If you’re like us, you spend most of your computing time in the cloud, using online applications. And, if anything, the trend towards online apps is gaining momentum as time passes. The days of desktop applications aren’t gone, but they sure are diminished as more and more web-based applications catch on. There are some apps that we use more than others, though. As 2009 draws to a close, we take a look at the five web applications that we used the most this year.
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As is apparent from my last article on 40Tech, I have been playing around with a multitude of Google Chrome Extensions since the official beta-door was opened, last week. Last night, I discovered Feedly, a social RSS extension based on Google Reader and Twitter that “organizes your favorite sites into a fun, magazine-like start page” (also available for Firefox). In a word, Feedly is awesome. In two words it is dangerously awesome, or, as the title states, dangerously useful– if you install it for either browser, make sure you set some time aside. You’re going to be there for a while.
Twitter users certainly don’t have a shortage of Twitter clients from which to choose. There are many twitter desktop and mobile Twitter apps, but also a few browser-based Twitter clients. One such browser-based client is Brizzly. Brizzly follows Twitter’s example in its simplicity, but does add a few nice wrinkles. Brizzly is not yet open for general release, but read on for a chance to get a Brizzly invite.
One of the biggest news items this week was an announcement that T-Mobile Sidekick users had all of their online data lost, possibly permanently, by Danger and its parent company Microsoft. After sending this shockwave through the Sidekick community, another announcement followed that the data might be recoverable after all. This is a relief to Sidekick owners, but begs a bigger question – can we really rely on the cloud for the future of computing?
Major League Baseball just doesn’t get it. Archaic blackout rules, postseason game times that alienate potential future fans, and an economic system that allows some teams to serve as farm teams for a few big market teams, leave many outsiders scratching their heads. Add baseball’s latest internet offering, Postseason.TV, to the list of baseball’s facepalm moments.