Tag Archives: web apps

Are we ready to create Wikipedia for Data?

April 9, 2008 – 9:59 pm | By Gatt | Posted in Internet | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

An article from Bred Taylor titled “We need Wikipedia for Data“, created lot of buzz. As the name suggests article covers need to create freely licensed data that every programmer can access. Later, ReadWriteWeb summarized some of the projects already creating free data. Question remains are we ready to create something as big and useful as Wikipedia? Read More »

Google Docs finally offers Offline Access

March 31, 2008 – 4:10 pm | By Gatt | Posted in Internet | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Offline access to Google Docs is a feature; we have been waiting for some time. Now you can access Google docs and spreadsheet even when you are not connected to the internet and docs will be synchronized when you connect back to internet. Read More »

Google Gears – Take Webapp Offline

March 31, 2008 – 3:11 pm | By Gatt | Posted in Internet | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Google gears is an Open Source browser extension (addon) that lets web application work offline. It provides developers with a tool for creating Web applications that can be used Offline too. Web application users can work offline after installing the browser extension and data will be automatically synchronized when they are back online. Read More »

One more reason to use Google apps

March 2, 2008 – 3:35 pm | By Gatt | Posted in Internet | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

Google finally launched Google sites (earlier called Jotspot). You can create simple and easily editable websites using Google sites. The service is well integrated with other Google apps like Calendar, Docs and Spreadsheet. Each apps account gets 10GB in free storage. You can invite other users for collaboration, keep your site private, share with few people or publish it for the world to view. Read More »

Online Task Manager

February 5, 2008 – 7:02 pm | By Gatt | Posted in Internet | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

There are many free web based task managers and online todo lists. These online task tools are great because they provide portability and ease of using anywhere. Which one to use? If you are looking for simplicity and ease of use, then best task tools are Remember the Milk (RTM) and Todoist. Read More »