 | | Is Google Wave getting Buzzed? | | If Google Wave eventually fails to live up to the promise and hype that accompanied its launch at Google I/O in May, consider its demise an inside job. Arguably one of Google's biggest announcements of last year, Google Wave appears to be an afterthought among the tech trendsetters after the launch of Google Buzz in early February. Privacy concerns mostly laid to rest, Google Buzz is actually doing much of what Google Wave promised: collaborative discussion, media sharing, and social networking within an e-mail-like framework. So what are Google customers and users to do with two Web communication platforms? Is Google Buzz simply a stepping stone to Google Wave? Or is it something more, something designed to bypass its more powerful yet complicated corporate sibling?
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CNET.com |  | | New on Webware | | | Firefox 3.0 reaching end of the line
Posted by Stephen Shankland
A few months later than expected, Mozilla is calling it quits for version 3.0 of its Firefox browser. Mozilla had planned to discontinue support for Firefox 3.0 in January, but the browser got a lifespan extension after Firefox 3.6 arrived later than planned. The move reflects a gradual shift toward upgrading browsers more frequently, not just to keep up with new features, but also to free up resources otherwise spent on testing and maintaining older browsers and to reduce security risks associated with them. Read more |  | Twitter CEO unveils '@Anywhere' platform
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
Twitter this week announced the "@Anywhere" platform, a way to pull Twitter links and data onto partner sites and media outlets. The company has 13 launch partners, including Digg, The New York Times, MSNBC.com, eBay, Amazon, and Bing. The feature is a big deal for publishers, but also promises to bring some of the same log-in and credential-checking features found in Facebook's Connect service. Read more | | ModCloth crowdsources vintage fashion
Posted by Sharon Vaknin
Most online retailers keep a safe distance from their customers (unless they're asking for credit card information). ModCloth, an e-retailer of vintage women's fashion founded in 2002, is deviating from this model by creating a community of fashionistas included in almost every part of the company. Read more | | VoxOx now translates as you type
Posted by Seth Rosenblatt
The latest improvement to software chat app VoxOx is a universal translator that translates all text-based messages in real time, and with a reasonable amount of accuracy. It will work with all supported instant-messaging services, including Facebook IM, Twitter, and SMS messages. Read more | | Google making it easier to leave Exchange
Posted by Tom Krazit
Google's assault on Microsoft's enterprise software business continues to advance with a new tool that helps companies move away from Exchange. The Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange tool, which launched this week, is designed to give Exchange administrators help in moving their users' data into Google Apps. Read more | | | | Webware on your phone | | | Hands-on: Xobni's insta-address book for BlackBerry
Posted by Jessica Dolcourt
Xobni for BlackBerry is a utility that dramatically expands your mobile address book by ingeniously scanning all incoming and outgoing e-mail for contacts and phone numbers it can capture. It builds a profile for every e-mail it detects, regardless of whether you've typed it yourself, or if it's already in your address book. Read more | | Mog's music service comes to iPhone, Android
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
This week, music service Mog unveiled its first mobile application. Called Mog All Access for Mobile, it'll be coming out as a $10-a-month subscription for the iPhone and Android platforms this spring and will feature access to on-demand streams of 7 million songs, radio stations, and "unlimited" downloads. Read more |
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