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"submitted by reddit to blog." - Dan Smith

Stations where you can store baggage - Dan Smith

"Jenson Button likely to have to move to McLaren despite world champion status" - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

Interesting move. - Kol Tregaskes

Explain why. - yesterday's Plinky: http://www.plinky.com/prompts... - Kol Tregaskes

+1 for dan smith mentioning couch surfing - chaz2b

Use Google Mobilize to display web pages in low bandwidth format for mobile devices - Dan Smith

Wish me luck! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Thanks everyone. Yes it did, Dan!: http://ff.im/9h2fM - Kol Tregaskes

"T-Mobile and Orange plan to merge their UK businesses, creating a mobile phone giant with 28.4 million customers." - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

I couldn't possibly comment on that. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

"As QWERTY-equipped Nokias go we're having a hard time taking our eyes off the N900 (and the E72, come to think of it) -- but it might be worth keeping the N97 hanging around on the back burner, because Nokia certainly hasn't moved on yet. In fact, the company is crafting a rather hefty new update that'll be available next month, and on video, it seems to directly address a few areas that should immediately make the phone more usable, chiefly kinetic scrolling which makes lists behave in a way that's more natural and obvious for a full-touch device. There's also a smattering of bug fixes and performance improvements, more stock widgets available, alternate keyboard characters are now available via long press, and amazingly, they've managed to do all of this while still leaving more phone memory available." - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

Check out what other people bought! ;) - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

Works from Germany :) - Holger Eilhard

Huh, now back on 'English' soil and Facebook's lights are still out. - Gilbert Harding

This page offers performance information for Google Apps services. Unless otherwise noted, this status information applies to consumer services as well as services for organisations using Google Apps. Check back here any time to view the current status of the services - Dan Smith

"Reports of Facebook's death are greatly exaggerated but the concern about corporate control of online spaces is real" - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

funny you should say that I've just been bad mouthing google, http://ff.im/7DFo8 *now feels guilty* - Toby Graham

However Gear seems to be slowly my experience considerably, oh wait Dan means offline, never gunna happen. My whole life is stored at Google with no backup *worries* - Toby Graham

It's working for me (after a refresh) but Tasks is down. - Martin Bryant

Ah yep, working again now! - Dan Smith from email

"Google Chrome 4 has been released in the buildbot directory and is available for download for Windows, Linux and Max OS. After installing Google Chrome 4.0 from Buildbot’s snapshots, I checked Chromium’s about screen. Build 23181 is tagged as 4.0.202.0. No significant changes have been noticed except the ‘Get Themes’ Option, which is now available under Options -> Personal Stuff. Google Chrome is considered as one of the fastest browser and is gaining the market share quickly. Technical Program Manager Anthony Laforge says- “We’ve officially bumped Chromium to 4.0.x to reflect our code freeze point for 3.0. There is still a bit of work that needs to be done for 3.0 in terms of stability and fixes, and to that end we will be pulling changes into the 195 branch (what will become the stable release). Keep your eyes out for future updates on the beta channel.”" - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

i think 3 must be stable for themes and addons now. this can increase the user count. and sony deal is also here - Ahmet Soyata

"It's Ofcom's job to keep those cheeky mobile networks in line, and it's released maps of the nation's 3G coverage to show how they're living up to their 3G commitments. You couldn't use it to find out if you're house is covered -- unless you live in the Highlands, where you're pretty much screwed from every direction -- but it's interesting to see how the different networks stack up. Keep in mind that this only shows 3G coverage, so you could still make 2G voice and data calls from inside the blank spots. And it doesn't show the quality of the coverage, and you might get better data speeds from different networks in the same area. Also, there are some simplifications -- Ofcom assumed that all trees and buildings are 10m tall, for example, and that you're calling from outdoors. Ofcom says it's now going to work on getting coverage to the places that aren't getting any 3G love, such as rural areas. If you want to drill down to your postcode, check out the coverage maps on the networks' own Web sites: Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2, and 3." - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

"I'm going on holiday this week, and to avoid building up a huge amount of email in inbox for when I get back, i've been looking into the costs of using my iPhone abroad, so I can keep check on it while i'm out of the country. Here's how the 5 UK operators in stack up in terms of how much it will cost you to download 1MB of data to your phone, when roaming in a Western European country. 3 Mobile = £1.25 T-Mobile = £1.50 O2 = £2.94 Orange = £2.94 Vodafone = £4.99 As you can see, 3 and T-Mobile are clearly the cheapest out of the five, and this is because they have reduced their prices in accordance with a new EU regulation that caps the wholesale price (the price your mobile provider pays the foreign provider) of mobile data at €1. The idea is that the operators pass the reduction in price onto consumers. 3 and T-Mobile have clearly done this, whereas the other operators clearly have kept that saving for themselves." - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

Did you know that if you loose your phone, you can actually lock it remotely ? You don’t need to install any special software to do this. You can setup your handset to lock itself up by sending an SMS to the phone from anywhere. This will help protect the data on your handset from prying eyes. - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

Can anyone help Dan? - Kol Tregaskes

It seems that it's a common problem with the N97 on Three. Three support couldn't help so I ended up installing Nimbuzz instead. It might not have inclusive data like Messenger but instant messaging doesn't exactly use lots of data anyway! Nimbuzz works really well. - Dan Smith

remove the SIM! Or don't enter the PIN when turn on - Flavio

I know for my 5800 you can go offline and then activate the wifi again without problem - Jaap Willem from iPod

Thanks guys. Problem solved! Didn't realise it'd be as easy as going offline and then into an app that needs a net connection. - Dan Smith

"Just take these precautions - Features that use Bluetooth technology, or allowing such features to run in the background while using other features, increase the demand on battery power. Turn Bluetooth technology off when you do not need it. Features that use Wireless LAN (WLAN), or allowing such features to run in the background while using other features, increase the demand on battery power. WLAN on your Nokia device switches off when you are not trying to connect, not connected to an access point, or not scanning for available networks. To further reduce battery consumption, you can specify that your device does not scan, or scans less often, for available networks in the background. If you have set Packet data connection to When available in connection settings, and there is no packet data coverage (GPRS), the device periodically tries to establish a packet data connection. To prolong the operating time of your device, select Packet data connection > When needed. The Maps... more... - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

Hlorri from HowardForums has am amazing and very in depth post about mobile email applications I’ve ever read, I thought I would share some of it here with you here after getting his permission. I prefer emoze but I’m bias because they are a client of mine. I will try to keep Hlorris’ order and consistency that he has in his forum post. Keep in mind he focused on readers for a standard IMAP/SMTP setup, as opposed to branded services (GMail, Yahoo, etc) or corporate and proprietary offerings (like Outlook, Lotus Domino, etc). That said, several of these clients support these setups as well. Let’s jump in without any more rambling from me. - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

"I won’t have much time to sit in front of a computer throughout the day since I’ll be at work so I’ve set up the homescreen on my N97 with a few more RSS feeds to keep me updated. Keep reading to see how I managed to get the homescreen like the image above." - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

Don't remember seeing that Kol. Are you accessing Latitude from google.com/ig or from your mobile phone? - Dan Smith

Maybe it's looking for a GPS unit? Though that's not a problem in the end. - Kol Tregaskes

You have a N97?! Cool. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Yup! Good old eBay :) - Dan Smith from email

Ah! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

About time! Yay! Looking forward to getting out of the office :) - Dan Smith from IM

:-) Enjoy, Dan! - Kol Tregaskes

"Ever tried to susbcribe to a website but couldn’t because it didn’t offer any RSS feeds? Next time you come across such a website try using Feedity. This handy web app lets you create a fully-functional RSS feed for almost any webpage. Simply copy and paste the web page URL into provided field and click on ‘Preview’ button. In the next step you will be able to preview and if necessary refine the generated feed further. Once you’re satisfied with the results, proceed to ‘Get feed’ to add the new feed to your feedreader. I have tested Feedity by trying to generate an RSS feed for www.drudgereport.com. It worked!" - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet

What features would you change/remove/add to make it like FriendFeed or generally improve it? Of course we'd like the community spirit and the users from FF on FB but technically what needs amending to FB for you? - Kol Tregaskes

I expressed my thoughts about this at the time of the acquisition, but now I'm rethinking my original thoughts and am writing a blog post (or perhaps several) about this. Note that a certain red-head will turn up in my discussion. I'll keep you...um..posted about this. - John E. Bredehoft

Welcome to FriendFeed, Paul. - Kol Tregaskes

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

"Golf and squash are vying with five other sports to be made competitive Summer Olympics sports. With synchronised swimming already there, and lifesaving recognised as a sport by the Games, what does it require to join the party?" - Dan Smith from Bookmarklet