Check out http://www.drawastickman.com for a fun interactive story powered by Flash. You draw a stick figure and then the story commences where the stick figure asks you to draw some other things for them. … [Read more...]
Pandora Site Refresh Gives You HTML5 and Returns Free Unlimited Music
Pandora, a rather well-known streaming music service, has rolled out its new site to everybody. It boasts a bunch of new features including an "HTML5 look that makes it more responsive, easier to use, and better integrated with the friends and music lovers in your life." … [Read more...]
Facebook Changes Met With More Hatred Than Netflix/Qwikster Changes
All of your news is now in one place with the most interesting stories featured at the top. If you haven’t visited Facebook for a while, the first things you’ll see are top photos and status updates posted while you’ve been away. They’re marked with an easy-to-spot blue corner. If you check Facebook more frequently, you’ll see the most recent stories first. Photos will also be … [Read more...]
Amazon’s Kindle Books Come To Over 11,000 Public Libraries with OverDrive
The Kindle has taken off as a successful e-reader but a big failing has been the inability to get ebooks offered by your local public library. The format wars of ebooks has been a long one with no clear winner. The .epub format has been the most widely adopted with almost all devices except Kindle supporting them. Amazon's closed format remains but thanks to a partnership with … [Read more...]
Google+ Moves To Public Beta and Announces Upcoming Features
Google+ has been in private beta for the last 3 months and is now moving into public beta, no invite required. Although it's largely turned into a ghost town after much of the hype died down, it will be interesting to see what the new influx of people can do for the "not very social" social network. There are also new features being added and tweaked to bring some more … [Read more...]