Apple Safari Introduces Extensions with Version 5.0.1 Apple announced today the release of its latest version of Web browser Safari. Version 5.0.1 introduces Safari extensions as well as an extensions gallery, bringing the browser into sync with other leading browsers such as Firefox and Chrome. Extensions were initially added with the June release of Safari 5, but were primarily for developer… Mike Melanson View comments
Browsers Firefox 4 Beta 2 Introduces Web Apps...Err... App Tabs The latest release of the Firefox 4 beta has arrived, and among the handful of new features introduced this round is the addition of App Tabs. These favicon-sized tabs let you pin your most frequently used programs to the top-left side of your tab bar. In an introductory video, Mozilla suggests tabs for email, calendar, IM and streaming music - you… Sarah Perez View comments
Polls The Decline of Startpages Like Netvibes & iGoogle (POLL) 2-3 years ago, so-called "startpages" were all the rage - online dashboards where users could store links and quickly scan important news feeds. Startpages were also an evolving platform for "widgets," mini web apps inside of a web page. The big Internet companies had startpages: iGoogle, My Yahoo!, Microsoft's Live.com. Among the… Richard MacManus View comments
Cloud Computing When Does CRM Become a Collaboration Service? At what point does a CRM application become a collaboration service? And when does a collaboration service become a CRM application? These are question we ask ourselves when we see the range of services with features that combine these two related application environments. For instance, PBWorks today unveiled a service that allows people to… Alex Williams View comments
Social Bookmarking Write On Top of the Internet With New Firefox Add-On A new browser add-on by L.A.-based Border Stylo aims to bring the social web experience closer than ever before to the experience of sitting next to a friend and pointing to something on your screen. The Glass add-on (now in private beta for Firefox, coming soon to Google's Chrome browser) combines elements of social bookmarking, Facebook and the… Social Adrianne Jeffries View comments