Google Pranks Starts Flame War on Wikipedia - Adobe Air for Linux - Amazon Launches TextBuyIt - Scribd Scans to iPaper - Free Line Report 4-3-08
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Google released a storm of pranks for April Fool’s day, some funny and some not. The most memorable was a joke about a new feature on email that almost started a flame war on Wikipedia.
Google is taking Google Docs offline with Google Gears. This is in an attempt to compete with Microsoft Office Live and Adobe Air’s new Buzz word processors, who both have offline and online capabilities.
Adobe Air, the programming language that can take Flash offline, will see a release soon for the free operating system, Linux. This is a huge thing for Linux users. And for an example of a cool program using Adobe Air, check out Stompernet Scrutinizer.
Amazon launched TextBuyIt last Thursday. It allows any user to order something from Amazon directly from their cellphones.
This week’s award for Pushing the Free Line goes to Scribd, who will now take any book you have and scan it to text for free. You send it to them, they scan it in and then store it in their iPaper format.
I have to say - these videos are becoming a habit for me. It’s getting to the point where I want to watch just to make sure I don’t miss anything cool that’s happening in the tech world. Great job Brad. Cool stuff.
Dan
I am still waiting to see the results of the opt in Brad mentioned .. What side makes a difference ??? Tell me ! Pls