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Archive for September 9th, 2009

Google Voice Adds Email Forwarding and Replies to SMS

Google Voice’s web-based SMS inbox is convenient for frequent texters, but it is, after all, another inbox to tend to. Now, however, you can receive, and even reply to, SMS messages through your email address.

That’s convenient on a few different levels. The most obvious is that keeping a Google Voice tab open to track your voice and SMS messages during browsing hours is no longer necessary, as Voice can forward you transcribed ..read more

YouTube Auto Buffer Makes the Popular Video Site a Lot Better

Firefox with Greasemonkey: The YouTube Auto Buffer Greasemonkey script tweaks the popular video sharing site to fix some of its most common annoyances. Specifically, it stops videos from automatically playing, turns on HD/HQ playback for all videos, and hides in-video advertisements.

All three of the tweaks YouTube Auto Buffer makes can be toggled, so if you’d really like to get rid of in-video ads but don’t want to always watch videos ..read more

Pandora App Lands in Android Market

Pandora’s streaming music app is officially available for Android phones, and it does just what you’d expect. It streams decent quality music over even shabby EDGE connections, and offers thumbs up or down buttons, track skipping, and bookmarking.

Normally, that would be all we have to say about the app—it just works, and it uses the same Music Genome Project base as Pandora’s iPhone, web, desktop (for Pro users), and other clients to bring you tracks ..read more