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With Twitter for iPad being officially released, bringing premium features like Panes, Gestures, and smart media upload goodies, the new Twitter for iPad app is just as polished as the Twitter for iPhone version is, only twice as good. The app, is free of charge.
Props to Twitter on the sleek app.
Via: Twitter
So here’s the whole idea: using GMail, you can now make free phone calls to the U.S and Canada via your Gmail account online. Basically, the service uses your laptop’s microphone to send awesome call quality (I just tested it myself) to anyone that you’re calling. And you can call internationally too, by adding (cheap!) amounts of money to your account, like 2 cents per-minute to Paris.
What’s The Catch?
There really isn’t one. Except one:
If you don’t have a Google Voice account, Gmail will use a random number in storage to make that call. If your friend calls you back, he/she gets a message saying that they were called with Gmail .But since I have a Voice account, I wouldn’t care at all.
So…The Verdict?
A great idea. Pretty cool. Alright, it’s awesome. Google’s caveman video of how it works is after the cut.
Source: Gmail Blog
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So what is Chrome to Phone you ask? Let’s say you were reading an article…like this one perhaps, and you needed to log off your PC or Mac, to take a jog?
Just hit the Chrome to Phone button extension in Chrome, and your Android phone starts loading the page in seconds. In order for it to work you have to install Chrome to Phone to an Android 2.2 Froyo device from the Android Market, then install the same extension, but from the Chrome Extensions gallery. Voila, Chrome to Phone baby!
Fancy something new? If it’s the new Google Chrome 6 browser (or in this post’s honor) Firefox 4, then Mozilla has you covered. The new Firefox 4 beta 3 adds multitouch support for Windows 7, among a hoard of other improvements. There’s also improvements to the Javascript engine, and two more beta releases are due until the final release. Head on to get.firefox.com to enjoy!
So the time has finally come for a new entry in the endless world of Twitter apps for Android, eh? Tweetdeck for Android has had tons of user requests for an official release, and today the leaked official beta (or alpha build?) is available as an .apk file to upload to your Android handset. In this review, I’m using an original Motorola DROID running Android 2.2 FroYo. Read on to figure out what’s good (and not so good), about this very early build of Tweetdeck for Android.
Not too long ago, there was some dude with too much time on his hands that decided to do one of the better DIYs out there: creating an extremely tiny iron cannon. I’ll have to remind you that his mini cannon was completely functional, used gunpowder, and proceeded to blow up test objects, in epic ways. But now — his tiny cannon can use gasoline. And destroy bigger targets. One of which includes a computer monitor. Proceed to wanting your own personal defense mini cannon, by watching the video first, then figuring out how to do it yourself
I give this Twitter crisis 15 more minutes and this post will be obsolete. I’ve tried many 3rd party Twitter clients to no avail, so something must be “technically wrong” as of 5:38 PM Eastern Time.
Update as of 5:52 PM: Twitter is still down.
Update #2: Twitter is back up and running.
Source: Twitter
Well, well, now that I finally have my hands-on the TV station’s media card, they kindly allowed me to upload the interview on the telly to YouTube, where millions (or thousands can see it on LaptopMemo’s channel). Here, in my first TV interview I talk techno-babble about the M11x, and the Nikon D5000 also appears; its 2-pound wrath breaking my neck. Just for FYI: the interview was shot by my awesome Dad, in Central Park (TV station agreed to him shooting it).
So sit back, and watch with a extra-small bag of popcorn. Now hopefully you guys can crank it up to 1080p!
No really. This is a gadget blog dedicated to spewing out gadget knowledge and buying advice (as well as the newz) all over the interwebs, created by me (which honestly, is very fun). Albeit this request is slightly CrunchGear-like, I’m interested in a finding a can of Pepsi Strong Shot (or a case), but not from eBay.
Thank you. Your daily LaptopMemo programming will resume shortly.
Borders has launched itself into the frying pan and into the fire. No, really. The rough eBook market is no place for newcomers, and Borders just got into it with its eBook Store powered by Kobo with Blackberry and Android apps also taking part in the fray. Once you do purchase an eBook from Borders, you can read it on your PC or Mac, as well as your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, or Android-powered mobile phone.
And what’s a new eBook service without a dedicated eBook reader? the Kobo eReader which includes a 6-inch e-ink screen, support for flexible fonts, desktop syncing, bluetooth syncing with a smartphone, 1GB storage and a 4-way d-pad with center selection will be available at retail and online stores. Check out the new Borders site to take a look at everything yourself.
Source: Borders
