Section: Computers, Security, Software / Applications, Web, Web Apps, Websites If LastPass and Xmarks are two words that ring a bell to you, then you’d be interested about this news. Xmarks which has been struggling to survive for the past months has finally given up and decided to sell out to another company - LastPass. Alright, for the uninitiated like me, LastPass is a cross-platform password manager, while Xmarks is a social bookmarking and browser synchronization application. There, does that sound clear to you now? Xmarks has been around for several years now and has attracted more than 4.5 million users who have been synching more than 1 billion bookmarks worldwide. Xmarks has given these users a simple solution for accessing bookmarks anywhere, anytime. The influx of users is also the reason why Xmarks as we said has been struggling to keep its services available. Unfortunately, its business models might have not worked for the company, and so this sell out. So the deal with LastPass will ensure that Xmarks users will continue to enjoy the service while at the same time new features and improvements that will be brought about by the acquisition. According to Xmarks, LastPass’ vision of providing secure, universal access to the information everyone of us gives as we enter the digital life suits well in Xmarks mission. Financial details of the acquisition was not disclosed but Xmarks and integration is still being planned for implementation in the future. In the meantime, interested users can still download both LastPass and Xmarks as two distinct applications. Administering these two apps will also still be done separately. Have you used any of these two applications? What do you think about the merger? Read [Xmarks Blog] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Netbooks, Software / Applications, Peripherals, Displays/Projectors, Web, Web Apps, Web Browsers 
For those who ordered the new Jollicloud netbook, you're in luck since you'll be the first few who will get first dibs on how the new Jollicloud 1.1 OS performs. Jollicloud 1.1 comes preloaded with Jollibook netbook. While for other netbook users who have been waiting to get their hands on these netbook OS will have to wait until next week as Jollicloud announces via their Twitter account that it will be available for download by Dec. 7. Why the fuzz about the Jollicloud 1.1 OS? Well in case you missed the news beat, Jollicloud 1.1, which is actually based on Ubuntu Linux will let you use most Ubuntu apps such as OpenOffice.org, Pidgin, VLC Media Player and other useful apps. In addition, the new netbook OS will also let you install web apps via a single click by way of desktop shortcuts or homescree/app launcher. But the most exciting feature that Jollicloud 1.1 OS is bringing to netbook users is of course its support for HD video playback, specifically for netbooks loaded with Atom N550 dual core processors. Other features that the OS is bringing into the table include HTML-based user interface, boot speeds at 20 seconds or probably faster. So there. Hang on to your netbook folks. It's just a few more days to go before you can finally have Jollicloud OS running on your trusty old netbooks. Via [Liliputing] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Software / Applications, Web, Web Apps 
Evernote Beta for Mac has just been updated to version 2.0 If you’ve been using this app on your Mac, you should grab the update now to enjoy some new features that will make you love the Mac app even more. The two new features which actually are the most requested by users are - in-app notebook sharing and notebook stacks for better organization of your Evernote notebooks. Before you read what these two features will allow you to do, you might want to grab Evernote Beta for Mac 2.0 now. Simply click on the “update to beta versions” checkbox under the Software Update tab of the Evernote for Mac preferences. Check for updates and follow the steps for migrating your Evernote data. So now we will tell you what these two new features are all about. First, in-app notebook sharing. This new feature allows you to share your notebooks with friends and co-workers without leaving Evernote for Mac. Yes, obviously you can now do the sharing inside the app. You can make your Evernote notebooks viewable by the public or by selected invididuals from your Evenote contact list. When sharing your notebook to the public, you will be given a URL that you can share to anyone. Shared notebooks also have RSS feeds which can be crawled by search engine should any of the people you share it with publishes the URL online. If you don’t want to share your notebooks with anyone, you can just select individuals or groups by entering their email addresses. You can then specify whether those you are inviting will be required to sign into Evernote to view your notebooks. The other new feature of Evernote Beta for Mac 2.0 is notebook stacks. This is simply a visual way of grouping together your notebooks to let you manage and view them in a more organize fashion. It allows you to drag and drop all related notebooks into their respective stacks and then view or collapse them later on. These two new features of Evernote will also be rolled out to other platforms such as Evernote for Windows as well as the mobile versions. So stay tuned for updates if you’re not a Mac user. via [Evernote Blog] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, Content, Portable Video, Video Providers, Web, Online Music/Video A new video-on-demand service might be competiting with the likes of Hulu and Netflix soon, as PaidContent is reporting that UK’s BBC is planning bringing its iPlayer service to the U.S. soon. BBC iPlayer is a multi-platform on-demand service that serves BBC’s TV and radio shows. BBC iPlayer was launched a few year ago and since then, it has emerged as UK’s top broadcaster-operated video on-demand service. In October this year, BBC recorded 139 million request, making it a more popular VOD service than Hulu. Luke Bradley-Jones, BBC.com’s managing director told the Digital TV Summit sort of confirms this plan. "I can see the value of that view and I believe it's the way that the global iPlayer will go in the medium term. However I can announce here that we're going to be adopting a pure paid subscription model for the global iPlayer for launch – in part to get audiences used to using the service, but more importantly so we can generate additional value from the service in terms of the user data that it gives us,” said Mr. Bradley Jones.
No definite date as to when BBC iPlayer for iPad will be available. Although, right now, BBC.com is accessible via the iPad’s Safari mobile web browser, a native app is still a good strategy especially if BBC wants to compete against the current US major players in the video on-demand market. We’ll continue monitoring this event as more information becomes available. Via [PaidContent] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile  Being one of Google’s most popular products outside of Search and Gmail, it was always a bit surprising that users have to find third-party apps to use Google Reader on Android phones. The only other option was to use Google’s web version which could be frustrating. Finally starting today Android users have an official Google app for Reader.
The standard features for the app are there: unread counts, friends, sharing, liking, starring and whatnot. Like the latest versions of Gmail on Android, the Reader app allows for multiple accounts to be logged in at once. You also have full control over subscriptions, so you can add subscriptions and search for them right from your Android device. Possibly the coolest feature of the app is volume-key navigation. The feature lets users go between stories in feeds by using volume up and down as you’d use “j” and “k” on the desktop version of the app. Google also included different ways of sharing stories with others, you can send stories out via email, Twitter, Facebook, Bluetooth, or any third-party app. Again, it is a bit surprising that the Reader app took this long, but it seems like a great app. Also of note, Google provided what seems like another look at Gingerbread menus in a screenshot for the app, which you see below. Below that image is a QR code to get the app from the Android Market. Read [Google Reader Blog] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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