As many of you know, we’ve been testing a new Yahoo.com homepage since September. We chose a random fraction from our millions of users in four countries to play around with the new homepage and give us feedback on the new features. As expected, we’ve gotten a wide range of reactions from our testers -– the good, the bad, and the ugly. We’ve heard every word and have made some changes accordingly. For example, in the latest version, we’ve added a Mail link to the “Yahoo! Services” area so that people can get to their email faster. We’ll keep making...
Send that big PowerPoint presentation or Excel spreadsheet without clogging up your recipient's email inbox straight from Microsoft Office using previously mentioned file delivery service YouSendIt. Their new Office add-in puts YouSendIt into, appropriately, the Send to menu above the Email option. The YouSendIt Microsoft Office add-in is a free download. [via]...
by Michelle Lentz The closer to mainstream Twitter gets, the more time wasting third-party apps will appear. I call that the Facebook model. By watching my Twitter feed, I’ve come across three fairly pointless applications just today : TweetValue: This site assesses the value of your Twitter ID. I have no idea how they figure this out or how it might ever be useful. According to the site, “The value is calculated with a Ph.D algoritm that is based on the public information available on your Twitter profile.” Uh, right. Anyway, JasonCalacanis is worth over $14000. Me? Not so much....
(Credit: AOL) It's been a busy two days for AOL Mail. On Wednesday, AOL launched a beefier version of the AOL Mail gadget for iGoogle. On Thursday, AOL won a few more fans with the introduction of its beta feature AOL Sync. AOL Mail for iGoogle improves upon the previous gadget by replacing the preview-only capability with functionality that lets you compose, reply, and fully manage your in-box from the iGoogle page. AOL Sync beta, launched today, targets mobile and desktop users with the ability to sync their AOL address book and calendar in real time to Microsoft Outlook, iPhone,...
When you experiment with Mechanical Turk, it feels like magic. You toss 500 questions into the ether, and the answers instantly start rolling in from anonymous workers around the world. It was great for getting work done, but who are these people? I've seen the demographics, but that was too abstract for me. Last week, I started a new Turk experiment to answer two questions: what do these people look like, and how much does it cost for someone to reveal their face? Answer #1. This is what Mechanical Turk looks like (click for full-size): Answer #2. About $0.50. Results...
Hey all, we really need your help in finding some display cases in NYC that are available for rent during the first week of December. We'd prefer to have something similar to what's in the above image. Doesn't matter if it's a vertical stand or horizontal, we just need any jewelry or showcase type display case. This is basically the final item we need in our planning for the Gizmodo Gallery and we're having some trouble finding a good case to rent. We've got sooooo many amazing little gadgets for you to see but without a proper display case we...