Search Google From Inside Gmail
Apr 30, 2009 Mashable
There are a lot of times when an email or an instant messaging conversation triggers me to search for something. Usually, that means simply opening a new tab and searching Google, then returning to Gmail. But now, there’s yet another feature in Gmail Labs that does this from inside the Gmail interface.
Once enabled (go to Settings, then Labs), the feature turns on a small Google search box on the left-hand navigation of Gmail. Enter a search term into it and you get a pop-up box with the top results for your query, along with a pull-down menu that lets you do something with the result, like email it, IM it, or copy the URL.
Game changing? Not exactly, though Google makes it sound like a bit bigger of a problem than the current setup is in a blog entry posted this evening:
“I used to have a problem. People would ask me questions, over chat or email, and I’d have to leave Gmail to search Google for an answer. Then I’d have to select the answer, copy it, go back to Gmail and paste the answer into the chat window or my reply. Sometimes I’d get distracted and forget to go back to Gmail, and I’d have to go through it all again when I remembered what I’d been doing.â€
Nonetheless, considering that this scenario probably does happen a few times every day, over the course of your lifetime, Google Search inside of Gmail could give you at least a few hours back. Not bad.
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Twitter Rolls Out New Interface for All
Apr 30, 2009 Mashable
Twitter today launched a new interface for all users, adding search and trending topics to the sidebar for all those using Twitter.com.
It’s not a totally new concept: Twitter has been testing this interface for months and new accounts were already seeing it, along with selected groups of users. Seemingly content with how those trials went, Twitter has now deployed these features across all Twitter accounts.
The update adds two major features: search and Twitter trends. Both are smart additions: search is a vital part of Twitter that until now required typing “search.twitter.com” in your browser. You can now save those searches, too. Trends, meanwhile, fosters more engagement by showing you what everyone else is talking about.
Twitter is famously shy of adding new features, believing simplicity is the route to success. With essentials like search and trends now present, might they eventually add retweeting to the interface, as a new petition at Retweet.com is demanding?
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Popularity: 11% [?]
WordPress Leaps Into Social Networking With BuddyPress 1.0 – REALHS
Apr 30, 2009 Mashable, New Media, Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is moving into social networking , with the 1.0 launch of BuddyPress, an installable, open source software platform that runs on your own website. The software is freely available, ..
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WordPress Leaps Into Social Networking With BuddyPress 1.0 – REALHS
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WordPress Leaps Into Social Networking With BuddyPress 1.0
Apr 30, 2009 General, Mashable, Mobile 2.0, Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web, Web Apps
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is moving into social networking, with the 1.0 launch of BuddyPress, an installable, open source software platform that runs on your own website. The software is freely available, and can be downloaded from BuddyPress.org .
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WordPress Leaps Into Social Networking With BuddyPress 1.0
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Beak: Previewing the New Mac Twitter Client
Apr 30, 2009 General, Mashable, Mobile 2.0, Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web, Web Apps
Mike Rundle is a familiar name in the design community, having co-founded the blog network 9rules and designed many truly gorgeous blogs and websites. Today Mike weighed in on the desktop Twitter app game, with a pre-release of his new Twitter client for the Mac, Beak . Normally a pre-release is code for “ugly and a bit broken”, but Beak is simplistically pretty…if lacking in differentiating features
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Beak: Previewing the New Mac Twitter Client
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