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Sunday, 28 June 2009 15:23

Ogogo Apps - Small Business CRM, Contact Management & Project Management

Ogogo Apps allows you to access all your important information anytime, anywhere. All you need is a computer with internet access.

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Nanotech tea bag creates safe drinking water instantly, for less than a penny [Nanotechnology]

A new "tea bag" uses nano-fibers to suck contaminants and bacteria out of water, providing a desperately-needed, cheap solution for the billions of people without clean drinking water. More »
How to Use Text Expansion to Save Yourself Hours of Typing Every Week [Text Substitution]

In a regular day, most of us type the same things over and over again, wasting an enormous amount of time in the process. Why not let your computer do some of that work for you? That's where text expansion comes in. More »
GooReader Brings Google Books to Your Windows Desktop [Downloads]

Windows: GooReader is a desktop application for Google Books that allows you to search, read, and even download the books and magazines you find. More »
Matrix Is the No-Nonsense Flight Pricing Engine that Powers the Others [Air Travel]

ITA Software's Matrix is the software that powers Orbitz, Kayak, CheapTickets, and lots of airlines and travel agents' tools. But you can skip all their ads and come-ons and search Matrix itself for the no-nonsense scoop on flying cheap. More »
PhoneAble Syncs Your iPhone with Multiple iTunes Libraries [Downloads]

Windows: We've mentioned one way to sync your iPhone with multiple computers, but if you'd rather not download a hex editor just to manually hack your iTunes libraries, free utility PhoneAble will do it all for you with just a few clicks. More »
Google Contacts Upgrades with Keyboard Shortcuts, Better Gmail Integration, and More [Gmail]

Google updated their Contacts tool today, aiming to make Contacts easier to use and more consistent within Gmail. In features, that means you get new keyboard shortcuts, sorting contacts by last name, custom labels for every field, and more. More »
Thingler Creates Real-Time Collaborative Lists [Collaboration]

Open source web application Thingler creates real-time to-do lists so you and one or more collaborator can work on building and crossing items off a list without reloading the page. More »
Google Goes Live with Multi-Account Sign-Ins [Google]

Google had started rolling out multiple account sign-ins earlier this week, and now it appears to have reached critical mass. Check in your Google Accounts page, and your days of multiple browsers or tricky add-ons should be over. More »
Google Halts Wave Development, Shutting It Down By End of Year [News]

Sad news on the Google wire today, at least for fans of the next new thing. Google announced, in a post filled with examples of Wave's innovations and strengths, that the real-time messaging and collaboration tool hasn't seen "the user adoption we would have liked." As such, the search giant won't "plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product," but will keep the servers on through 2010, and incorporate aspects of Wave into other Google products. Many of us Lifehackers obviously dug Google Wave and are sad to see it go, but it seems like features like contextual spell check and web-based "robots" could find a new home. [Official Google Blog] More »
Marklets Is One Bookmarklet to Rule Them All [Bookmarklets]

Web site Marklets.com is a massive index of bookmarklets, and the accompanying Marklets bookmarklet which gives you instant and active access to the entire spread of bookmarklets indexed on the site. More »
How Can I Make iOS 4 Usable on My iPhone 3G? [Ask Lifehacker]

Dear Lifehacker,
My iPhone has been intolerably slow since I upgraded to iOS 4, and while I know I can downgrade to 3.1.3 if I have to, I was wondering if I can do anything to speed things up on iOS 4. More »
Freemake Is a Remarkably Simple, Yet Feature-Filled Video Converter and Editor [Downloads]

Windows only: With all video converting apps out there, it can get a bit overwhelming. Freemake combines almost everything you need into a clean, simple, one-stop-shop for all your video converting, editing, and burning needs. More »
Update Twitter and Facebook Using Just Your Voice
Yep, there's an app for that: the newly minted Dragon Dictation 2.0. Already a killer tool for turning voice notes into text, the app now lets you post directly to Twitter or Facebook.
Get a Read Receipt Using Gmail
So what if you are a Gmail user and you want to know when someone reads your message? It turns out that there is a way to get a read receipt without changing your mail program.

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Learning to write a Joomla plugin. Big stretch for a non-coder such as myself.

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Blargh! Keyboard shortcuts stopped working for Google Reader on my laptop, in both Chrome and Firefox - What did I do?

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