IT departments and a few dictators are going to get mighty angry atFlexamail. Flexamail is a website that lets you surf the web through your email and it can’t be stopped by firewalls or site blocks, like the ones we saw in Egypt. The chances of email being blocked at your workplace are extremely slim, so you’ll always have a way to check your Facebook, update your Twitter or browse TNW....
We’re highly design-conscious at The Next Web and we wouldn’t normally feature any website that dared to use thedreadedComic Sans font. We’re going to make an exception this time, simply because it’s such an interesting idea. AppAppealuses Alexa data to determine what the most poplar web apps in the world are by country and displays the data on maps. There are 117 maps in all, one for each category of app featured....
Browser gaming platformGaikai, which early last year attracted attention bydemoing World of Warcraft on the iPad, entered its open beta phase today. Gaikai allows the user to play games within the browser, without the need to complete large downloads first. The company has positioned itself as a game advertising company to attract developers to the service, allowing limited demos of the game to be played in the browser before the user purchases the full version....
We’ve already told you about some handy keyboard replacements for the Android phone which make it easy to type, likeAI TypeandSwiftkey. If you still find yourself having a hard time typing out longer messages,BrowserTextingis a great solution for typing out all of your text message directly from your computer’s browser. The first step is installingBrowserTextingon your phone, after which you’ll be prompted to install the app Barcode Scanner. If you already have a QR scanner installed on your phone, this step isn’t necessary....
If you’re torn between choosing an iPhone or Android device, here’s yet another metric to take into account. According to findings released today, Android’s browser averages a 52% speed advantage in loading pages over the iPhone. Website speed optimisation firmBlazeconducted the tests which also found that Android finished loading a Web page faster on 84% ofFortune 1000company websites. Meanwhile, despite Steve Jobs recentlytrumpetingiOS 4.3’s greatly improved Javascript processing speed and similar enhancements in Android 2....
