Cloud company Box has announced its new Box Notes service, a cloud-based document creation and collaboration tool that allows multiple users to join forces on projects. The service pits itself against certain other competitors, not the least of which is Google Docs, with the service being completely integrated into Box’s platform. On the company’s website, […]
This week the folks at Bump have announced that they’ll be moving to Google, the latter coming having acquired the former in a deal that’ll bring new technology to Android and Chrome (more than likely). The app Bump currently works with Android and iOS devices to provide data transfer from one device o another with […]
Data sharing / smartphone colliding app Bump is now a part of Google’s happy family, according to a post written earlier today by CEO David Lieb. Not a ton of info on the acquisition is available at the moment, including just how much money changed hands and what devices needed to come in contact for such a transfer to take place. Lieb did add, however, that, “Bump and [Bump-owned photo app] Flock will continue to work as they always have for now.” What, precisely, “for now” means, and how the deal will affect Bump usage on non-Android platforms, however, is hard to say.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Google
Source: Bump
Box users who have been using other services to compose notes and collaborate on documents can now do so from inside the app, thanks to a Box Notes. The Google Docs-esque feature set allows for real-time, collaborative document editing, with the ability to embed images and video clips. Through a simple (even sparse) UI, team members can edit a file simultaneously while adding notes to specific items, as well as comments via a side pane (similar to Word and Docs). Additionally, Box says these new features will make their way to mobile devices. Unfortunately, though, The Next Web reports that Box Notes won’t see a full release until sometime in 2014, and there’s no word on pricing yet either. Still, those looking to jump on the beta can sign up via the source link below.
Filed under: Internet, Software
Via: Box Blog
Source: Box Notes
Despite some early leaks, the vast majority of humans can’t pick up Grand Theft Auto V until tomorrow, September 17th. Fortunately for our friends at Joystiq, though, they got to do a dive deep on the latest Rockstar Games flagship in an early review. In traditional GTA fashion, “You can run the streets of a fully-realized world, steal cars, cause chaos and attempt to flee from an extraordinarily irritable police force,” Joystiq‘s Xav de Matos writes. New to the series this time around is heist missions, which task the game’s three main characters (all playable) with, well, heisting valuables from a target (think: banks, jewelry stores, et cetera).
Though De Matos generally found the game worth his time, it sounds like the narrative beats are once again hampered by poor pacing and underdeveloped, over-the-top characters. “Since GTA V features three main characters with vastly different personalities, your time is split, and the narrative isn’t given enough room to resonate,” he says. There is of course much, much more to discuss, which you’ll find in the Joystiq review, right here. We’ve also dropped five minutes of gameplay video after the break, should your fires not be stoked enough already.
Filed under: Gaming, Software, HD
Source: Joystiq
Barclays Pingit is a neat multi-platform app for paying the odd bill or shooting over your share of Friday’s curry to a friend, regardless of which bank you use. Today, Barclays announced new ways businesses can use the payment platform: a “Pay with Barclays Pingit” button can now be added to websites and apps, which should shorten the time between impulse and transaction — anyone that regularly uses PayPal for online purchases will get the general idea. Also, if an advertisement should take someone’s fancy, the “buy it” feature allows that person to scan a QR code, check out product info, and complete the purchase then and there. It’s up to retailers to add these new options, of course, so don’t expect to find them everywhere from today. QR codes just won’t die, will they?
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile
Via: TheNextWeb
This article was written on March 17, 2006 by CyberNet.
While browsing the Tinderbox Builds on the Mozilla FTP server I found that they placed Firefox 2 Alpha 1 on there. A Tinderbox Build means that it may not be what gets released, but often it is. This was just placed on there today which makes sense because the code lockdown was last night.
If you decide that you don’t want to try this Tinderbox Build then you can wait until Tuesday when the official Firefox 2 Alpha 1 will get released. There may or may not be some slight changes from the version that was released today and the version that will be released on Tuesday.
For those that are going to give this a whirl there is one thing that you definitely need to keep in mind and that is most of your extensions will not be compatible with this release!
I haven’t had much time to play around with it yet because I wanted to make sure I got these links posted so that other people can start to use it.
Here are the various TINDERBOX direct download links:
Windows EXE – firefox-2.0a1.en-US.win32.installer.exe
Windows ZIP – firefox-2.0a1.en-US.win32.zip
Mac – firefox-2.0a1.en-US.mac.dmg
Linux – firefox-2.0a1.en-US.linux-i686.installer.tar.gz
Linux – firefox-2.0a1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz
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This article was written on August 30, 2007 by CyberNet.
WordPress.com is the home of nearly 1.4 million blogs, and in a days time they receive upwards of 12 million pageviews. There’s roughly 75,000 new posts among those blogs each day, along with 30,000 comments (not including the ones caught by Akismet). For that reason WordPress.com is an accurate measure of what tools the blogosphere is using.
Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress, has posted some browser and operating system stats for the 115 million pageviews on WordPress.com in the last month. I’ve created pie charts using the information he posted to make the data easier to visualize:
As you can see IE has a much smaller market share among the blogosphere compared to the normal web usage stats. There were a few shocking points, and one of them is the slow adoption of Internet Explorer 7. I would have thought that the blogosphere would be more inclined to upgrade to Internet Explorer 7.
The other thing I found interesting was the relatively small Mac usage…Linux is even catching up to the Mac. Windows of course rules the operating system market with a whopping 90%, but the PSP managed to scrape in nearly 35,000 pageviews from the 115 million.
WordPress.ORG is a slightly different story when it comes to the stats, which is probably because the people visiting the site are slightly more tech savvy. These people are likely looking to start their own blog on their own server, and that’s not exactly something the average Joe would do. Here’s what the stats look like for WordPress.org:
More WordPress.com stats are available here, including how many YouTube videos are embedded each day, how many files are uploaded, and how many blogs are being created. Check it out…it’s pretty interesting.
Source: Photo Matt [via Mozilla Links]
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As of the 18th of September, iOS 7 will be out in the wild, and with it the final (or first, however you like to see it) full version of Siri. Up until now Siri has been labeled with a “Beta” tag by Apple for all of the devices that’ve used it – iPhone 4S, […]
This article was written on October 24, 2006 by CyberNet.
Almost everyone loves the new Firefox 2 theme but there will always be a few people here and there, like Paul Thurrott, that don’t like the new look. I’ve mentioned this before but with the Firefox 2 release I figured it would be a good time to remind everyone that the classic Firefox 1.x theme is available. It is not provided by Mozilla directly but it gives Firefox the 1.x look and feel that some people may prefer.
On a little bit of a side note I thought I would also let everyone know that I have already made the switch over to the Firefox 3 trunk (codename Gran Paradiso). My initial plan was to spend at least a few weeks enjoying the blessing of a stable Firefox release but that just doesn’t seem quite as exciting. As new features are implemented into Firefox 3 I will be sure to let everyone know!
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