Photology Helps You Search Your Photos Using Intuitive Filters [Windows Featured Download]
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Toucan Syncs and Backs Up Your Files [Featured Windows Download]
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/SmGFk29p-QY/toucan-syncs-and-backs-up-your-files
Imaginary Foundation's new dresses
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/472667815/imaginary-foundation-3.html
Our friends at the surrealist clothier Imaginary Foundation have launched a new line of women's dresses and tops. The fabric comes from their men's t-shirts patterned using a dye sublimation process that allows for gorgeous graphics without the thick feeling of most screenprints. The dresses and tops are lined with sustainable cotton. They're $60 each.Imaginary Foundation dresses and tops
The Critical Last Mile for SEO: Your Copywriters, Designers and Developers
As I'm mapping out a half day SEO training course for creative and technical employees, I started to think about the importance of the last mile in SEO. In the telecommunications industry, the last mile (or final mile) refers to the final connection to end users (usually referring to data connectivity to businesses and consumers). It's often an area where issues can arise. In SEO, there's also a last mile, although it's slightly different. The last mile in SEO includes your copywriters, designers and developers. Let me give you a quick example. Let's say you were hired to help a company with a large SEO project. Your job was to enhance the company's SEO efforts by removing technical barriers, optimizing important categories of content, and increasing quality inbound links. You start by performing an extensive technical audit and you identify key barriers to indexation. Then you map out a full remediation plan. Your client is excited, you've built up some well-deserved credibility, and everyone involved believes that better rankings and targeted traffic are on their way. But hold on a second... Your changes still need to be implemented successfully. Enter the critical last mile for SEO, or your designers and developers that need to implement those changes. Needless to say, your technical and creative teams are extremely important to your SEO efforts.
Why The Last Mile In SEO Is So Important
It is critical that your creative and technical teams successfully implement your SEO changes. If they don't, then your changes run the risk of having no impact at all (or worse, having a negative impact). That's right, imagine you're brought in to fix a problem and you end up making things worse! It's definitely possible. Keep in mind that p! roblems typically arise in the last mile of SEO when dealing with larger sites when there are more people involved. For example, a 500,000 page website with 75 people working on it. However, whether you hand off technical SEO changes to a single developer or a team of developers, you're relying on them to implement something they might not be very familiar with. And you need to understand that without your designers and developers, it's going to be extremely hard to get your SEO changes implemented swiftly and accurately. Like I said earlier, they encompass the critical last mile… That said, your designers and developers also need to understand that your SEO changes are important to the success of the website. It's a symbiotic relationship and each party needs to understand the value that the other brings to the table.Gmail on your Google Desktop
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGmailBlog/~3/6LILiofOMfM/gmail-on-your-desktop.html
Posted by James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer, Google Desktop On the Google Desktop gadgets team, we've seen countless requests for a Gmail gadget over the years. That gadget is finally here, so if you've got Google Desktop for Windows, give it a try. You'll see that it covers the basics such as reading, searching, and sending messages. You can star messages, use the same keyboard shortcuts, and we didn't forget about contact auto-complete. It doesn't take up much space in your sidebar or desktop, and you can also resize it to show as few or as many messages as you'd like.
When I'm at work, I keep two instances of the gadget open: one logged into my personal Gmail account and the other set to my Google Apps account for work related stuff. Instead of getting lost in a sea of tabs or browser windows, I can bring up the gadgets in an instant (hint: pressing the shift key twice brings up all your hidden Desktop gadgets).
The Gmail gadget currently works with the latest release of Google Desktop for Windows. Try i! t out and please let us know what you think.
Update: Changed title to clarify this is for Google Desktop.Syncing your Google Calendar
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGmailBlog/~3/VoZ_1mluHHo/syncing-your-google-calendar.html
Posted by Wen-Ai Yu, Support Strategist We on the Google Calendar team work hard to play well with others, so you can synchronize your calendars with a number of mobile devices and desktop applications. This way, you can choose whichever calendars you want to use and keep all of them up to date. Most of these options have been around for a while, and we're happy to announce that Google Calendar now supports the CalDAV protocol -- an evolving, open standard for calendar synchronization. Apple iCal and Mozilla Sunbird You can now sync your calendar with applications that support CalDAV, such as Apple's iCal and Mozilla's Sunbird. Learn more about how to get started in our help center. Microsoft Outlook Google Calendar Sync for Outlook lets you sync events between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar. You determine the direction of information flow, as well as the sync frequency. It's compatible with Microsoft Outlook versions 2003 and 2007, and operating systems Windows XP and Windows Vista. BlackBerry mobile devices If you carry a BlackBerry smartphone, Google Sync for BlackBerry synchronizes your device's native calendar with Google. You can access your Google Calendar even when you don't have network coverage and get alerts for upcoming appointments with sound or vibration. It automatically runs in the background, so you can attend to other tasks and still be reminded of your appointments. Android devicesSpice up your inbox with colors and themes
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Nokia's Down With Making A High-End Open Source Phone, Just Not With Android [Cellphones]
"In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones," Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at Nokia's markets unit, told Reuters.
"I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo," Lappalainen said."
These statements aren't necessarily a surprise, because with any mention of Linux, Nokians tend to shout Maemo like a reflex action.
One thing that came to mind when playing with the new N97 is that it is pretty close to the Internet Tablet Phone I wanted—the desktop widgets heralded as a grounbreaking way for users to customize their phones are incredibly similar to what Maemo has had since the beginning, and the hardware is very similar to the current top-end tablet, the N810. The only difference is Symbian, of course—Nokia's prize horse that they won't be giving up on any time soon.
So it makes sense they would dis Android. Nokia (or, at least, certain teams within Nokia) has been huge proponents of open source software long before Android was a twinkle in Larry and Sergey's eye. But where's the Maemophone? [Reuters]
Move Along, No Triple-Decker Fold-Up Grill To See Here [Cooking]
For $4,000, it better. It's available, apparently, in early 2009. [Hampton Grill via Born Rich]
Buffalo unveils 16GB and 32GB SSDs for Inspiron Mini 9
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/buffalo-unveils-16gb-and-32gb-ssds-for-inspiron-mini-9/
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Filed under: Laptops
Buffalo unveils 16GB and 32GB SSDs for Inspiron Mini 9 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsAdtec announces two adorable, tiny projectors
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/adtec-announces-two-adorable-tiny-projectors/
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Filed under: Displays
Adtec announces two adorable, tiny projectors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsAt Gizmodo Gallery: Tiny Projectors That Fit In Your Hand Or Mouth! [Gizmodo Gallery]
I'd like to imagine that one day all cellphones have such components built in, but until then this is the best way to put a picture on your wall with hardware the size of a remote control.
What should we play on it? What should we aim it at? I don't know, but if you've got the time, please stop by and try it out.
[Thanks to REED ANNEX and thanks to our benefactor gizmine.com]
Gizmodo Gallery
Reed Annex
151 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Gizmodo Gallery Reader Meetup
The reader meetup takes place across the street from the Gallery, at a place called The Annex (not to be confused with REED ANNEX where the gallery is hosted.) The address is 152 Orchard Street and we'll be there at 9 PM SHARP on Friday December 5th.
Gallery Dates:
December 4th-7th
Times:
12/4 Thursday
12-8
12/5 Friday
12-8
12/6 Saturday
11-8
12/7 Sunday
11-4
[Read more about our Gizmodo Gallery here and see what else we'll be playing with at the event.]
Enhanced Photos Can Bypass Any Face-Recognition Software [Face]
To enroll in the face recognition software, the built-in webcam on the laptop scans the face for prime areas, such as the eyes or more conspicuous facial features. The special photo, which does not have to be of high quality, is processed so that the key areas are enhanced and the contrast levels are adjusted to the expectations of the software.
In lieu of fingerprint scanners and the traditonal username/password combination, face recognition software may not be the most secure way to protect data. Until then, I'll just use my own "specially" produced photos (courtesy of Photoshop) to tweak that, uh, zit, maybe even change my eye color—ooh instant nose surgery—to log me in. But only after I post that photo of "myself" on my Facebook profile. Hah! [CNET Crave]
A Lesson in Gadget Product Placement, Courtesy of Scooter Smiff [Product Placement]
Moderately musical little person Scooter Smiff has helpfully demonstrated, point by point, how not to endorse gadgets in your music video.
I understand that Scooter Smiff's audience is probably as young as he is and doesn't buy many massive smartphones, but if you've got to shill for a BlackBerry, hope it's not the Pearl Flip. Matt—notably a gadget blogger, not a rapper—said it was kind of uncool, looked inconsistent, and even called it a "fatass". Next time beg for a Storm, or at least a Bold.
So imagine you're a tween, just browsing YouTube, and you notice Scooter Smiff's teacher grading (UPDATE: fabricating, more like. Scandal!) his paper on an HP Touchsmart PC, with her fingers. This is the least exciting thing you've ever seen. It doesn't even make sense in context—it's like HP just edited a few seconds of their press materials into the video. Same goes for the inexplicable printer cameo.
Riding a miniaturized Cadillac Escalade will not help you look older, and will probably make those few people who actually have a toy like that return it as fast as they can drive it back to Sotheby's. See also: catcalling obviously older girls.
This song might not be as embarrassing as the iPhone's prominent r! ole in a certain inauspiciously-named (and NSFW) track from earlier this year, but a different difference here, and an important one, is that HP and BlackBerry actually wished this on themselves. [CrackBerry]
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