Tag Archive for "firefox 3"

Last.fm in your browser

by Jye on Sep 17, 2008 with No Comments

Making social media and music work. A few weeks ago Mozilla announced the best add-ons for Firefox 3 - and one of them again identifies with the fact that we cannot simply create services. We need to make them as accessible as possible. Last.fm already have an iPhone app, and now they have a great Firefox add-on called Fire.fm.  If you've never heard of Last.fm - it's a must for any music lover.  It's a social network for music - and like any useful service it uses the information in a valuable and engaging way: It allows you to connect people who have similar tastes, ...

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Social Media Update – July

by Jye on Jul 09, 2008 with No Comments

Mashable! today revealed that Facebook plans to launch a redesign (beta) from July 16. ReadWriteWeb discussed Twitter is rumoured to have bought Summize - this could mean big things for Twitter's functionality. If you're ever annoyed when you click on 'mailto:' link on a site, only to have your (redundant) Outlook open, you can now configure Firefox 3 to open GMail or Yahoo via Firefox 3. Great 12 hacks for Firefox 3 article by LinuxAustralia. My Comments: As the web evolves, we're seeing more and more news about social media in the mainstream media (most of it old and outdated), but it's there none-the-less. ...

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Essential Applications

by Jye on May 26, 2008 with No Comments

I've been pimping my new side arm (MacBook) out with my regular suite of what I believe to the most essential applications to run my life. I've got shocking OCD, and demand clean designs, cluterless layouts and super efficient programs and applications. I need to stay connected. So here they are: Google Notifier (For Gmail and Calendar) Firefox Firefox Add-Ons: FireFTP, Download Statusbar Adium (Live, Yahoo!, GTalk, MySpace plus more) Skype Adobe AIR Twhirl I'm sure there are others, but these ones top the list. Feel free to comment and let me know your essentials applications, whether they be online or offline. Update: July 9, 2008 Want ...

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