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WordPress 3.0 Beta Released

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WordPress fans, it’s here: the first beta of WordPress 3.0 has been released.In a late-night announcement Jane Wells, the UX lead at Automattic (the parent company of WordPress.com), laid out some of the many new features that are featured in version 3.0 beta of the popular blogging software. The first thing she points out is a new custom menus system, which she makes clear “is not quite finished.”The big announcement of this release though is the merger of WordPress and WordPress MU (multi-user), a fork of WordPress that allows multiple blogs to be operated from one installation. In WordPress 3.0, these two are fully merged, although you should probably read the instructions before taking this feature out for a test drive.There are other changes to the UI and interface, including the addition of a new default theme (Twenty Ten) and custom post type functionality improvements.If you’re brave, you can download the update and take it for a test drive for yourself. If you do, let us know what you think of the newest build of WordPress in the comments.[via The Next Web]For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter, WordPressTags: beta, blogging, trending, Wordpress, WordPress 3.0
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April 2 2010, 9:22pm | Comments »

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Google Maps Get Labs With 9 Cool New Features

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Here’s a nice surprise from Google’s Maps team: Just like Gmail, Google Maps now also has the Labs feature (it’s the little green vial in the top right menu), which introduces experimental new features for you to try out.Right now, you can try out nine new features (all disabled by default):Drag ‘n’ Zoom – lets you zoom in on a specific part of the map by drawing a box.Aerial Imagery – gives you rotatable, high-resolution overhead imagery, but it’s only available in certain areas. Google plans to add more over time, though.Back to Beta – OK, this one is a little weird. It lets you have a beta tag on Maps (just like Gmail). Only for hardcore Google users.Where in the World Game – test your geography knowledge by guessing the names of countries from satellite imagery. I lost days playing a similar game on Facebook, and I forgot everything I’ve learned. Sigh.Rotatable Maps – north facing up is just one way to look at a map. Now you can rotate it any way you like.What’s Around Here? – adds a second search button that searches for “*”, returning the top results in the current view. I’ve actually been waiting for this for a long time; it makes searching for certain POIs within some area a lot easier.LatLng Tooltip – see the exact latitude and longitude next to your cursor.LatLng Marker – drop a marker anywhere on the map, showing the latitude and longitude of that location.Smart Zoom – stops you from zooming into an area if imagery is not available.Reviews: Facebook, Gmail, GoogleTags: Google Maps, labs, trending
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February 12 2010, 12:31am | Comments »

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NBC Pulls Web Clips of Conan’s Most Expensive Bit Ever [VIDEO]

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NBC has gone on the offensive and pulled the web clips of Conan O’Brien’s vengeful “Bugatti Veyron” sketch from Hulu and NBC.com. The move was made to avoid costly fees associated with Conan’s decision to play “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones, for his own satisfaction.The controversial $1.5 million comedy sketch begins with COCO taking pleasure in the fact that even though his show is about to go off air, “we can do whatever we want, and they [NBC] have to pay for it.” To prove it, O’Brien introduced a new Tonight Show character — the Bugatti Veyron mouse — while playing the iconic Rolling Stones hit “Satisfaction” in the background as the mouse’s theme song. The Bugatti Veyron is most expensive car in the world, just dressed up as mouse, and because of O’Brien’s song choice, the sketch that it stars in will be most the expensive bit to date.O’Brien states:“Let me ask you a question. Is this appropriate music for a car that looks like a mouse? No! Does it add anything at all to this comedy bit? No, it doesn’t! Is it crazy expensive to play on the air — not to mention the rights to re-air this clip on the Internet? Hell yes.”And that’s just it. NBC is hoping to avoid those pricey track fees associated with online views of the bit. So should you wish to relive the oddly comedic moment on NBC’s official online properties, however, you’re out of luck. While copies, like the YouTube one below, still abound online, NBC’s version of last’s night show is absent one Bugatti Veyron mouse.At this point all we can do is wait anxiously for the next show to see what O’Brien still has left up his sleeve. Reviews: YouTubeTags: bugatti veyron mouse, celebrities, conan, conan o'brien, media, nbc, rolling stones, trending, tv
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January 21 2010, 12:32pm | Comments »

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Google’s Plan to Make the Web Twice as Fast

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Google is apparently in the early stages of a research project that appears to aim as high as perhaps replacing the HTTP protocol, the fundamental technology that essentially makes the World Wide Web possible. In a somewhat obscure post on the Chromium blog, the development branch of their Chrome browser, Google reveals they’ve been working on a new protocol dubbed SPDY for “SPeeDY” for its goal of making the web faster.

While HTTP is an “elegantly simple protocol” that has powered the web since 1996, the tone of Google’s post is almost patronizing, as if HTTP were our doddering old uncle that’s had his day and needs to be put out to pasture. Then again, Google’s hubris is perhaps warranted as one of the only companies with enough clout and resources to indeed spur on the “evolution of websites and browsers” with an entirely new protocol designed to speed up the communication between web servers and clients. They reveal they’ve already got a prototype web server and a Chrome client with built-in SPDY support that they’ve been testing in the lab. With these tools they’ve reportedly been able to see an up to 55% speed increase in page loading, and feel like the project is now stable enough to warrant soliciting feedback from the web community. The SPDY documentation is now available, as well as the source code. Google encourages feedback on the new protocol in the Chromium Google Group. What do you think, is Google onto something in thinking the basic protocol underpinning the web needs a refresh? Is it time to focus on the need for speed? Let us know in the comments. [Image courtesy of Tecfre] Reviews: Chrome, Google Tags: chrome, Google, HTTP, protocols, SPDY, trending, web
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November 12 2009, 11:26am | Comments »

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Google Wave Guide: User Manual Released for Wave

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Confused about how to use Google Wave, the new Google product that combines messaging, wiki-like features and group collaboration into a single app? You’re not alone. To clear up the confusion, we recently published Google Wave: A Complete Guide, a feature-length article that explains Wave in plain English. Now Gina Trapani and Adam Pash have gone a step further, releasing The Complete Guide to Google Wave. The book, which is available for free online, details all of Wave’s features – and some use cases – in 8 chapters. It’s a super-handy reference if you’re still stuck on how to get the most out of Wave. Recommended!

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November 1 2009, 8:26am | Comments »