Archive for November, 2008

Google Enters Browser Wars with Gusto!

November 26, 2008

ANDROID, OPERA MINI and the MOBILE BROWSER WAR Google’s Android operating system has become the latest entrant in the mobile browser war since Opera’s Opera Mini now runs on it. It seems Google is not only entering the mobile browser war, but may soon be jumping feet first into the desktop browser war, too. Considering [...]

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Blackberry and Google Sync

November 26, 2008

Synchronize your calendars with Google Calendar. Google SyncNow supports the open CalDAV protocol and works with Blackberry mobile devices, Android devices, Mozilla Sunbird, Microsoft Outlook Apple iCal, and basically anything that supports/uses the CalDAV protocol. Wow! I’ve been waiting for this as I’ve been trying to switch to Google Calendar from Mozilla Sunbird so my [...]

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Low Gasoline Prices Because of Recession

November 24, 2008

Gas Prices Low Due To Recession – Expect Higher Prices As We Recover There is one good thing to come from the recession we are facing, low gasoline prices. Listening to news radio today during a finance segment the commentator/analyst said that gas prices were not going to be permanent and were only low because [...]

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UPS Absorbs DHL`s Domestic Ground and Air Services

November 24, 2008

As early as May of this year Forbes.com reported a deal brokered between UPS and DHL where UPS would basically carry DHL’s freight within the US and provide air services between the US and Mexico. Under the agreement, UPS will partner with DHL Express to carry freight for some of DHL’s express, deferred and international [...]

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Gmail on Blackberry Storm

November 24, 2008

Will you get Gmail on the Blackberry Storm? In one word YouSureAsHeckCan! As I noted in an earlier post about the Storm its browser supports real HTML. Or as the Verizon site’s really cool flash on the Blackberry Storm says in the Features section: With the Blackberry Storm, you can choose to view Internet content [...]

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