Google Docs Opens API - Amazon Fulfillment Service Gets Easier - iTunes Installs Safari by Default - Free Line Report 3-26-08

Google Analytics is now the de facto standard for free web analytics, from how many visitors you’re getting to what search engine keywords are bringing in the most traffic. Even though it is popular, a lot of its power isn’t getting tapped by most users. We’ve got a link to the top 20 resources – just for Google Analytics. Sometimes it’s amazing what you get for free.

And you may know that Amazon has been offering fulfillment services for business owners and other online merchants for some time. But until now, any business using Amazon’s fulfillment service had to go through a series of complicated and manual steps to ship anything. With the new Amazon API, this is all history – so if you’re selling physical products online, you might want to take another look at Amazon’s fulfillment service.

Ever wanted to share your iTunes music with your friends, but found out that’s harder than it should be? Well, check out the the free iTunes utility, Mojo. With Mojo you can easily share your iTunes library over the internet, and give your friends access to your songs.

If you use iTunes on Windows, you might be greeted with a surprise automatic installation of the new Safari web browser. The Mozilla Foundation, creator of Safari’s competitor, FireFox, is complaining, saying that users should at least have the choice whether or not to install Safari.

And finally, Google Doc’s has opened up its API, allowing users to add Google Gadgets inside of documents – for example, now you can create stunning reports for your Google Spreadsheet using the Visualization API. Developers will be able to really leverage the two technologies, which is great for people that use Google’s free online alternative to Microsoft Office. You know, it’s getting harder and harder to compete with Free.


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Google分析现在实际上成为了免费网站分析的标准,从了解你一共有多少用户到哪些关键字带来了最多的流量。尽管它很流行,但是很多用户还没有物尽其用。我们为专门大家准备了关于Google分析的20个顶级资源。有些时候免费的东西也出乎你意料。

你也许知道亚马逊为企业主和网络零售商提供商品配送服务已经有一段时间了。不过到目前为止,任何想使用亚马逊进行商品配送的企业都必须办理一系列复杂而繁琐的手续。而通过最新亚马逊的API,这些都将成为过去——如果你在网络上出售实物商品,你也许需要对亚马逊的配送服务有新的认识了。

你是否曾想过和朋友分享你iTunes里的音乐,却发现实际情况要比想象中的困难?来看一下这个免费的iTunes工具,Mojo。通过Mojo你可以轻松的在网络上与朋友们分享你iTunes库里面的音乐,并且让他们进行下载了。

如果你使用Windows版的iTunes,也许你会发现某一天你的电脑里突然多出来一个新的Safari浏览器。而Mozillia公司,这个Safari的竞争者FireFox的创建者,不是很高兴,他们认为至少用户有选择是否安装Safari浏览器的权利。

最后,Google Doc开放了它的API,这将使用户可以在文件中添加Google Gadgets。比如,现在你可以通过图形API在Google电子表格中加入漂亮的图表了。开发者们一定会充分利用这两项技术,从而造福那些用Google文档作为微软Office替代品的用户们。你知道,与免费竞争越来越费力了。


Safari Now Supports Windows - Cool Ajax Scripts - Yahoo Plans to Increase Revenue 73% - Free Line Report 3.20.08

Apple has released a new version of the Safari web browser, but this one works on Windows. That’s right – Safari is still free to download and no longer just for Macs. There may even be a Linux version in the near future. Plus, this new version of Safari is sleek and smaller than before, and it supports all the latest web technologies like HTML 5 and CSS 3, and it allows you to use web applications like Gmail and Google Docs — offline.

Ajax and javascript can really improve the look and feel of your web site, but unless you’re a javascript programmer, that doesn’t help you very much. The Six Revisions blog for web development and design has links to ten cool scripts – all free – that you can install yourself to spice up your site. The list includes a free site tour creator and one called Image Flow that lets your visitors scroll through a group of images, just like an iPod.

Yahoo brought out a new three year plan to grow their revenue by 73 percent. Most of the projection involves beefing up key components like the click thru rates in search, display and video ads. These projections seem a bit optimistic juxtaposed against their current financial woes, but we’ll see.

Adobe announced that with Apple’s release of the iPhone Software Developers Kit, they can start making a version of Flash that will work on the iPhone. Until now, lack of Flash support on the iPhone has meant a weaker web browsing experience for iPhone users who could not access anything created in Flash — like half the internet.

Backed by Hummer Winblad, Slide Rocket is taking the functionality of Power Point to the internet, and even improving upon its features. Right now, the program is in private beta, and getting impressive reviews. When it is released later this year there will be a free version and two paid versions, giving you yet another way to create slick web based presentations.


(Chinese version 中文版) Safari Now Supports Windows - Cool Ajax Scripts - Yahoo Plans to Increase Revenue 73% - Free Line Report 3.20.08

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Apple刚刚推出了一个新版本的Safari浏览器 ,不过这回是windows版本。没错—Safari仍然提供免费下载并且不光运行在苹果机,也许不远的将来还会运行在Linux上。另外,新版本的 Safari比以前更加小巧,它将支持所有最新的技术比如HTML5和CSS3,而且你将可以在离线状态下使用Gmail和Google Docs等网络程序。

Ajax和javascript确实能提升你网站的外观和体验,但前提是你要是个javascript程序员,如果不是的话就未必了。网站建设与设计博客The Six Revision提供了10个最酷的脚本 ,全部免费,你可以用他们为网站增添色彩。这个列表包括一个免费导航生成器和一个叫做Image Flow的滑动图片浏览器,就像iPod一样。

Yahoo拿出了一套在三年内提升73%收入的计划 ,绝大部分预测来自于提升主要组成部分比如在搜索、展示和视频广告中的点击率。这些预测看起来过于乐观并与现在的财政状况不符,让我们继续观望吧。

Adobe最近宣布随着苹果iPhone软件开发平台的发布,他们将可以为推出一款iPhone版的Flash 。目前为止,由于缺乏对flash的支持iPhone用户一直觉得不能浏览任何用Flash内容十分扫兴,总好像缺点什么。

由于有Hummer Winblad,Slide Rocket是个可以实现全功能Power Point的网站 ,甚至提供了更酷的功能。现在,这个程序正在内测阶段,并提供了华丽的预览。当它在今年晚些时候发布的时候会有一个免费版和两个付费版,他们将带给你全新的方式创建基于网站的Presentation。


Facebook - Safari - Yahoo Live - OpenID - Free Line Report 2.13.08

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Getting sick of all those Facebook application requests?  Get ready to see a cut down on all that clutter — Facebook released a new initiative that will reward Facebook Apps that people like, and punish those that get a poor response, by limiting how many notices and invitations they send out.  Nice. The more people use an application, not spam with it — the more power it gets. But with MySpace putting out its own application framework last week, get ready to see more pokes – and more pushy friends. :-)

Mac users need to check out the beta version of the new Safari browser.  This thing is blazing fast; it leaves FireFox in the dust, and it just might get Apple into the browser wars. Of course, it doesn’t have the add-on’s and plug-in’s that Firefox does, but you need to see the speed to believe it.

Yahoo keeps pushing out new toys for people to use, even while fending off hostile takeovers.  Their latest web application is Yahoo Live — a live streaming website that allows you to broadcast video in real time over the internet, like uStream. Very cool.

OpenID, a system for allowing users to log into any website with a single username and password, has rocketed forward this week with plans for support announced from web giants Microsoft, Google, and Verisign.  Combined with the support from big movers like LiveJournal, Yahoo and many others, this standard for world wide login’s may be catching on.

Intel’s looking to put the internet in the palm of your hands by making a cheap, fast chip called SilverThorne.  It will be the smallest and most affordable chip of its speed on the market, and will be used in tiny, palm sized computers used to give an online experience identical to the one on a desktop.


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