Twingly - Seach Engine for Bloggers
Twingly is a recently launched search engine that only displays results from blogs when queries are made. Twingly prides itself on being spam free unlike similar blog search products and combines various social and web 2.0 features into a functional service.
Twingly has it’s own blog ranking system similar to Technorati that ranks blogs via popularity but takes it a step futher by seperating blogs into language categories, want to find the most popular German, Spanish, Sweddish, French or Danish blogs? Now you can with Twingly. Blog profiles, search result voting and link tracking are some of the other fearures of Twingly. Read more
Google Chrome out of beta only for Windows
In a surprise release Google has decided to drop the beta from Google Chrome and has enough confidence in the progress of the web browsing software for an official version ready for the browsing masses. Make no mistake that this is a buried release however, Chrome was released in beta format just over 3 months ago but has been revised, updated and re released over a dozen times since. It is very evident that Google had and continues to prioritized Chrome’s development.
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Challenge to Internet Explorer and Firefox
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or IE is the most popular browser but critics argue that this is mainly because it comes bundled with Windows. IE is followed in a distant second by Mozilla’s Firefox which is mostly used by tech savvy users attracted to the speed and customizable nature of Firefox. Read more
WordPress 2.7 Launches - Coltrane
Wordpress has released a new version of their popular blogging platform. Wordpress 2.7 or “Coltrane” main new feature is an overhauling of the backend user interface of the software. Since the last redesign of the Wordpress interface in version 2.5 many users had been vocal with their dissatisfaction with the design and layout. It’s too early to say now but so far there have been nothing but praises for the new interface and new features such as sticky post - which allows bloggers to to “stick” a post to the top of their blog no matter it’s post date.
A very informative video was also released with wordpress 2.7 that details it’s new features, the inspiration behind the changes and much more.
Technorati Launches Beta Version of Ad Network
Well known blog indexing powerhouse Technorati has quietly launched the beta version of their blog targeted advertising network called Technorati Engage. There isn’t even official word yet over at the official Technorati blog but they have been hinting at in in recent weeks. Blog owners are invited to register Engage and sell space on their blogs to sell image ads, text ads and almighty blog friendly 125 x 125px button ads.
Technorati Engage offers bloggers another welcomed option when seeking to monitize their websites and website or blog owners the oportunity to advertise but it is still too early to tell whether Engage will be a successful undertaking. Blog owners who wish to become Publishers can sign up for Technorati Engage here.
iPhone Website and Application Simulator
The Apple iPhone has emerged as a successful mobile phone product in recent times. Millions of iPhones have been sold and that means there is a sizable number of web users worldwide who navigate the internet on their iPhone. If you are an iPhone application developer, thinking of becoming one or would just like to see how your web page looks when displayed on an iPhone then the iPhone simulator at TestiPhone.com would come in very useful.
Google Site Search offers new Index Now Option
Google Site Search is a hosted indexing solution that provides public businesses with access to Google’s search functionality and technology. For a while now however customers have complained about how slow the actually indexing of pages were especially for individuals with websites who often get updated with hundreds of pages at a time and need the information on these pages accessable to website visitors and potential customers as quickly as possible.
Now the Site Search is getting a much need speed boost with the introduction of On-demand Indexing, which lets users refresh search results for Web sites with the click of a “Index Now” button. Read more
Using Twitter to Enhance and Promote your Website
Twitter is a web 2.0 micro blogging service with a big focus on social networking. Users of the service have the ability to write and receive short messages called “tweets”. You can decide to receive updates from users by following then from their profile page and users wishing to receive your updates can do the same. Updates can be sent and received via the Twitter website or through RSS, email, cellphone messages and a host of third party services.
Twitter was created in 2006 and in recent months have exploded to become a very useful tool for having a presence on the web. Creating a profile for your website and publishing updates related to the content of your site can go a far way to creating relationships with your visitors as well as allowing them an alternative way to acces your website.
Be Careful of Repetitive Strain Injury
Repetitive Strain Injury can be caused by the repeated use of any tool or equipment or by any motion that involves doing the same action repeatedly. RSI affects various types of persons but this entry will be focused on computer users.
Repetitive Strain Injury Explained
Repetitive Strain Injury is a serious problem among computer users, especially typists, web developers and other computer related professions that involved using a computer for extended periods. RSI affects a user when the tendons, muscles nerves, and other soft tissues in the hand, fingers, wrist elbows and shoulders are strained due to repeated and prolonged use of the keyboard and mouse. The stress of these parts combined with bad posture and improper keyboard and mouse use can be dangerous.
Caribwebdev.com one year old
It’s been a year already since the Caribbean Web Development Blog has been online. The team would like to take this opportunity to thank all our visitors through the year for visiting our blog and we look forward to making useful and quality web development related posts for many years to come.
Beta version of Google Chrome Browser launched
Google has official released their own web browser named Chrome. Google Chrome is an open source web browser which intends to provide greater stability, speed and security than existing browsers, while still remaining a simple efficient and easy to piece of software with a minimalistic user interface.
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The Beta version of Chrome for the windows platform was launched today in 43 different languages with Linux and Mac OS X versions coming in the very near future.
