FeedDemon reaches version 3 – for Windows
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We use RSS readers to keep up to date with all sorts of information in our practice when out and about. No secret there, I think.
Whether looking to be regularly updated on tech news, funding sources, software development or social enterprise policy from central government – if you are on the road, get a feed reader we say.
Although we enjoy using the well integrated RRS functions of the Flock browser, FeedDemon is a profoundly useful suite.
Newsgator’s FeedDemon has version three final now available for free download.
The installed aggregator has advertising embedded, but it has a very small footprint we think, in exchange for some great updates to its facilities.
FeedDemon 3.0 now synchronises with Google Reader, with a subscriptions function added that features popular videos and articles from your chosen feeds.’Newspaper’ view lets you order your feed output in the way that suits you best and in those busy periods when you get overloaded with unread feeds – use the ‘panic button’ to mark them as read. Purge your mind with a single click.
You can share your feed items with just a click in this new version and FeedDemon now has automatic hyperlinks and short URL expansion for Twitter.
You can create feeds from keywords, download podcasts and audio files and push them to your portable audio player.
If you are mobile and want to keep updated use the power of RSS – get a free copy of FeedDemon and let your horizon expand.
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Get that Polaroid effect…in PowerPoint
This is a great short film showing how users of Powerpoint 2007 can create drop shadow and add ‘polaroid’ effects to their images.
If you don’t have Photoshop or other sophisticated image editing software…this film from @elearning shows you how.
Great for spicing up those newsletters or posters!
If you have any great image tips let us know and we’ll publish them here.
Post originally from Digital Inspiration.
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Google Chrome – stable version 3 now available
Google have just released a stable version of their browser Chrome. Speed has increased and you can now drag and drop the site snap shots in the tab zone too – much in the way of the Opera browser ‘speed dial’ function.
Chrome also sports the Omnibox – which is both search box and a web address bar. The drop down menu of the function has been improved, with the addition of small icons to help you identify your favourites.
Why Google Chrome…watch the movie!
You can now also add themes to your installed version of Chrome. Get some stars or bubbles today.
Download page for the latest stable release of Google Chrome browser.
You can visit the home page of Third Sector Web here.
Opera 10 available for Windows
Filed under: Conversation, New Web Creations, Web services
Opera 10 is now available for free download for Windows users. The previous release candidate had mixed ability to display graphics during the development phase, but this new version is fast, crisp and with some useful features.
The ‘turbo’ function means that if you are connected to the internet, you can boost your browser speed by enabling the turbo function, which triggers the browser to auto-compress web pages.
This is an ideal browser for the traveler in a wifi-cafe or using a lower speed hotel connection. Simply turn off the turbo function, using the control on the bottom left of the browser, when you reconnect to a high speed service.
The ‘speed dial’ function, which we always liked, has been upgraded. Offering you the chance to see a grid presentation of page snapshots for your most used web sites or sites you are currently working on. You can display from 4 to 25 for quick access depending on your screen size.
Opera are claiming a 40% increase in browsing speed for this version, with the addition of web integration for your web mail service included. You can configure Opera to open your compose page when you click on an email address or click ‘Send by Mail’.
You can see the new list of functions in Opera 10 on the Opera features page. You can download the new version, for free, on the Opera download page.
Regular visitors to this blog will know that we like Opera as a safe, secure and speedy browser alternative. The new features, particularly the addition of ‘turbo’ browsing and extension of ‘speed dial’ make it even more attractive.
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