Google Google Docs Gets Drag-and-Drop Uploads Google just announced it's extending the drag-and-drop functionality in its online office suite, Google Docs. A few weeks ago, it introduced an image uploader for docs that worked the same way as the new feature does - you simply drag a file from your computer's and it will immediately upload to "the cloud," (the cloud, in this case being the… Sarah Perez View comments
mobile The Mobile Web Takes Over for Generation Y Mobile browser maker Opera has released its latest report on the mobile Web and this time it's come to a conclusion you'll arrive at soon enough as the family gathers for the holidays and everyone under 30 has their nose buried in a mobile phone - "Generation Y chooses the mobile Web". In fact, most 18-27 year-olds surveyed in the report… Mobile Mike Melanson View comments
Facebook Tim Berners-Lee Calls Facebook a Walled Garden - Is That Fair? This week the Web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, published an article in Scientific American promoting open standards and net neutrality. In the article, he takes aim at Facebook for being a "walled garden." He claims that Facebook and other social networks are "walling off information posted by their users from the rest of the Web." If… Social Richard MacManus View comments
Case Studies Netflix's Advice on Moving to Amazon Web Services The Netflix's video streaming service has nearly tripled in growth during the past year. To scale the service, Netflix has moved its API and other operations to Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the past several months. In an interview today on the Cloudscaling blog, Netflix Cloud Architect Adrian Cockcroft discusses why Netflix moved to AWS. He… Alex Williams View comments
How-To How to Import JSON, YAML or CSV into FluidDB Using Flimp FluidDB is offering a new tool called "Flimp" (FLuiddb IMPorter) for importing JSON, YAML or CSV data sources into FluidDB. FluidDB is a new type of database, described as "a hosted database with the heart of a wiki." We've covered the project here previously. As a test, FluidDB imported all the metadata from data.gov and data.gov.uk using… Hack Klint Finley View comments