The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web has never managed before.
via An invention that could change the internet for ever – News, Gadgets & Tech – The Independent.
During the past four years I’ve been using Lingo for my office phone. I switched to Lingo because I wanted to save money over the cost of a regular landline. Now, in another cost-cutting move, I’m switching again.
As of this morning, I’ve emailed my clients to alert them of my new office number and let them also know they can reach me on Skype. In this post, I’m going to share my experiences in making this switch as a way of helping anyone else that may be looking to do the same thing. Continue Reading
Some day we’ll be able to read the news on our home computers just like the folks in this news report from 1981. Consider this astounding tidbit from Richard Halloran, a home computer user featured in the video:
Not only are we seeing the newspaper on the screen but also we can…optionally copy it. So anything we’re interested in…we can go back…and copy onto paper and save it. Which I think is the future of the type of interrogation an individual will give to the newspapers.
(HT: TechCrunch)
Rackspace, webhosting provider for the server where I host my clients, has once again appeared in Fortune 500’s One-Hundred Best Companies to Work For List.
Janis Krums was riding on one of the first ferries to arrive at the scene of Thursday’s plane crash in New York’s Hudson River. He snapped a photo with his iPhone and tweeted it on his Twitter stream. Here’s a direct link to the photo.
His photo was one of the first photos of the crash, and it illustrates the emergence and ubiquity of the real-time web. For more info, check out Robert Scoble’s round-up of real-time coverage of the crash.
The Christian Science Monitor is replacing its daily print edition with its website.
This marks part one of a three part series I’ll be bringing you in my Friday column, Eye on the Web. During this series you’ll meet a realtor, a publisher and an antiques dealer who are using the web in new and creative ways. Rather than settling for a static website with little online interaction, each of these business owners are reaching out and engaging their customers, creating a “buzz” about their company and products, and finding new ways to grow their businesses. Continue Reading
On Wednesday of this week, Google released a new browser called Chrome. It is fast, intuitive and packed with features that take advantage of recent Internet and browser innovations. Given its feature set and Google pedigree, web-o-philes everywhere were downloading it and talking about it only moments after its release. In today’s Eye on the Web, join me as I share my thoughts on Google’s new browser. Continue Reading