases to come, including the Motorola Xoom (which will launch with Honeycomb) and the recently leaked HP webOS tablet offering.

HTC announced three new 4G-enabled Android smartphones at CES in January: the Thunderbolt, the Evo Shift and the Inspire. Much like the Flyer tablet, all three phones operate on Android version 2.2 (Froyo).

For smartphone hardware manufacturers, keeping pace with Google’s frequent upgrade schedule is difficult. In the first two years of Android’s release, the OS was updated 4 times. And with carrier contracts usually requiring two years between free phone upgrades, that’s a lot of potential OS updates to be missed (especially if the phone isn’t able to update its OS when the new version is released).

HTC declined our requests for comment.

Photo of the HTC Desire by Charlie Sorrel/Wired.com

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Google Removes Flash App From Android Market

Apple exerts famously tight-fisted control over what apps make it into its iTunes App Store. Now, one Android app developer has learned, Google can play that game, too.

Kongregate, a popular website featuring Adobe Flash-based games, had an app in the official Android Market for less than 24 hours before Google pulled it down.

Google removed the Kongregate Arcade app on Wednesday afternoon, citing a violation of the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement.

Although Google didn’t elaborate, it’s likely that Kongregate violates section 4.5 of the Developer Distribution Agreement. That’s a non-compete clause which states developers “may not use the Market to distribute or make available any Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution of Products outside of the Market.”

The Kongregate app hosts Flash games created by thousands of outside developers. In other words, the app is in effect routing around the Android Market’s approval process, setting up its own distribution system for Flash-based software.

“It does seem like a pretty extreme distortion to call something that plays content in a browser to be the same thing as an application store,” Kongregate CEO Jim Greer said in a statement given to multiple news outlets.  “By this definition, we don’t see why apps like the Kindle or other music apps aren’t across the line.”

Google’s policy is reminiscent of Apple’s infamous no-Flash policy on iOS devices. Apple has stated publicly that it disallows Flash due to the platform’s proprietary nature, security issues and performance-related problems. But there’s another, unstated reason why Apple doesn’t want Flash: It’s too dangerous for a company that wants to maintain control of its products and software to let a platform like Flash become accessible to the iOS. If Flash developers were to do what Kongregate did with the Android Marketplace — code games in Flash and load them to a web page, which the Marketplace app redirects users to — Apple would lose control of the iOS platform. That could introduce security risks but would also cut into Apple’s revenue, as it would provide developers with a way to distribute software while avoiding paying the percentage that Apple takes on app sales.

Google, however, is being more straightforward with their approach. Rather than unleashing a torrent of words on us like Steve Jobs did with his no-Flash explanation, the DDA clause boils down to two hyphenated words: “Non-compete.” Don’t release apps that have the potential to take customers outside of the Android Marketplace economy.

Pointing at others who may or may not be breaking the rules, however, probably won’t help Kongregate much in this case. But the company hasn’t completely given up hope for reconciling their differences with Google.

“While Google has pulled [the app] down temporarily,” Greer told Wired.com in an email statement, “we will work with them to make the app available in their Market.”

It’s not as if Kongregate is completely exiled from all Android OS-running handsets, either. It took me only a few minutes to sideload the Kongregate Arcade app onto my smartphone by accessing Kongregate’s web site directly through my phone’s browser, although to do so I had to deactivate the safety option prohibiting users from downloading apps from unofficial Android app stores. And there’s always the option of putting the app up on alternative, unofficial Android app markets.

But being banned from the most popular market for Android apps is obviously undesirable for Kongregate. At least the company has a pretty good idea of why Google is objecting to its app.

Photo: Kongregate app/Gamestop.com

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Motorola Atrix 4G gets FCC approval

Motorola files dozens upon dozens of FCC certifications a year, so what makes us so sure this here IHD-P56LS1 is the might Atrix 4G for AT&T? Fair question: for one thing, it’s got 850 and 1900MHz 3G (or 4G, in AT&T parlance). Furthermore, it’s approved for 5GHz 802.11n WiFi, which is extraordinarily rare for a phone — and it was a feature Moto was sure to pimp during the Atrix’s CES unveiling. Oh, and finally, it’s identified in the filing as model number MB860, which would be the Atrix’s model number. So yeah, there’s one more checkmark to tick off prior to release… which hopefully won’t be too much longer, because we’re seriously jonesing to do some laptop docking.

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HTC leaks suggest big, small, buttonless, and Brew MP-based phones are on the way

All things considered, HTC doesn’t do the best job of protecting its roadmap; indeed, the slides that leaked a little over a year ago ended up doing a fabulous job of showing us what was in the pipe for 2010, so we wouldn’t doubt the massive spread that PocketNow published today. Starting at the top, we’ve got a device that looks like a trackpad-less evolution of the original Desire (pictured above), another that looks like an Aria-sized Nexus One in black (complete with old-school trackball), and an additional version of a buttonless phone that’s got generic HTC branding in place of the Verizon logo in a picture unearthed by Phandroid a few days ago (pictured after the break).

That’s not all, though: there also seems to be a lower-end Android device with physical Send / End buttons and an optical trackpad underneath a smallish display accompanied by the usual four capacitive buttons. A device with a China Telecom logo on it is also in the mix, looking like a big-screened model that’ll probably be ready to do battle with that 1.2GHz Droid X by a different name that just launched over there. Finally, there’s a small, entry-level model that might succeed the Smart as HTC’s Brew MP-powered flagbearer, though Android is obviously the thrust here. Specs and names are still a mystery across the board at this point, but as PocketNow says, we wouldn’t be surprised to get details at MWC next month.

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Google Co-Founder Larry Page Named CEO

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Google head Eric Schmidt addressed the company’s admittedly “complicated” management structure today, by offering up a “simplified” version, which featured some significant changes to the way the company is run. Schmidt’s own job will be shifting from CEO to executive chairman, stepping aside to make room for co-founder Larry Page, a role he will start in on April 4th.

“In this new role I know he will merge Google’s technology and business vision brilliantly,” wrote Schmidt. “I am enormously proud of my last decade as CEO, and I am certain that the next 10 years under Larry will be even better! Larry, in my clear opinion, is ready to lead.”

As for Schmidt’s own new gig, “I will focus wherever I can add the greatest value: externally, on the deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership that are increasingly important given Google’s global reach; and internally as an advisor to Larry and Sergey.”

Page’s co-founder Sergey Brin, meanwhile, will take the official title “co-founder.” Easy enough. According to Schmidt, he will, “devote his time and energy to strategic projects, in particular working on new products.”

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