Good morning, tweeple! Here’s your roundup for this morning…
Lifehacker tested the performance of the new browser releases…
Firefox 3.6 is out, Chrome’s stable version got a big upgrade, and Opera 10.5 is inching toward release. It’s a great time for us to break out the timer, process manager, and code tracker for some up-to-date browser speed tests. Source: Google Reader (1000+)
Gmail is named best email client in a Lifehacker poll…
Taking home nearly 50% of the vote, Gmail swept the Hive as the only web-based client that garnered enough votes in the Call for Contenders to be included. Following Gmail was Thunderbird (19%), the popular open-source email client which was in turn followed by Microsoft’s client Outlook (15%)—a mainstay in the corporate landscape. Wrapping up the end of the race was Apple Mail (11%) and Postbox (1%). Source: Best Email Client: Gmail – email clients – Lifehacker
And Cision reveals that most journalists are now getting doing their research the same way you do — via social media!
The survey of 371 journalists working for newspapers, magazines, and Web sites found that a large majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources for story research. Among the journalists surveyed, 89 percent said they look to blogs for story research, 65 percent go to social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, while 52 percent check out what’s happening on Twitter and other microblogging sites. Source: Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits
The mockers were out with cartoons and parodies on the Apple Tablet and the ‘Google lifestyle’…
Have a great day!
