Tag: CURRENCY

iOS apps are, perhaps, not the first thing you think about when Muji's concerned, but the modernist homeware and clothing brand has launched three iPad apps, two free, one paid for, and a Japanese-language only iPhone apparel catalog app. We'll start with the iPad apps. Muji Calendar Although the iPad comes with a calendar app built-in, Muji thinks it can do better. In their words, ...

Could a virtual currency be the solution to your boss' overuse of email? A start-up called Seriosity thinks so. Don't worry, it's not coming to your regular email anytime in the near (or distant) future, this is an enterprise tool. Here's how it works: The sender of an email attaches units of the virtual currency, called a Serio, to messages. The higher the importance, the more Serios you'd ...

In an effort to stay hot on Yahoo!'s tail, Google has updated Google Finance. It's only been six months in the running, and now its time for a change. In this update, Google has added data and charts for up to 40 years of US stocks. A new homepage design lets users see currency and sector information instantly, as well as a listing of top movers. Registered users on the site have the ability to ...

MoneyTwins allows you to exchange foreign currency directly, without the hassle of using a bank. MoneyTwins uses a price for the exchange rate that only the largest top financial institutions use, which is lower than usual, saving a ton of money for end users by not charging commissions, or transaction fees. There is a chart on the site that lists the last 10 orders for transfers which looks ...

Photoshop has a charming "feature" that prevents you from importing images of money. It's an anti-counterfeiting measure of dubious value, and if you're a designer who wants to make fair use of images of money in a piece, the restriction is a huge pain. Fortunately, there's a way around it, as described by Deke McClelland in this video at O'Reilly's Digital Media blog. It's a really easy ...

A few weeks ago I was thinking to myself, wouldn't it be great if my web browser automatically converted currency on foreign web sites to U.S. dollars? I thought briefly about trying to hack something together with Greasemonkey, but in the end I was too lazy, which is just as well because of course someone has already done it for me, though not with Greasemonkey. ViewMyCurrency is a Firefox ...