On Tuesday, Google launched a new service called Lively, its a 3D Web-based virtual world (something like Second Life, but easier to use). You can create your own rooms (or places) with the provided props. You can show Youtube Video through virtual TVs and Picasa photos through virtual photo frame. You can also fully customise your avatar. Google Desktop gadgets can also be displayed. You can upload music from your computer to play it in your room. Best of all, it can be embedded in your website or blog.
For now, it only supports Windows XP/Vista, MS IE/Firefox.
Go HERE!
[EDIT]- Lively had been closed for other projects, it had its last day on December 31, 2008.
A rumor said that a 'new mac' called Mac Fusion will be announced during WWDC 2008. They also have 3 screenshot of the Mac Fusion page on Apple website. It is shorter than Mac Mini. According to the screenshot, it is developed specially for developer to port their software to mac. Its screenshots also show that Windows is included with it. Is this real? We'll just have to wait for tonight's WWDC 08...
The Screenies are HERE!
[Info from TUAW]
MyBloop offers free unlimited space for you to upload your files. You can upload any file (as long as it is not copyrighted) and make music playlists too! Then you share the files with anyone! You can even search the site. Need to register to upload, but register is FREE!
MyBloop also provide you 2 ways of uploading your files, they are
BloopLoader has a nice Ajaxy interface for you to drag n' drop the files you want to upload. There is a file size limit. That's 1GB, but that's surely enough for almost everything, except some 3D high-end games, HD movies & other crazily large stuff...
The BloopLoader is available in 3 common OS, they are
They have more than 1,000,000 files uploaded now!
Besides uploading files, you can even search the site (like I said...the site already have more than 1mil. file!) for music, software, movies & such.
Go HERE!
Ever wondered how Google get the idea of
Gmail Paper ?
Well, I read an article today and found a possible source of the idea.
Gmail/Google Mail is a free email service provided by Google. But before Gmail (from Google) was announce, there are already many company using Gmail as their service name/ or company name. One of the example is Garfield.com, it once provide free email, namely gmail and used the gmail.com. But the email service had been discontinued since Garfield's web site move to another domain.
In Germany, Gmail is officially called Google Mail. It is because there is a company named 'G-mail'. The company provide the service of printing the email send by customer and then send the print-out by mail to intended recipients.
So, I think Google got the Gmail Paper idea from 'G-mail'.
For people who don't know Gmail Paper:
It is one of Google's April Fool's Day joke in 2007. You just need to click a button, Gmail will print the selected email(s) and then mail them to you.
Google Gears is a open source browser addon to enable offline access to web application that are available only when you're online. To do this, it stors the informations in your hard disk instead of the internet. It supports many common operating system. You'll need Firefox 1.5++ or Internet Explorer 6++ to use it.
They are:
One of the web application that supports Google Gears is
Google Docs!
You can use the Google Docs offline now!
It saves your progress on your computer hard disk. You can share or publish your documents when you're online.
Now available in all 3 service!
Google Spreadsheets, Writely & Presently!
Google Gears - HERE!
Google Docs Offline Help - HERE!
Introducing TVUPlayer! This new player allows you to potentially watch any television channel in the world on your PC. It uses P2PTV technology.
Channels featured on TVUPlayer currently include Cartoon Network (CH,EN), ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, some CCTV channel, Disney and more, including sports channels.
This already impressive lineup of channels is available from any internet enabled PC in the world and could expand to include many more channels.
The system works where one person records live TV and streams it to the internet. This stream is then redistributed by other people who are watching the channel.
Because all the channels on TVUPlayer are broadcast by individuals who already have access to the TV station, there is always a chance that a channel can just disapear out of nowhere when that person decides to stop broadcasting to the internet.
Pros:
Cons:
Review From Webtvhub.com
Create your own personalized TV channel Now!
TVU Networks provide another great tool to broadcasters to create their own TV Channel!
TVUBroadcast!
To Get Started, you'll need to create your channel.
To create your channel, all you need are contents ...to be show (live or pre-recorded), a standard PC with Windows or Linux (sadly, no mac), a nice & fast broadband internet connection (such as DSL & cable modem), and lastly ... The FREE TVUBroadcast!
There are 4 simple ways to broadcast on TVU, most of them free. Read more here.
To get started as a TVU Broadcaster, just follow these simple steps:
1. Create a TVU account (HERE!)
2. Create your channel - we allow up to four channels per account
3. Download the free TVUBroadcast application
4. Finally, Start broadcasting!
Pros:
Cons:
Everything, TVUPlayer & TVUBroadcast - HERE!
Just release today! And for mac too (early June / late May!)
Airport Mania is a click-management type game (such as Diner Dash)But this time it takes place in airports! You're also not focusing on only one people now...but many (planes)
Of course the goal of the game was not to create a multi-tasking nightmare! After all, most of us get a little stressed out when we have more things to do than we can handle at any one time. To combat the feeling of being over-whelmed, Airport Mania has been created with a lot of light-hearted fun in mind. The focus behind making the game was to create a game that would make people smile, laugh, relax and simply enjoy themselves.
Combining the excitement of travel with the frantic action of air traffic control, Airport Mania is full of character. From the expressions and voices of the planes to the awards room filled with riddles, every aspect of the game has been created to be entertaining and enjoyable. The game play is full of surprises including in-air emergencies and events, like the arrival of the President's Plane, that require immediate attention. Also included are multiple goal levels and a secret hidden Paper Planes mode.
Developed in a partnership with South Winds Games (www.southwindsgames.com ), Airport Mania has been created with a focus on fun. "There are a lot of different types of games out there for a lot of different people," said Airport Mania Designer Russell Carroll. "In creating Airport Mania, I wanted to create a game that would make people smile and have fun. For me, there are few things more rewarding than seeing something you've created put a smile on someone else's face.
It even has a secret mode
=====Paper Plane Mode=====
But you'll need to complete the whole game to enable this interesting mode...
BTW, this game is developed by Reflexive Entertainment
Airport Mania: First Flight is due to come out this Thursday at the game's website and next Monday, the 14th of April on Reflexive.com
I've already download my version of the game...
Now is your turn!
Go HERE Now! to its HomePage
Go HERE to go to Reflexive.com!
Google Talk team just released a “Labs Edition” of Google Talk, which is pretty much similar to the desktop version of Google Talk Gadget with notification for new messages from Google Calendar and Orkut, in additional to Gmail in the original Google Talk.
It has many of the same features as the Google Talk Gadget, including instant messaging, emoticons, and group chat. But sadly, some features like file transfer and voicemail from the Google Talk client did not make it into this version.
Currently, Google Talk Labs Edition is only available for Windows PCs. Now Windows users have four different flavors of Google Talk: the original client, Gmail Chat, the gadget and the Labs edition.
Choose the one that best suits your needs.
Photoshop is one of the most popular image-editing software, and there are lots of hopes out there. Some of them include: Photoshop for other platforms. This video realizes one of those situations, and discuses the features that could be included if Photoshop were released for the iPhone.
Who would thought Adobe Photoshop for the iPhone could be so interesting, or funny?
The video is a really well done spoof, and it would be really hilarious if they actually did release a version like that… but one can only hope.
Beware, installing Adobe Photoshop in your iPhone will void your warranty, aspazzarently - Gizmodo.com
What's the answer?
Its g.cn. It links to the Google China web site. Google China uses this URL because many people in China can't remember G-O-O-G-L-E. So the Google China Company decided to use this URL as one of the 'entrance' to Google.cn.
This step is considered the 'most important steps that Google has taken for localization in China', according to China Tech News.
Here are the domain details available.
Domain Name: g.cn
ROID: 20030310s10001s00019336-cn
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registrant Organization: Google Ireland Holdings
Registrant Name: Google Ireland Holdings
Sponsoring Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc.
Name Server:dns7.hichina.com
Name Server:dns8.hichina.com
Registration Date: 2003-03-10 19:58
Expiration Date: 2012-08-24 17:48
After checking over the header of the domain, this returns:
#1 Server Response: http://www.g.cn
HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://www.google.cn/webhp?source=g_cn
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/html
Server: gws
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:13:01 GMT
Connection: Close
Redirect Target: http://www.google.cn/webhp?source=g_cn
Domain Detail from ginside.com
For many years (2000 - 2007), Google has chosen April 1st for launching some of its actual products.Ex. Google launch its Gmail (1GB) shortly before 31st of March 2004 Midnight. Many people thinks its fake because at that time, no one ever offer free 1GB of storage before. And also because of many other products that released on April 1st turns to be fake. Google use this as a marketing strategy as everyone would spread the news around thinking that this is not real, but then surprise to realize that it is real.
But the other fake products also too good to be true...
They're listed as follows ~>
2000 - Google MentalPlex
A search technology that read your mind and will then know what you want to find...you don't need to type any search term anymore!
2001 - PigeonRank
Google reveals its PageRank technology! --------> PigeonRank
2002 - Google Lunar/Copernicus Center
Google is hiring people to work on its Research Centre on the Moon! They have created a new OS for use in the research centre, named Luna/X. You have to be at least 18 Years Old and register by April 1st 2007 (Must be a earth resident!).
HERE!
2003 - Google Gulp
Google Guip is a 'fictitious' drink that can increase your intelligent. It comes with 4 flavors! They are:
- Glutamate Grape
- Sugar-Free Radical
- Beta Carroty
- Sero-Tonic Water
But you can only get the drink by returning the cap of the drink to a nearby Grocery Store. ( A parody of the Invitation-only GMail...)
2004 - Google Romance
Google Romance is a new online dating service offered by Google. It offers a new search called ' Soulmate Search'.
2005 - Gmail Paper & Google TiSP
Wow! 2 new service in one day! Google Paper is a new service for Gmail (the joke that I liked most too) It adds a Paper Archive button in GMail. When you click it after selecting some emails...it'll print them on a '96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum' and send them to you absolutely FREE!!! This is because of the ad that is printed on the back of each paper. If your email got pictures(attachment), it'll print them on high quality glossy paper!
Google Paper : HERE!
Google TiSP is the shortform of Toilet Internet Service Provider. It provide free internet access of 2Mb/s, but Google also provide Enterprise version of 4Mb/s & 8Mb/s...all for a very low price! You can still use your toilet after connecting to the service! But Sadly, it only available in US and Canada for NOW!
That's all six years of April fool joke....now is for the 2008 one!
Can't wait to see it!...(only 2hours to go.....)
{Info from Wikipedia}
Today, just remember a once fav. site of mine, ThePencilFarm.com
I open the website, and saw a new blog post! What a interesting name: ‘Snow Day’ at the Beijing Olympics
I saw some pictures of 2 flash game...
<-This is place at the Olympic 2008 website. I felt the UI is kinda familiar...
<- This is a flash game made by ThePencilFarm.com's owner 2 years ago...
If you say it's coincidence...Then look below:
They didn't even change all the graphic...
The artist also say that he found the sound file that he forgot to delete in its Snow Day game source file appear in the Decompiled Olympic one.
If you really want to copy, you can at least change all the graphic or credit the original artist...
Well, the Olympic web site had remove the game from the web site, but I really want to try the game~
The Olympic website is operated by Sohu.com
Apple just released the second BETA version of it's iPhone SDK!
It now includes the interesting, yet easy to use,
Interface Builder!
Interface Builder makes creating an application's user interface easier (just drag-n-drop!) by allowing developers to use its graphical editing environment to manage virtually every aspect of creating a well designed user interface that adheres to the Aqua user interface guidelines.
(Remember to read the readme for the known issues...)
By the way, it also added new sample code to its iPhone Dev Center.
(I can't wait to test the iPhone SDK!)
This free Web hosting service offers you 100 megs of space, a choice of domains, and unlimited traffic. This service offers several free enhancements for your site, including a guestbook, detailed site stats, a message board and online forms, full FTP access, and a big selection of subdomains to choose from.
It says a 1GB storage is coming soon! Even better, they'll provide UNLIMITED storage to everyone.... if they collected enough money from the donation from all of us...(to buy the heavy-duty storage systems) But if you want the UNLIMITED Storage NOW... You can donate ANY amount to get it!
Nope! Its not a Mac Pro
Believed it or not...
This is a Mac Mini!
This is its Web Site (Japanese) - http://hanabusa1.blog29.fc2.com/blog-entry-13.html
On its Web Site, even got other designs and a step-by-step guide for making these frame for the Mac Mini.
PicLens is an addon for a web browser to allow users view images on the web with fullscreen, and also 3D!
Below shows the operating system & web browser it supports (for now, of course)
PicLens works with many image website such as Flickr & DeviantART. It also supports Google Image, Yahoo Image, Picasa Web Album, facebook, Friendster & many more.
Its '3D' wall lets you view the images that arranged neatly on a wall. You can drag, click or zoom in the image. Its 3D effect is very nice.
There's a catch... You still can't save images when in PicLens (yet)!
These cute USB Drives is develop by the
Redismo Fine Products Ltd.
They have many kind of ready-made design available on their web site. Designs range from food to business-type. The packaging is also very neat and nice-looking. They have their own factory in Dongguan YanTian YiAn Industrial City, China. The factory focus on plastic injection, moulding, painting, PU and Polyresin production. They are also the factory which manufacture Disney products.
You can visit their web site Here
Apple released its iPhone software development kit (SDK). It is available for download now at developer.apple.com. Apple also touted a June software update that will enable a series of new iPhone games capitalizing on the device's touchscreen and motion-sensing capabilities. All upgrades are tied to Apple's stated goal of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of the year--according to CEO Steve Jobs, the device already boasts a 28 percent smartphone marketshare, behind BlackBerry maker Research In Motion at 41 percent.
While Apple will make the iPhone SDK available for free, developers must also join Apple's developer program for $99 to secure distribution for their applications via the App Store, a new application the computing giant will embed on all iPhones. The App Store will deliver all iPhone applications, both free and premium, and will serve as the exclusive platform for iPhone app distribution. Apple will also create a section of its iTunes digital storefront where users may browse available iPhone apps. According to Apple, developers will name the price of their premium applications, with Apple taking 30 percent of revenues off the top "to pay for running the App Store."
All of these features will arrive with version 2.0 of the iPhone firmware, which is scheduled to arrive in June.
