widgets in news
RSS widgets in newsGet a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Users can also embed their Lively area into a blog or, using Google widgets, on MySpace and Facebook social networking sites. Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life. [09 Jul 2008]
LinkedIn hits billion-dollar valuation
News LinkedIn has also continued to launch new features in the past year, like customised news and developer platform widgets. Business-networking site LinkedIn announced on Tuesday evening it had netted $53m in a Series D funding round led by Bain... [18 Jun 2008]
Met Office launches web weather widgets
News The UK's Met Office has launched a range of web widgets allowing people to get the latest weather forecasts and storm warnings on their desktop. The mini-applications are free to download from the Met Office website and include localised weather... [22 Nov 2007]
iPhone for business? Hang on...
News We'd be able to write widgets and so forth because it supports Java script and that kind of thing which is pretty handy. The launch of Apple's iPhone in the UK appears to have been as slick as the device itself but for businesses looking to adopt... [12 Nov 2007]
Facebook opens the door to outsiders
News Facebook, the number two social-networking site, said it is allowing software developers to create applications, or "widgets", for Facebook users. He said up until now third-parties were allowed only to "drop some widgets" into a site. [25 May 2007]
Malware alert: Google warns of 'dirty' websites
News The means used to place malware on websites includes breaches of web server security, user-posted content, rogue advertising and third-party widgets. Google has warned web users of the increasing threat posed by malware that can be dropped onto a... [14 May 2007]
Can smart phones kill the PC?
News To that end, Nokia is providing third-party developers widgets, or tools, to facilitate creation of applications for smart phones using Symbian Series 60 software platform. PC-like features are being ported over to mobile phones with increasing... [10 May 2007]
Poker, IM most addictive web apps
News Widgets, with users on average accessing the app 37 times per month. Widgets are small desktop apps that enable users to do various things, such as check wi-fi signal strength or keep up with the latest share prices. [16 Jan 2007]
Five reasons to love (and hate) Windows Vista
News Gadgets - In Windows Vista, Microsoft allows you to drag and drop Gadgets (think Widgets on the Apple Mac OS X desktop) to tell the time, calculate currency or tackle any trivial task you perform regularly that would be handier if it were always... [30 Nov 2006]
Mobile makers not enjoying record sales
News Any industry shipping one billion of anything, whether it's cell phones or widgets, is significant. Mobile phone makers are on track to ship their billionth handset by the end of 2006 but the record sales aren't translating into big profits for the... [20 Oct 2006]
Nokia hatches Bluetooth's little brother
News On Tuesday Nokia also announced a web-based service called Widsets, for installing widgets (small web 2.0-oriented applications) on any Java MIDP 2.0-enabled handset. Users can drag and drop a selection of commercial or user generated widgets onto... [03 Oct 2006]
Ready, steady, web 2.0: What does it mean for Nokia?
News The service also lets users suggests new sets of widgets to be included and create new ones for their own blogs or sites. Nokia is getting ready to embrace web 2.0 - but how far the user-generated content revolution will affect the Finnish phone... [03 Oct 2006]
Apple offers glimpse of Leopard
News Custom widgets can be created with Web Clip, which can take information from any regularly updated web page and display it as a widget in Dashboard. CEO Steve Jobs showed off the shiny metal desktop, which will start shipping immediately, as he... [08 Aug 2006]
Opera plotting to steal a march on IE 7
News Although a launch date for Opera 10 hasn't yet been set, Opera is hoping the application will lure users away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 by building on Opera 9's use of small web applications called widgets. [31 Jul 2006]
Apple snooping startles Mac users
News Widgets are small software programs that provide Mac users with little bits of useful information, such as the weather report or stock tickers. Dashboard Advisory looks at just widgets, not the rest of the operating system. [06 Jul 2006]
