Archives for July 22nd, 2008

Opera Mini Continues to Prosper Around the World

The Opera Mini web browser has been able to breathe new life into mobile browsing, and that can obviously be seen in the numbers. According to Opera in June they served up more than 3.2 billion pages, which is a 9.4% increase over the previous month. The number of unique users, however, dropped slightly, but they attribute that to June having one less day compared to May.

July 22nd, 2008
Opera Mini Continues to Prosper Around the World

Propeller 2.0 “Props” Stories to the Top

Back last September, Netscape announced they were calling it quits with their "Digg-Clone" social media site and instead were starting something new called Propeller. Essentially Propeller is the Digg-Clone under a new name. They incorporated the typical Netscape orange and green colors into the new logo and called it a day.

July 22nd, 2008
Propeller 2.0 “Props” Stories to the Top

Google Walking Directions are Live

A few weeks ago we wrote about a new feature, walking directions, that select people were seeing when using Google Maps. The good news is that Google has apparently unleashed the new feature for anyone that wants to use it, and from what I can tell it works pretty darn good.

July 22nd, 2008
Google Walking Directions are Live

Does Apple have a MacBook Touch in the Works?

If there was ever one new product that Apple would need to take their time with to make sure they did it right, it would be a tablet computer. There have been rumors upon rumors that Apple was working on such a thing, but nothing really came of it. Now the rumors are starting to flow again, and this time they have a little more meat to them.

July 22nd, 2008
Does Apple have a MacBook Touch in the Works?

WordPress for iPhone: Ultimate Photo Blogging Tool?

There are a lot of great applications that are coming through Apple's App Store for both the iPhone and iPod Touch, but one of my new favorites would have to be the 100% free WordPress for iPhone.

July 22nd, 2008
WordPress for iPhone: Ultimate Photo Blogging Tool?

TechCrunch Dreams-Up a $200 Web Tablet Device

TechCrunch just announced some pretty big plans to design their own web tablet device and their goal is to keep it around two-hundred bucks. It's quite an interesting idea and could be perfect for those who tend to use web-only services and don't need anything other than a web browser to be productive.

July 22nd, 2008
TechCrunch Dreams-Up a $200 Web Tablet Device

Daily Downloads: Notepad++, Joost, 7-Zip, and More

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).

July 22nd, 2008
Daily Downloads: Notepad++, Joost, 7-Zip, and More

CyberNotes: My Favorite Free Flickr Tools

Flickr is a photo sharing service that has around for over four years, and in that time it has grown at an astounding pace. Thousands of images are uploaded to Flickr every minute, and it was just last year that they had over two billion photos uploaded to their site. The good news is that with the increase in popularity also comes an increase in the number of free tools available.

July 22nd, 2008
CyberNotes: My Favorite Free Flickr Tools