| New on Webware |  | They did it: Opera Mini lands on iPhone
Posted by Jessica Dolcourt
Fewer than three weeks ago, we wondered aloud if Opera Software's bid to get its Opera Mini Web browser into Apple's iPhone App Store was pure folly, or if it was a gamble that Opera could actually win. This week, Opera (and Apple) proved doubters and naysayers--like me--wrong when Apple approved Opera Mini for iPhone. The appearance of Opera Mini on the App Store gives iPhone users another significant browser choice based on a completely different Web engine, and one that happens to be noticeably faster than Safari in our tests. Read more |  | Key Google Docs changes promise faster service
Posted by Tom Krazit
Google has made some under-the-hood changes to its Google Docs product, promising faster service and real-time collaboration tools. The changes address many of the demands of Google Docs users for more speed and better compatibility with offline products like Microsoft Word and Excel. Read more | | Andreessen-founded Ning cuts staff, free service
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
Uh-oh. Just a month after Gina Bianchini, co-founder of build-a-social-network service Ning, departed the company, it's cutting 40 percent of its staff and axing its free, ad-supported service. Read more | | Trillian 4.2 beta for Windows keeps chats safe for work
Posted by Jessica Dolcourt
Conversationalists using Trillian IM will now have a new version of the multinetwork chat app to try: Trillian 4.2 beta for Windows. While it's still a minor update by our standards, there are a few interesting additions to this version of Trillian that make the software more workplace friendly. Read more | | Evernote doubles note size limits, adds versioning
Posted by Josh Lowensohn
Evernote has pushed out a useful update to its premium service that adds a few more reasons to spend the $5 a month (or $45 a year) fee. Premium users now get double the storage on the size of notes, which has jumped from 25MB to 50MB a pop. More impressive though is that the service is finally getting versioning control. Read more | | | | E-mail advancements | | | Xobni's uber e-mail search tool primed for Outlook 2010
Posted by Jessica Dolcourt
Microsoft Outlook 2010 beta may still be weeks away from making the jump to general release, but that hasn't stopped Xobni from creating a new version of its e-mail search tool that's compatible with Outlook 2010. We tested out Xobni's version 1.9.2 e-mail search assistant on Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 beta with good results. Read more | | Gmail gets drag-and-drop attachments
Posted by Josh Lowensohn
Google put out a pair of small, but useful Gmail updates this week that make it both easier to use and more integrated with the company's free Calendar service. Notably, both have skipped a trial through the service's "labs" section, and gone straight through to the final product. Read more |
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