Ubiquity is Mozilla’s new tool that adds a command line to Firefox. We reported on it back in August 2008. Since then there have been a number of enhancement and upgrades to it. It is a very useful tool. In fact, it is so useful that I often wish I could use it from anywhere [...]
Read more »A while ago, Google bought GrandCentral, but then we haven’t heard anything from them until now. GrandCentral is emerging as Google Voice. It is Google’s way of letting you do more with your phone calls. You can, for example, have one phone number that will ring both your home phone and your cell phone. You [...]
Read more »Gmail has added an “Undo Send” feature reports Wired, Lifehacker, and Mashable. The Official Gmail Blog explains that the “Undo Send” feature can be found in the Labs section of your Gmail account. Enable it, and you get five seconds after each time you send a message to undo the action.
Read more »The LAPTOP Magazine (via Slashdot) has an interesting story about the tactics Office Depot associates use to sell Product Protection Plans and other overpriced add-ons. The article describes how some associates refuse to sell products to customers who do not want the add-ons. The products are suddenly no longer in stock.
Read more »The free online HTML-PDF Converter converts web pages to PDF. Enter the URL of the web page you want converted, and then save the resulting PDF file. It is very easy to use.
The HTML-PDF Converter is powered by Free PDF Converter. It converts an impressive 67 different file formats to PDF. It will also convert [...]
Photographer Ken Rockwell writes about taking pictures using the Real Raw format: Film. He argues that using film is better in many ways. His article on Why We Love Film compares film and digital photography, and film comes out looking very good. But digital still has its uses. For example, it is very useful for [...]
Read more »The new company Cc:Betty presented their system for organizing your email. It is as simple as cc’ing betty@ccbetty.com, and Betty will organize your message and it’s contents for you.
Cc:Betty was presented today at DEMO. It has gotten a lot of press on the blogosphere:
Web Worker Daily: Cc:Betty Offers Your Own Personal Email Assistant
Lifehacker: Cc:Betty Organizes [...]
