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By Tyler King |
January 27th, 2011
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Gmail's desktop notifications alert you whenever you receive a new email or instant message.
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By Bracken King |
December 21st, 2010
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Codepad.org is a straight forward web service that lets you run and share snippets of code online. Codepad will run basic code in a number of programming languages, including C++, Perl, PHP, and Python, and publish the results to a website that you can share with collaborators.
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By Tyler King |
December 20th, 2010
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Google is releasing a new operating system where everything takes place within a web browser. In this post, I examine what functionality isn't yet ready to move to the cloud.
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By Tyler King |
December 13th, 2010
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Google recently opened a new online marketplace for web apps. The short-term benefits are subtle, but the long-term future is very promising, and I look forward to being a part of it.
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By Bracken King |
December 7th, 2010
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Every pixel counts for applications on your iPhone, but web applications are often at a disadvantage due to the Safari navigation bar that generally shows up. This tool provides a way to create webapp shortcuts on your home screen that operate in full screen mode, letting web applications act more like normal apps.
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By Bracken King |
October 26th, 2010
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It seems like everyone out there is releasing an iOS mobile app these days, but an increasing number of these apps are really just wrapping around content or functionality that already exists in mobile websites. Recognizing this overlap is important if you're thinking about design your own mobile app or website (or both).
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By Bracken King |
October 21st, 2010
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Much like just about everyone else, Microsoft has spent a lot of time of late talking about the importance of the cloud in the future of both computing and of Microsoft. Despite a lot of talk, however, Microsoft's entry into web-based software has been rather haphazard. With their recent announcement of Office 365, Microsoft's strategy for cloud computing seem to be coming in to focus.
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By Tyler King |
August 30th, 2010
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If you own a modern smartphone, you generally have two different options when you want to read web content. You can either open up your phone's web browser and read the content online (like you do on your computer), or you can download an app from the content provider and get the content that way. Which do you choose?
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By Tyler King |
August 4th, 2010
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LucidChart is a great web-based flowchart tool. It's going up against Microsoft's incumbent product Visio, and I think it's worth a serious look the next time you need to make a flowchart.
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By Bracken King |
July 8th, 2010
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We're big fans of web-based software around these parts, but finding answers about using more advanced features and troubleshooting can be challenging. Web Apps - Stack Exchange, a new community-drive Q&A site aimed at power users of web applications, looks like a great resource for finding just those kinds of answers.
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