FriendFeed provides real time search

Web Services July 3rd, 2009

FriendFeed provides real time search
FriendFeed is one of the few services that actually deliver what they promise.
This service actually provides real time updates and now they are delivering the same promise on their search engine results.
Their search is pretty strong and it can also be embedded on third party sites.
FriendFeed’s Jim [...]

Google Blog Search updated with new features like RSS feeds

Web Services July 3rd, 2009

Google Blog Search updated with new features like RSS feeds
Google has announced some more feature updates on their blog search engine service.
Google Blog Search finally gets RSS and Atom feeds.
Now, users can subscribe to Google Blog Search categories and other sections through their preferred RSS readers.
They are also offering iGoogle Gadget for users [...]

Firefox 3.5.1 expected to arrive later this month

Web Browsers July 2nd, 2009

Firefox 3.5.1 expected to arrive later this month
Mozilla has just released the gold edition of Firefox 3.5 edition.
They are now working hard on the bugs to come out with the first update for this version.
Sources say that Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 could be released before the end of the current month.
There are [...]

Twitter now more generous with API calls

Twitter July 2nd, 2009

Twitter now more generous with API limits
Twitter had recently updated their network infrastructure.
The company probably had some plans but the sudden demise of Michael Jackson delayed the implementations.
The popular social networking service has now increased the API calls a user can make through a Twitter client.
The limit used to be 100 calls [...]

Chritter: Twitter add-on for Google Chrome!

Twitter, Web Browsers July 2nd, 2009

Chritter: Twitter add-on for Google Chrome!
Nick Baum has developed a test add-on for Google Chrome.
This add-on has been named Chritter and it is essentially a Twitter notifier for Chrome.
It requires one of the recent versions of Chrome web browser with extension support enabled.
To enable the extension support mode… you would have to modify the [...]

Yahoo Delicious add-on for Google Chrome

Web Browsers July 2nd, 2009

Yahoo releases a test version of Delicious add-on for Google Chrome
A lot of users complain that Google Chrome lack support for add-ons.
Google has been working on that and we are already beginning to see some results.
Yahoo developers have released an early edition of an add-on for Google Chrome.
This add-on is for their Delicious [...]

YouTube enables HD video embeds!

Graphics and Video July 2nd, 2009

YouTube enables HD video embeds!
Google owned video sharing service YouTube has another updated feature for the fans of high quality videos.
They have just enabled uploads of videos of up to 2GB size…
YouTube is also now enabling publishers to embed YouTube videos with HD broadcast as the default option.
This is an exciting new development [...]

@microsoft is now active on Twitter

Twitter July 2nd, 2009

@microsoft is now active on Twitter
After Google, it’s Microsoft which has launched their official channel on Twitter.
@google arrived on the scene in February this year.
Microsoft now is tweeting from their official Twitter ID which is being managed by the company’s corporate communications team.
The team consists of Lou Gellos, Dominic Carr, Jeff Running and [...]

YouTube now accepts 2GB video uploads!

Web Services July 2nd, 2009

YouTube now accepts 2GB video uploads!
Google owned video sharing service YouTube has announced that they are now letting their members to upload videos of up to 2GB in file size.
The limit was previously set at 1GB.
The increased file size limit would enable video publishers to upload video in even higher quality.
YouTube said [...]

Microsoft Bing integrates Twitter results

Twitter July 2nd, 2009

Microsoft Bing integrates Twitter results
Microsoft Bing team has announced that they have now integrated Twitter search results in the Bing search engine.
They are starting with a limited number of high profile Twitter users today. The aim is to get more real time search data in the Bing search results.
Microsoft Bing team however [...]