by Chris Gilmer on June 25, 2007 at 05:00 PM

The heat is on once again in the online calendar sector. It seemed like the news was always pumping out on this front late last year, then things cooled down shortly after Calgoo announced it could sync with Google Calendar. Well, Calgoo has announced that they are hitting the big time with Version 1.0 this week. DownloadSquad has covered Calgoo since its inception, and followed its progress ...
by Chris Gilmer on May 28, 2007 at 05:00 PM

Joost seems to be at the forefront of an explosion into public realm care of one of the worlds top ad locations, IndyCar. What does this mean? Is Joost really ready to go mainstream? If anything they just stepped up their marketing efforts this past weekend with a 7th place finish. Joost -- the so-far leading IPtv application -- is getting pretty big in the "tech" world, with thousands of users ...
by Chris Gilmer on May 22, 2007 at 06:00 PM

If you are a regular user of Microsoft Office, and the Box.net storage platform, you are going to love this new feature that makes storing and accessing your docs online an easy alternative to Google's Docs and Spreadsheets. The Box.net team has just completed work on an Office On Demand feature for Word users that enables an easy way to save Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Access files directly into ...
by Chris Gilmer on April 19, 2007 at 08:00 PM

LeapTag is a new way to discover all of the content you are interested in. Its way to read RSS feeds that enables users to locate news, blogs, books and other sources of material that match personal interests. However, it is not an RSS feed reader. Users can sign up and download a browser toolbar. Through this toolbar you subscribe to tags and topics. LeapTag then scowers the web and finds links ...
by Chris Gilmer on April 18, 2007 at 08:00 AM

The team from Scrapblog is hanging out at the Web 2.0 expo this week, and has some exciting news. Scrapblog, who officially announced their availability on April 2nd, is a way for people to aggregate social media into an online scrapbook. It's a simple drag and drop way to combine photos, videos, audio and text to create really cool multimedia pages, or online scrapbooks. Material can be ...
by Chris Gilmer on April 13, 2007 at 05:00 PM

Don't want to spend $1000 on the new Photoshop CS3 just for a few basic features that interest you? Wiredness may have an alternative. This new online photo editing application has a number of tools that closely resemble those of Photoshop, but at a cost that wont break the bank [or take a penny from it]. Wiredness has the ability to pull in photos from your desktop hard drive, from online ...
by Chris Gilmer on April 4, 2007 at 06:00 PM

It's great to read emails, short RSS headlines, and instant messages on your mobile device, but what about reading novels? Has that just pushed the line? Wattpad has introduced a mobile client that gets novels, like proper novels, onto mobile devices in text form. When users have the client installed on their devices, it makes it possible to download additional stories and read them offline. They ...
by Chris Gilmer on March 6, 2007 at 06:00 PM

Never be late again with real time streaming traffic on your mobile device. This way cool mobile traffic report from 3rd Dimension is a free application that lets users keep on top of real time traffic reports through live videos. The application will only run on compatible mobile devices like Blackberry's, Palm Treos, and Motorola RAZRs. Don't know how we missed this one, but it launched back in ...
by Chris Gilmer on March 1, 2007 at 10:00 AM

Skrbl is a very easy to use online whiteboard. The application lets users jot down notes, sketches, upload pictures and share files in a browser. Users can sign up for a free account and start a whiteboard creating text, drawing and importing gif and jpg images. The drawing tool is kind of crude, and not that accurate, but good for getting your point across. Text is as expected, with fonts, font ...
by Chris Gilmer on February 28, 2007 at 07:00 PM

As the web application world heats up, companies that were once offering locally installed software only, are slowly delving into the online world. Recent news says that Adobe will be offering an online version of Photoshop in the next six months. A decision they base on numerous consumer demands. Adobe's CEO told CNET news that the online service will complement their existing product range, ...
by Chris Gilmer on February 7, 2007 at 11:00 AM

iConcertCal in add-on for iTunes--both Mac and PC--that monitors what kind of music is played in a user's music library, then generates a calendar of upcoming events in your city that would be of interest to you. The iConcertCal scours the web searching for bands that match up to your library, syncs it up, and updates the calendar once a week. Installation is easy; the seven steps outlined on the ...
by Chris Gilmer on February 5, 2007 at 06:00 PM

Could Google be developing a PowerPoint and Keynote killer? Looks like it might be in testing mode from the code that both the Google Operating System blog, and TechCrunch have reported on. It's a perfect choice for Google to add to its "non-office" suite of products. The code name appears to be Presently, and could have possibly been in the works by Writely before it was purchased by Google. We ...
by Chris Gilmer on February 2, 2007 at 05:00 PM

If you find yourself forgetting important notes that you made to yourself on your desk, in your notebook, or in Outlook, check SyncNotes. SyncNotes allows users to keep notes accessible wherever it is the most convenient, on the desktop or on the go through a mobile device. The SyncNotes Desktop client is for Windows users only. The application allows for creating and managing notes on desktop ...
by Chris Gilmer on January 16, 2007 at 08:00 AM

If you ever have the need to convert video formats on the fly, but just don't seem to have the proper applications available that can do it for you, Hey!Watch might do the trick for you. Hey!Watch, which officially launched on January 10th, is a simple online solution that lets users upload videos, or point to online videos from locations like YouTube, Google Video and other social networks, and ...
by Chris Gilmer on December 14, 2006 at 04:00 PM

Google has released their open source Java software development framework that they use to make AJAX application like Google Maps and Gmail. The Google Web Toolkit software is aimed at developers who "don't speak browser quirks". The Google Web Toolkit will alleviate headaches and errors brought on by tedious application testing, and switching to and running in different browsers and platforms. ...