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Translation Technology Can Open Your Eyes to a Global Social Web – The Steve Rubel Lifestream

As more of us around the world join the web, a lot content is going to start to be produced in non-English languages. This hasn’t been a factor for a lot of us, but I suspect it will as we begin to discover content-rich resources and individuals we want to interact with.

Case in point. Recently I started reading a German blog that covers technology. It has a lot rich content, like for example the latest build of a portable version of Google Chrome – but it’s all in German.

via Translation Technology Can Open Your Eyes to a Global Social Web – The Steve Rubel Lifestream.

Tags: Google Reader, languages, Steve Rubel, translation

Seven Easy Ways to Integrate Your Google Apps – Google Apps – Lifehacker

The information you keep in Google apps like Gmail, GCal, Reader, and Voice doesn’t just live in one place. Check out a few easy but non-obvious ways to plug different Google apps together and share their data and features.

via Seven Easy Ways to Integrate Your Google Apps – Google Apps – Lifehacker.

Tags: GCal, Gmail, Google Apps, Google Reader, Google Voice, integrate, Lifehacker

Helvetireader

Helvetireader is a userscript that pares down Google Reader to what I consider to be the essentials. In particular, it’s made for looking at just unread feeds in the expanded view, using Keyboard Shortcuts instead of on-screen buttons. It’s not going to suit how everyone uses Google Reader, so you can take the CSS and personalise to your hearts content!

All you need is a browser that supports userscripts (see below) and, of course, Helvetica.

via Helvetireader.

Tags: CSS, Firefox, Google Chrome, Google Reader, Greasemonkey, Helvetireader, Opera