With
Apple set to roll out the next major software update for the iPhone, and with
it official support for third-party applications, it will come as no surprise
that Google is busy prepping some new wares. "We expect to have applications at
Day One", Google's vice president of engineering, Vic Gundotra,
told Macworld.
Yesterday,
Microsoft issued a statement to publicly acknowledge that they hadn't lost
interest in Yahoo!. Instead of a hostile takeover, Microsoft may be going after
Yahoo from an entirely different angle and the industry is buzzing with exactly
what angle Microsoft intends to pursue. Here's a look at the statements by
Microsoft and
Yahoo, and what industry leaders have to say.
Snackr is a new Adobe AIR app that lets
you display items in your RSS feeds in a beautiful scrolling ticker on any
edge of your screen. I am absolutely giddy about it after only a few minutes
of use. Snackr is something you'd supplement your existing reader with, not a
replacement. It is not for the faint of heart or information averse, either.
If you've ever fantasized about having the river of news flow straight into
your brain, this is the closest I've seen yet. I've uploaded a small OPML file
of my top priority feeds, limited Snackr to displaying items from within the
last 5 days and am in heaven. Read on for screenshots and some critique.
Snackr was built by Narciso Jaramillo,
a long time Adobe developer.
With
Apple set to roll out the next major software update for the iPhone, and with
it official support for third-party applications, it will come as no surprise
that Google is busy prepping some new wares. "We expect to have applications at
Day One", Google's vice president of engineering, Vic Gundotra,
Yesterday,
