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Blogs ยป Archive for November, 2008
8 Sites for Watching English Evolve
The English language is always evolving and it has changed a lot over the past 150 years. Anyone who reads the news knows that new words crop up all the time. Thankfully, there are a number of sites that keep track of all those new words.
Google Makes Street View More Prominent in Maps
Since launching in 2007, Google Street View has since expanded coverage to enough cities across the world that Google now feels comfortable integrating it more deeply with their Maps product. In our tests today, we found that accessing and utilizing Street View is now much easier.
Google Chrome Stats, Three Months Out
It has been nearly three months since Google released their entry into the browser wars, so how is Chrome doing? That really depends on who you ask. But one thing is certain: Chrome has a long way to go before it enters the mainstream and competes with IE and Firefox.
10 Essential Tips For Landing Your Next Job
There have been almost 80,000 layoffs in the tech sector since last August, so a lot of people are looking for new jobs. The good news is that there are companies still hiring right now. The bad news is that competition is fierce. Here are ten tips to help you stand out and land your next job.
TV, Web, Mobile on the Rise – What’s Taking a Hit?
Television, web, and mobile use continues to rise, hitting all time highs this quarter. With our limited attention spans being pulled every which way, something has to be taking a hit. So what is suffering due to information overload? Is it socializing? Sports and exercise? Work? Reading?
W3C Markup Validation Service adds experimental HTML5 support
A few days ago, the W3C added experimental support for HTML5 to their online markup validation service. The addition is an important catalyst that is arguably overdue.
Techy Treasures #3: When is a mouseout not a mouseout?
I’ve had this little gadget in my toolbox for a while now, that I always find invaluable when I’m working with mouse events. It evaluates two event targets to determine whether one contains the other.
Keyboardr: An App Launcher for the Web
If the web is really going to be an operating system, there needs to be a better way to launch and organize all those great new web applications. Manually loading up each one or navigating to them via bookmarks is clumsy. Enter Keyboardr, a quick launch app for the web.
5 Ways to Get Usability Testing on the Cheap
Usability testing can increase sales and user satisfaction, and decrease maintenance and support costs. That’s reason enough to make it essential to building a new web site or service, but it’s unfortunately very pricey. Check out these 5 ways to get user testing done on the cheap.
Terrible Idea: Magpie Twitter Ad Network
Want to know how to lose your Twitter followers in one easy step? Sign up to the newly launched Magpie ad network, which will blast ads at your Twitter followers as often as every other tweet. If that sounds like a bad idea, it’s because it is.
