Paul Jacobson

Tag: Cool stuff

  • Gmail adds drag-and-drop attachments and GCal invitations

    Gmail just seems to be more and more useful lately. Well, its always been really useful but the Gmail team has been adding more functionality that makes Gmail even more compelling. Two of the latest additions include drag-and-drop file attachments and adding calendar invitations directly from Gmail. The attachment functionality only works in Firefox 3.6…

  • Nokia to offer free, worldwide turn-by-turn navigation

    Nokia has dropped a bombshell and will be offering free turn-by-turn navigation on its smartphones. This is according to a Reuters report which I found via Engadget. The report is apparently based on a release of some kind from Nokia which I haven’t been able to locate yet Update: This news seems to be part…

  • Google Wave invites up for grabs

    I received a bunch of Google Wave invitations to pass around. I have posted the details on Facebook and Twitter and had to extend the offer to you, my loyal and very patient readers. I only have a few invitations left but feel free to request one. Simply fill out this form below (sorry it…

  • MobileMe: to renew or not to renew

    I’ve had a MobileMe account for the last year and a half (pretty much since MobileMe launched as the .Mac replacment) and the time has come to renew it. I was initially going to renew my subscription (€65 or around R730 for the year) and I wonder now if I should. The main appeal MobileMe…

  • The new communication Wave isn't what you think it is

    I haven’t seen this much hype about a Google product since Gmail launched a few years ago. Invitations to use Google Wave have been trickling out to eager users for a couple weeks now and I managed to secure one thanks to Gavin Magid who sent me one of his invites. Like many of you,…

  • Looking under the hood – the Symbian OS

    I have been given an opportunity to chat to David Rivas, Nokia’s Vice President Product & Technology Management about the Symbian operating system. There has been quite a lot of talk about how shoddy the series 60 user interface is and it got me wondering about the operating system itself, under the UI, so I…

  • Google Friend Connect and/or Facebook Connect?

    I have Google’s Friend Connect integrated into this blog and you can sign in and comment using your Google account, OpenID, Twitter credentials and one other set of credentials. It works pretty well and when I comment here it integrates nicely with my blog credentials. I’d like to add Facebook Connect integration to the blog…

  • New Apple goodies

    So today was MacWorld and the time for all those cool Apple announcements. For the most part the event seemed to be about the iPhone and the iPod Touch. One of the very snazzy new products announced is the new MacBook Air which looks amazing. It is a stripped down MacBook and seems to be…