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Microsoft Releases iPhone App [iphone:8 @ feeds.digg.com]
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:40:02 -0800(14.12.2008) Seadragon lets users “infinitely zoom” on high quality images with near zero transition times.
Gmail gets a proper PDF viewer [pdf viewer:4 @ feeds.feedburner.com]
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:59:00 -0800(13.12.2008)
There are two other benefits to this, the first being the updated page view which lets you hop around the document a whole lot faster. The other is the built-in zoom, which scales the text to fit your monitor with a higher degree of detail than the text resizer found in your browser.
Gone with the transition is the option to open up PDFs as HTML pages straight from the message, which still remains as a viewing option once you're in the new PDF view and in search results from Google.com. Presumably Google.com results will get the updated viewer next. This would be a huge benefit to Google Search users without access to a PDF viewer (like on public or shared computers) as Google's current HTML conversion wipes out much of the formatting that can keep fonts and image placement intact, which can make things like brochures and newsletters unreadable.
The updated PDF viewer in Gmail is now powered by Google Docs.
(Credit: CNET Networks)Microsoft expands zero-day IE warning [zero day:4 @ www.techspot.com]
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:03:00 -0800(12.12.2008) The security hole in Internet Explorer that went unpatched earlier this week is apparently more serious than originally believed, with Microsoft now saying the flaw affects all versions of the browser. In a revised security advisory the company spelled out the root of the problem, saying that the bug is in IE's data binding functionality and, contrary to earlier reports by independent security res...
YouTube lets you turn videos into greeting cards [greeting cards:4 @ feeds.feedburner.com]
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:56:00 -0800(12.12.2008)
For the second year, YouTube on Friday unveiled a holiday feature that lets users create hosted video cards to send to friends and family. Users can select this option from any YouTube video, or from a special page that houses selected community videos and links to a user's own clips.
There's also an option to make a more personalized greeting straight from a connected Webcam. For now, only one video can be attached to a given greeting card.
When users are finished picking a video for use in a greeting card, they can choose from a handful of themes that house the video player, then add up to 230 characters of text and send the complete card to up to 25 e-mail recipients.
According to YouTube's company blog, more than a million of these greetings were sent out last year, before the feature disappeared in January.
Turn any YouTube video into a greeting card for the holidays.
(Credit: CNET Networks)Google Offers New Resource for Analytics Information [google:4 @ feeds.feedburner.com]
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:11:34 -0800(12.12.2008)
Google seems to really want to spread awareness about Google Analytics, and get more people to understand how to use all of its features. This is a good thing because analytics are obviously important for keeping your site's performance up to its potential.
A couple weeks ago they announced a new Google Analytics Help Forum with participation from Google employees as well as top contributors, and seasoned analytics pros: