Archive for August, 2009

Online Storage: Scribd and Box.net

I really love the idea of putting frequently accessed documents in the cloud and sharing them with others. Scribd and Box.net are two services I’ve used this year. If you haven’t tried either service, they are worth checking out. It simply allows you to upload all types of documents, tag, share, and embed them onto other pages. [...]

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Better to Ignore Online Translation Altogether

Google recently unveiled the ability to translate documents in Google Docs to other languages (post here).  You should be warned though.  It’s probably best not to rely on any online translation service.  They do a miserable job at conveying the intended message satisfactorily.  This is one of the few areas where it’s best to rely [...]

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Google Books Hype and Public Domain

News announcement regarding the ability to download books online: “I’m excited to announce that starting today, Google Books will offer free downloads of these and more than one million more public domain books in an additional format, EPUB. By adding support for EPUB downloads, we’re hoping to make these books more accessible by helping people [...]

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This Week in Google Podcast, Google Reader Improvements

The summer is almost up.  I spend a great amount of time listening to podcasts.  I love them because you get so much more news about specific topics and the commercials are minimal.  I fear the day when podcasts go the way of radio or television (though it is coming!)  Radio is on the way [...]

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Advanced Tip: Subscribing to Followers through Reader

I’m pretty impressed by this advanced tech tip about how to backup and search your friends’ feeds on Twitter through Google Reader. It’s not difficult at all to set up, but prepare for your unread count to blow up to 1000+.  Basically, you visit the Twitter RSS feed for all your subscribers and save the [...]

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