Login to WorldWatchr and Share Your Webcams

After storing your SpeedyMarks on the server you can now do the same with your webcams on WorldWatchr:



Just login using your (existing or to be created) Google Account and all your webcams are stored on the server (on the Google server farm to be precise). This makes it possible to access your camera collection from everywhere even with multiple browsers. And the best, it works with the iPhone version as well, where you will see exactly the same webcams:



Don't worry, WorldWatchr doesn't ever see your Google Account password, rest assured. If you logout you are back to the local cookie based storage specific to each desktop and browser (and you have the option to clean your server storage before you leave).

Now you have the choice to either use the server and share your WorldWatchr webcams or keep them completely local and private.

Login to your SpeedyMarks

As a SpeedyMarks user you might have noticed the new Login link on the upper right hand corner:



An often requested feature of several users has been the server storage of the visual bookmarks. Yes, I heard you and I'm excited to let you know it's done now. Just login using your (existing or to be created) Google Account and all your SpeedyMarks are stored on the server (on the Google server farm to be precise). This makes it possible to access your SpeedyMarks from everywhere even with multiple browsers. And the best, it does work for the iPhone SpeedyMarks as well, which are separate from the desktop bookmarks:



Don't worry, SpeedyMarks doesn't ever see your Google Account password, rest assured. If you logout you are back to the local cookie based SpeedyMarks specific to each desktop and browser (and you have the option to clean your server storage before you leave).

Now you have the choice to either use the server and share your SpeedyMarks or keep them completely local and private.

New iPhone App: Astro

Explore the night sky, the mars or our old moon with the help of Google Maps. Click on the map to pan around quickly and zoom in to examine craters, spots or nebulas in more detail.

astro.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: State Quiz

Test your knowledge and spot the states of the USA on the map.

statequiz.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: States

Do you ask yourself sometimes, where in the USA is this state? This application shows each state of the USA on the map. Either select it from the list or jump around randomly.

states.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: Sunset

This applications helps to calculate the sunrise and sunset times for each location in world on each day of the year. Enjoy planning your next holiday, trip or photo session where ever and when ever you want to go. Just click on the location, choose date and timezone and optionally add 1 hour daylight saving.

sun.speedymarks.com

RSS Awareness Day

To day is the RSS awareness day. Therefore I would like to take the chance to point to my RSS Feed Reader application for the iPhone.

New iPhone App: Country Quiz

Test your knowledge and spot the countries of the world on the map. Choose from different regions. Start with the easier ones like Oceania and North America before you test yourself on Europe, Africa or even the whole world.

countryquiz.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: Countries

Do you ask yourself sometimes, where in the world is this country? This application shows each country of the world on the map. Either select it from the list or jump around randomly.

countries.speedymarks.com

The Cloud on the Air

Cloud computing is on everyone's lips nowadays. New web sites are started daily which try to replace your local installed applications, e.g.:

Office - Google Docs, Zoho Office
PIM - Webmail, Google Calendar
Imaging - Photoshop Express, Picnic
Dashboard Widgets - Widgetop

You can even have your whole desktop in your browser but that seems a little bit to much for me.

So what's the advantage of cloud computing? Obviously you only need a web browser and that's it. All your documents are stored on the internet and you can access them from everywhere. There is no need to install applications locally and keep them up to date.

But there is a second advantage. Having your apps and docs in your browser means you don't need a big computer anymore. But what will be the perfect machine for the Cloud? It doesn't need a big hard drive, an optical drive and a very fast CPU but it still should have decent screen and keyboard otherwise working will be a pain (which disqualifies ultra small laptops like the EeePC).



For me it looks like as Apples quite new MacBook Air is the perfect choice. It doesn't compromise on display and keyboard but otherwise it's as thin and light as possible which makes it easy to carry it with you and work from where ever you want. Not to mention the quite long battery life. The only feature missing seems to be a built in LAN connection (although you can buy a USB ethernet adapter). Of course the MacBook Air can connect via WLAN but a wired network is usually faster and much more reliable.

Finally there is the visionary name of it! Did Apple have to the Cloud in mind when they named it MacBook Air? I doubt it.

New iPhone App: Morse Code

Translates text into morse code and sends the message with a blinking iPhone.

morse.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: Bestsellers

Never miss hot new releases, movers & shakers and best selling books, music, DVDs, games, software, electronics and much more on amazon.com again.

bestsellers.speedymarks.com