January 16th, 2008
Norwegian Air has announced a new in-flight internet and phone use service. Only drawback, they are only Europe bound.
Norwegian Air, a budget airline shuttle, will be launching the in-flight communication later this year, and is joining a list of other flights that allow air access (Lufthansa, JetBlue, SkyWay, American Airlines, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines). The service will consist of travel information, broadband telephone, and mobile banking. No news as to the costs involved with using the service, or whether certain sites and services are restricted, but those on other flights are usually offered anywhere from $10.00 to $30.00 per flight.
Tags: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, inflight internet phone, JetBlue, Lufthansa, norwegian air, SkyWay, Virgin America, Web
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January 16th, 2008

If you use iGoogle as your start page, as opposed to PageFlakes or Netvibes, you will be happy to know things are about to get a lot prettier.
Google has announced an iGoogle themes developer API. This handy little API allows developers to create custom themes for personalized start pages. And users that just cant wait for more beautiful themes can check out the Google iGoogle themes gallery.
Tags: igoogle, start page
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January 15th, 2008

Google has been pounding the iPhone specific code out since Steve announced the killer touch screen device that has all the kids going googoogaagaa. Now they have released a newer, faster, juicier user experience especially for iPhone-a-holics. And as you can see from the screen shots above, it looks pretty hott!
So whats new this time? Besides faster running applications, customized tabs, there is a new and improved version of Gmail and Calendar, two main productivity tools that Google offers. Gmail for the iPhone now has the ability to auto refresh, and gives a little help at auto completing your TO: addresses. As for Calendar, things get a little faster with a new month view. Of course all of this will work on your iPod Touch running Safari on Wifi as well.
So why has Google been concentrating on developing this for the iPhone? Because of the fresh touchscreen, and the capabilities that CSS and Ajax hold. Maybe todays MacWorld will being some additional reasons to invest in an iPhone if you are on the edge of purchasing.
Tags: gmail, Google, google apps, iphone apps
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January 15th, 2008

There are many great applications built for Blackberry’s. What if you are a new Blackberry user, or even new to downloading applications for your Blackberry? Where do you begin? In this post we are typically hitting up the most common, free productivity tools that newbie Blackberry users can easily download, install and run without any issues on most Blackberry devices. The brunt of the list does tend to be version of Google’s popular services, this is because of their ease of use, and familiarity for most people. Stay tuned for upcoming posts on other mobile applications, and have fun filling up your Blackberry with useful , enjoyable applications.
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Tags: Blackberry, blackberry applications, mobile worker, Productivity
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January 15th, 2008
Clean up that email! And make sure to send those junk emails straight to trash with a filter for productivities sake.
Zoho adds Skype Conferencing to Zoho Meeting.
On another Zoho front, iZoho has been listed under the productivity applications on Apple’s iPhone website.
CBS has stalled on buying Digg, but has integrated in political news and analysis from across the web and digg.
Like to write creative stories? Protagonize lets users create an adventure story with the help of other users online.’
Thinking about doing it alone? Here are some tips, a first in a series, on becoming a freelance web worker.
Could Google’s next acquisition be Yell, the UK business listings publisher?
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January 14th, 2008

With the Steve Job’s MacWorld keynote coming up tomorrow, the news leaks and press start to roll out. Its especially great news when the companies involve two heavy hitter like Google and Apple.
Google has announced just in time for MacWorld that they have built a faster and more customizable Google experience for Apple iPhone users. So what exactly will be happening? The user interface has been redesigned, default tabs can be customized so users can now have easy access to their favorites, quicker Gmail response time, faster calendar population, iGoogle gadgets can now be accessed on the iPhone. So that includes weather, stocks and news feeds.
Just a small addition to the Apple related news that hits the fans tomorrow. Cross your fingers for some additional iPhone hard drive space, and we might just have to get one for ourselves. MacWorld attendees can visit booth 1268 for a live demo.
Tags: Apple, apps, faster, Google, iPhone, macworld
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