Written by Ruhani Rabin on April 2, 2007.
Babelgum ushers in a new era for television, blending the lean-back experience of traditional TV with the interactive and social power of the Internet.
- Watch in full screen Babelgum uses cutting-edge peer-to-peer technology to stream video to your PC safely and efficiently at near-TV resolution.
- Make it personal Create your own TV channels with niche-to-mainstream content from around the world tailored to your interests. As you use it, your TV learns what you like and just gets better.
- Share your views Discover new content through friends, contacts and people with shared interests, and tell others about the content you love or hate. Babelgum is creating a whole new medium for viewers, content owners and advertisers. So keep your eyes wide open.
Babelgum is still at early beta and not yet opened to public.
Written by Ruhani Rabin on March 21, 2007.
Twitter is a very new interesting concept which lets you update yourself on the web or from your phone. There are many times you hit the moment that your friend called you up and asked you one simple and obvious question, which is "What are you doing now?". Well Twitter is the answer to that question. Twitter lets you post small updates about what are you doing right now. You can have an option to post that in public listing or it could be available only to your friends network. Twitter uses web2.0/ajax inline http requests to live update the postings, the postings can be break down to the last seconds of the update. It's handy and nifty. Twitter is originally started as a side project of ODEO on march 2006. Personally i found it really interesting to keep update your friends. Twitter recently have some server downtimes and i hope they will going to fix this as soon as possible.
It's possible to enable your phone so that you can post to Twitter just using your SMS Text messaging service. [More]
Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 24, 2007.
Do you need a desktop blogging utility so that you can publish your blog right from your desktop. Windows Live writer from Microsoft is a free desktop publishing utility that will help you include rich content in your blog posts and know exactly what your blog will look like before you publish it to the Web.
Key Features:
- WYSIWYG editing: Edit using the style of your blog, including fonts, colors, line spacing, margins, etc.
- Rich content: Insert and customize rich content like photos, maps and more.
- Offline editing: Compose and edit drafts even when you're not connected to the Internet
- Blog preview: See exactly what your post will look like in the context of your blog before you upload it
- Smart image publishing: Add images to your blog post, and they'll automatically appear as thumbnails that link to larger images with more detail
Compatibility: Support for publishing to Windows Live Spaces, as well as Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, and many other blog hosting services
Try the Windows Live Writer Beta
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Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 24, 2007.
Windows Live introduced new Desktop E-mail checking software for your everyday e-mail usage. It's a quick alternative to outlook with a Windows Live interface. A simple, powerful tool that lets you get e-mail from multiple accounts in one place and integrates your mail with Windows Live™ Spaces, Windows Live Contacts, Windows Live Messenger, and more.
Key Features:
- Speedy access to multiple e-mail accounts in one place (even AOL, Gmail, and many others)
- Compose and manage e-mail while offline: simply connect to the internet and your messages are sent and new messages downloaded
- A reading pane and drag-and-drop features, so you can quickly read and manage your mail
- Synchronization with Windows Live Mail and MSN® Hotmail® accounts
- Easily share your images with friends and family and create slide shows using the powerful photo e-mail tools
- Launch a Windows Live Messenger conversation right from the program
- Post Blog content to your Windows Live Space with the click of a button
- Get your newsgroups and RSS feeds as easily as you get e-mail
- Virus scanning for all Windows Live Mail and Hotmail accounts
- Smart Screen technology helps protect all your e-mail accounts from junk mail and phishing scams
- Color-coded messages help you quickly identify safe and suspicious e-mail
I've been using this program for a quite sometimes now. Looks neat. Most probably Microsoft is trying to get the market of Mozilla Thunderbird. Try it and see.
Try the Windows Live Mail desktop beta
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Written by Ruhani Rabin on May 26, 2006.
