Reclaim your inbox the Thunderbird way
Everyone who has used an email client like Outlook knows that it makes email tasks like composing and formatting messages and even attaching files to your emails enjoyable, quick and easy. The problem is some of us operate on a shoe-string budget, we cannot afford to by Mr Gates’ email client and to pay for a personal email account with the commercial email service providers.
Well the good news is for starters, as I know we all know, you can open a free Gmail account from Google. Now Gmail enables you to access your email from an easy to use desktop client like Outlook (or even your phone). Ah but we can’t afford Outlook, you say. That’s where open source software comes in. Read more
gPhone is here!
Google has scored another first, the first gPhone was announced today. This will go in history as one of the really defining moments for the open source world.
T-Mobile, the Germany mobile phone services provider unveiled the first Android powered phone, today. Android is a set of programs that will form the operating system and developing platform for gPhones. Android was developed by Google with the cooperation of more than 30 companies involved in the mobile phone industry, a group known as the Open Handset Alliance. The Open Handset Alliance includes the likes of Google. Motorola, Samsung, Ebay, Intel and several other companies
Android is really a platform aimed at software geeks to develop exciting mobile phone applications such those found on the iPhone from Apple. The Android platform is based on the open source Linux operating system and as such should make a serious business case for open source software.
Google continues to redefine technology as we have known it and it seems nothing is stopping those guys at Googleplex.
On The Zimbo Jam- Munya Safe This Week After Surviving 6th NominationFor the first time in six consecutive weeks, Munya is not in danger of leaving the Big Brother All Stars House this weekend. He miraculously survived his sixth nomination on Sunday and Code from Malawi found himself out of the house and grumbling, "Munya always survives this s*#t."
- Ivo Maia Brings His Magic to HarareThe Book Café, one of Harare’s busiest live arts venues, will this weekend host world-acclaimed Mozambican singer and guitarist, Ivo Maia.
- Black Bird to Guest at Sistaz Open MicNonku Black Bird Vundla, rising female hip-hop artist, who released her debut album, Tha Rappertizer, recently will be featured as the guest musician at this month’s Sistaz Open Mic, themed Spring Fever.
- Munya Safe This Week After Surviving 6th Nomination