New on Webware.com | | Google Voice and Gmail are sort of merging Posted by Rafe Needleman Two new little Google Voice features just made their way into Gmail. A new option lets text messages sent to Google Voice show up as e-mail messages in Gmail. You can reply to messages from Gmail, too, which makes it a nice platform for carrying on a text message conversation. Read more | | Chrome extensions arriving in developer version Posted by Stephen Shankland Support for extensions to customize Chrome, the top-requested feature for Google's browser, has begun arriving for adventurous users. Previously, extensions worked only for those who enabled the feature with a command line switch. Now the feature is enabled by default in the developer preview version of Chrome on Windows. Read more | | No money? AffordIt can get you a PS3, anyway Posted by Rafe Needleman Want a PlayStation but don't have the cash for it, nor a credit card to charge it on? You can get the device delivered to you nonetheless at the low, low price of just $120 down, plus $13 a week for 24 weeks, from a new business called AffordIt. Now, if you do the math, you'll discover that buying something through AffordIt is a staggeringly bad deal. Read more | | TimeBridge: No place to hide from our meetings Posted by Rafe Needleman The meeting scheduler utility TimeBridge is growing up and expanding its mission. No longer just a schedule helper, the service is getting more tools to keep meetings that have already started running on time. Read more | | Trapped in a drain...try Facebook for help? Posted by Don Reisinger Australia's firefighters are apparently a bit worried about the future of emergency services, after rescuing two girls trapped in a storm drain who turned only to Facebook to ask for help. The person who called said that two girls, ages 10 and 12, were trapped in a drain in Adelaide. The girls had a mobile phone with them, but opted to ask for help through their Facebook profiles, rather than dial Triple Zero--Australia's equivalent of 911. Read more | | | Webware on your phone | | Skype comes to Canadian iPhones Posted by Jessica Dolcourt Good news for Canadian iPhone owners. On Wednesday, Skype for iPhone finally crossed the border into Canada, where it is now available for download from the App Store. The well-known voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, app first became available for the Apple smartphone about five months ago, on March 29. Read more | | Flickr versus m.Flickr: Which one should you use? Posted by Josh Lowensohn As a heavy Flickr user, half the time I'm accessing the site from my phone instead of my computer. So when Flickr got its very own iPhone application late Monday night, I was excited to give it a spin. What I found though, is that despite some of its niceties, there are certain things you can only do on the mobile Safari version--many of which are important. Read more | | | | | Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most | CNET offers a wide variety of newsletters on everything from tech industry news to the latest games and gear. Browse the entire list now. | | | Manage newsletters | | | |
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