Google has rolled out another tweak to its Gmail users that makes its labels work like folders. Now, you can drag emails directly to the labels. Other changes include the shift of the labels option to a new location on the left side bar. It is now located above the Chat section and you can now choose what labels you wish to see there. The other labels will of course be accessible via a drop down menu, yet another new feature addition. Sadly, the position of the Labels are fixed and you cannot re-arrange them.
The worst of the crisis has passed and the US recovery is likely to begin this autumn, Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt said.
Schmidt said the rate of jobless claims is decreasing although the absolute number is increasing, it is reasonable to be optimistic for 2010.
He didn’t want to comment on Google’s team of engineers which will have to study the technical specifications of Microsoft search engine Bing.
But he added: “Bing is a competitor. We have absolutely looked at Bing; we have actually studied what they do as Microsoft studied what Google does.”
Faster JS Processing: Firefox 3.5 includes the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which Mozilla says makes it deliver unprecedented performance with today’s complex Web applications. As Mozilla claims it to be, Firefox 3.5 is more than two times faster than Firefox 3 and ten times faster than Firefox 2.
Also, With a new management function in place, Firefox keeps memory usage under control. The XPCOM cycle collector continuously cleans up unused memory.
With Firefox 3.5, users can enjoy video and audio content from within their browser, without the need for any plug-ins. Web developers can embed audio and video into Web pages in open format Ogg Theora, courtesy a new feature of HTML 5. Mozilla claims that it’s the first to integrate this feature directly into the browser like playing music and video files..
Firefox 3.5 includes features designed to protect users’ privacy online and provide greater control over their personal data. With Firefox 3.5 users can have their browser history never record visits to a particular site. Also, FF 3.5 has support for many new languages.
Location Aware Browsing aims to save users time by allowing websites to know where they are located. If a user chooses to share his location with a website, it can use that information to find nearby points of interest and return additional, useful data like maps of the area. This is an optional feature.
