Archive for 'Internet'
Join the European Campaign for Broadband Performance Measurement
Posted on 27. Sep, 2011 by Jes Darmanin.
Together, the European Commission and SamKnows aim to provide Europe with reliable and accurate statistics of broadband performance across Europe. Volunteers will receive a purpose-built broadband measurement unit which can be plugged into the existing modem/router. This is called the SamKnows Whitebox. If you are interested in helping by hosting a SamKnows Whitebox, and playing [...]
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Google Docs tests new Google+ Inspired UI
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by Jes Darmanin.
Google Docs has a new interface inspired by Google+ and you can try it here. The interface is cleaner and there’s a lot of white space. You’ll also find the familiar red buttons, the gray buttons, the new scrollbars and the labelless search button. The new interface looks better, but there’s a lot of white space [...]
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Gmail : Email Preview Pane
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by Jes Darmanin.
Google just added a long-desired lab feature to Gmail: a preview window. Now Gmail can operate in a paned, widesceen-style view similar to Microsoft Outlook. If you like having your messages list available even when viewing, this is a great feature to have. To enable it, just open Gmail, go to Labs, and turn on [...]
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Nothing defines unlimited like the Slashdot effect
Posted on 27. Jan, 2011 by Jes Darmanin.
According to Webster’s dictionary, the word unlimited means: lacking any controls: unrestricted boundless, infinite not bounded by exceptions Apparently to many hosting providers, the word unlimited actually means: a whole lot less than you think as much as it can until it becomes a problem for them Sharing the resources of a three year old [...]
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tr.im Url Shortening Service Closes Doors – Then re-opens
Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
The popular URL shortening service tr.im is in the process to close it’s doors, after the company failed to find a buyer for the service. “We regret that it came to this, but all of our efforts to avoid it failed,” the company wrote on its home page. “No business we approached wanted to purchase [...]
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Twitter 2.0 – My vision for a better Twitter
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Anyone who has been a twitter user for some time,has probably noticed that recently, twitter has changed more into a link posting site with loads of spam. Just today I noticed my follower count increasing quite a lot, and I noticed a bunch of (what I assume are) fake users just posting eBay listings. Whilst [...]
