Pokki Provides Desktop Apps for Gmail, Facebook, and Others

Windows only When it comes to popular services like Gmail and Facebook there are a wide range of extensions available to make their appearance look a little nicer, but the free Pokki app takes an even more interesting approach to this.

November 25th, 2011
Pokki Provides Desktop Apps for Gmail, Facebook, and Others

Gmail Notifier Pro Does More Than Just Check for New Email

Windows only In the past we've covered some Gmail notifiers, such as Spiffy, but there is always room for some alternative apps. Gmail Notifier Pro is a rather full-featured notifier that goes beyond a simple popup notification.

November 24th, 2011
Gmail Notifier Pro Does More Than Just Check for New Email

Test Website Load Time with Pingdom Full Page Test

There are some great tools out there for testing a website's performance including Web Page Test, Stella, and WatchMouse. Those are the three that I regularly find myself using, but the website monitoring service Pingdom recently updated their Full Page Test tool blowing many others out of the water.

November 23rd, 2011
Test Website Load Time with Pingdom Full Page Test

BrowserStack Helps Test a Site in Multiple Browsers

I recently heard about a service called BrowserStack that I just had to try out. We've seen services before that let you view a screenshot of what your site looks like in other browsers, but nothing comes close to what this has to offer. You literally get hands-on time with your site in Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari, and Opera with a wide array of versions supported.

November 22nd, 2011
BrowserStack Helps Test a Site in Multiple Browsers

WrapUp: Original Xbox Turns 10, Wolfram Alpha Identifies Planes Overhead, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

November 21st, 2011
WrapUp: Original Xbox Turns 10, Wolfram Alpha Identifies Planes Overhead, and More

Integrate/Backup Online Social Sites with If This Then That

I recently read about an incredible service called ifttt (If This Then That). It does something I never thought I would see happen… it integrate dozens of social sites together through the use of customizable actions.

November 18th, 2011
Integrate/Backup Online Social Sites with If This Then That

What Does Time Machine Backup Each Time?

Mac only Recently I had been noticing that each hour when my Time Machine backups ran there was an excessive amount of data being backed up. I could understand the data changing frequently given how much I use my computer, but the backups were still over 1GB even when the machine sat idle.

November 17th, 2011
What Does Time Machine Backup Each Time?

Best Google Voice Apps for iPhone

Google Voice is a great service for having a single phone number ring multiple phones, plus you also get unlimited text messaging for free. A deal like that is pretty hard to beat, but iOS users aren't able to get the integrated experience without jailbreaking their iPhone. There are some apps, however, that try to make using Google Voice a little more seamless.

November 16th, 2011
Best Google Voice Apps for iPhone

Xbox 360 Black Friday 2011 Deals

We’re calling Black Friday 2011 the year of the Xbox. After taking a quick look at the various Black Friday ads that have leaked, there’s no doubt that retailers are trying to lure holiday shoppers in with fabulously priced Xbox consoles, and Kinect bundle packs.

November 15th, 2011
Xbox 360 Black Friday 2011 Deals

WrapUp: Google Event on Wednesday, Verizon Doubles 4G Data Allowance for Smartphones, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

November 14th, 2011
WrapUp: Google Event on Wednesday, Verizon Doubles 4G Data Allowance for Smartphones, and More

How to Archive a Site for Offline Reading

Windows;  Linux Have you ever been in the situation where you've wanted to archive a website so that you'd have a copy of it exactly the way it was at that moment? If you have just one page you want to save that can generally be done with tools like this Chrome extension, but to create a copy of a site it can be a lot more complicated.

November 11th, 2011
How to Archive a Site for Offline Reading

Generate CSS Boxes with Rounded Corners, Shadows, and Gradients

The web is advancing at a rather rapid pace and so is the amount of stuff you can do with things like CSS. The CSS3 Generator is a site that demonstrates just how powerful CSS is becoming, and the best part is that you don't need to know too much syntax when there are tools available like this one.

November 10th, 2011
Generate CSS Boxes with Rounded Corners, Shadows, and Gradients

NexusFile: A Nice Alternative to Windows Explorer

Windows only We've covered several Windows Explorer alternatives here on the site, and in general the ones that are free all leave something to be desired. The thing that I really like with NexusFile is that it has many of the features power users want, but without all the clutter that a lot of the other file managers tend to come with.

November 9th, 2011
NexusFile: A Nice Alternative to Windows Explorer

Run iOS Web Apps in Full Screen Mode (No Address Bar)

When the iPhone first came out there were no third-party applications allowed, and as a result users had to resort to "web apps" as a way to quickly access the tools they used the most. Apple tried to make this a little more convenient by letting them bookmark sites on the home screen, but in the end all that bookmark really did was open a new tab in Safari.

November 8th, 2011
Run iOS Web Apps in Full Screen Mode (No Address Bar)

WrapUp: Windows 8-Style New Tab Page in Chrome, AOL Still Has 3.5M Dial-up Subscribers, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

November 7th, 2011
WrapUp: Windows 8-Style New Tab Page in Chrome, AOL Still Has 3.5M Dial-up Subscribers, and More

Bad Translator Makes Online Conversations More Fun

Don't you love taking something a friend says and twisting their words a bit? It turns out there is an online service that will do that for you! It's called Bad Translator, and it uses a combination of Google and Bing translation services to demonstrate how bad the online translators actually are.

November 4th, 2011
Bad Translator Makes Online Conversations More Fun

Pinterest: A Social Pinboard

It’s been a while since I’ve come across a site that REALLY catches my attention. The kind of site where I browse around for a few minutes and immediately decide to create an account without even thinking twice. Pinterest is the latest site that I’ve declared as an absolute favorite, and one that I think you’ll fall in love with as well.

November 3rd, 2011
Pinterest: A Social Pinboard

Compare 2 PDF Files Based on Text or Appearance

Windows only We've talked about both WinMerge and DiffMerge in the past, and both are great file comparison utilities. When it comes to comparing files, however, these generally only focus on text-based files meaning PDFs are left out in the dark. There is another free program called DiffPDF that can handle those files for you.

November 2nd, 2011
Compare 2 PDF Files Based on Text or Appearance

Destroy the Web: Turn Any Site Into a Game

There isn't a lot of stuff more geeky than playing a game in your browser who's goal is to destroy elements on a webpage. That's what the Destroy the Web extension for Google Chrome and Firefox does, and it is surprisingly fun.

November 1st, 2011
Destroy the Web: Turn Any Site Into a Game

WrapUp: 600k Facebook Logins Compromised Each Day, Jumplist Support for Notepad++, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

October 31st, 2011
WrapUp: 600k Facebook Logins Compromised Each Day, Jumplist Support for Notepad++, and More