You may all have requested Google Wave invitations, tried that product for a few days with a few friends, and of course most of us did abandon that product: certainly the reason why Google will discontinue that project.
Remember, Wave was the brainchild of Google Australia’s Lars Rasmussen and, when it launched last year, it generated a huge amount of buzz because of the innovative way it allowed people to communicate in groups.
Google won’t meet success every time they launch a product…
Here is a great picture showing up Google’s Biggest flops (Buzz is already listed you may notice):
It’s my default browser on the PC, and I can’t wait for it to be released on the Mac. But according to Google the browser is still buggy… Patience…
Gadget Advisor is a new site that I love, it’s there that you will find “the cream” of the best hardware, software, gadgets and tech news.
You’ll find there many useful tools advices like the Best extensions for Firefox or Blaze Media Pro review.
I discovered Google Cache Checker Firefox extension from the hand picked selection of of items made on that website.
Google just added CalDAV support to Google calendars, here’s a tutorial on how to synchronize Google Calendars on iCal without any third party application or plugin installed:
- Go to preferences from iCal and select the “accounts” tab
- Click the “+” button to add a new account
- Fill the pop up with these informations:
Description: This will be the title for your CalDAV calendar list
Username: The complete email address you are using with Google Calendar (example: steve@gmail.com).
Password: The password you are using to sign in to Google Calendar.
In the Server Options drop-down, enter [ https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/ [ your Google Calendar email address ] /user ] as your Account URL (example: https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/steve@gmail.com/user)
- Then click on add and wait a few minutes until your calendars are completely synched to your Mac; all subsequent syncs are instantaneous.
If you’re a frequent visitor of MacAmour, you may have read many posts on an Open Source application called QuickSilver. A mix between a Spotlight, Finder, Terminal but most of us are using it like a launcher in OS X.
But if you’re a user of QuickSilver you may also know the developer claimed the project has been discontinued since 2007.
But there’s a wind of hope in the air. While another developer trying to clean up QS’s code to make it faster; the original author of this amazing tool is working on a new version of QS!
Download the latest version of QuickSilver here.
You’ll notice the last version has some new features nobody heard about like Quick Look support!
The last update is version beta 56; june 25th.
Bonus: Nicholas Jitkoff’s (author of QS) conference at Google explaining QuickSilver!
You’ll find the video after the jump.
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the 10.5.3 update brought a new featurre to Adress Book : Synchronization with Google, which finally was only possible for those who own an iPhone or an iPod Touch (so you keep your gadget, your Mac and you Google Account synchronized).
To enable it just go to the preferences panel of Adress Book.
It’s now possible to do the same thing without owning any of the portable device, just follow this How to
Do you recognize this icon?
No? So do you recognize this application?
Yes, it’s Google Earth, the regular application you can all get here but with a “Macish” interface.
How to make it look like that?
Just download this package and follow the instructions!
