Edward Austin

It didn’t take long but a URL shortner for your G+ account has been release. Head over to http://gplus.to/ to claim your nick. Will come in handy for sending to friends and what not.

Netmagazine have posted a good guide on the basics of HTML5. Definitely worth checking out. By now you should already have a good idea about what canvas is and why it’s a fantastic part of HTML5. In this article, we will take a proper look at the features of canvas, from learning how to actually […]

Eight percent of U.S. Internet users are on Twitter. More than 20 million U.S. adults access Twitter at least once a month and more than 170 million tweets are sent every day. Younger users (ages 18-29) are more likely to use Twitter than older users. The service is also used more heavily by those with […]

Circles is a feature that allows you to group your online connections so you can share information with only that group. It will allow you to create a group of like-minded users instead of broadcasting everything to the same group of friends or followers, like you would on Facebook or Twitter. http://www.bnet.com/blog/customer-management/google-could-revolutionize-customer-service/650?promo=713&tag=nl.e713

One patent describes file sharing via “physics metaphors,” such as one device “sucking” files from another, or “pouring” them from one to another like water, with an accompanying sound effect. http://mashable.com/2011/07/08/apple-patent-file-sharing/” title=”http://mashable.com/2011/07/08/apple-patent-file-sharing/

Not long now till the official release of Mac Lion OS. Apple has begun seeding the release to developers. Apple is yet to announce a release date for OS X Lion, but we do know that it is coming sometime this month on the Mac App Store (exclusively) for $29.99. Apple is gearing up to […]

I’ve been using Box.net personally and professionally for quite a few months now. I’m very impressed with its features on the continuous improvements they have done. The workflow features are a stand out from a business point of view. Dropbox is great but for using as a document management system Box.net has it beat hands […]

ts weapon is the TouchPad, a 9.7-inch tablet from HP that got official back in February and will be available July 1st (if you don’t manage to find it earlier) — $499.99 for the 16GB model, $599.99 for 32GB. That’s exactly on parity with the WiFi iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1, current kings of […]

As social CRM specialists Get Satisfaction found, many consumers who follow brands online are only in it for the perks. Around 40% of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter users in a recent study said they followed brands to get access to discounts and special deals.

Some pretty hand tools, that any web dev should have in his bookmarked kit.