Read full article – http://speckyboy.com/2009/04/13/22-firefox-extensions-to-turn-gmail-into-a-powerhouse-of-productivity-and-manageability/

Gmail is perhaps the greatest web app ever developed, it is very popular (over 100 million users), has a generous 2GB of free storage (a small percentage of users will ever use more than this), and very, very user friendly. It is certainly powerful, but is it powerful enough? With Firefox Addons you can take your inbox even further…

Digital Marketing Guide: The Social Web
-by Abbey Klaassen and Beth Snyder Bulik

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135590

Isn’t the entire web social these days?

To an extent, yes. If 2008 was the year everyone — and their grandmas — joined a social network, then 2009 is the year those networks’ social graphs spread their tentacles beyond their borders to other sites across the web. Already it’s common for many sites, including major news sources and entertainment properties, to have commenting and sharing features. So we admit the social web is a pervasive concept. But there are several interesting newer developments at Twitter and Facebook, as well as in the widget space and the app world.

http://speckyboy.com/2009/02/27/30-essential-free-portable-web-design-and-development-applications/

All of these freeware applications have been in some cases, modified and trimmed down in size to allow them to fit on to a portable device like a USB drive or a portable hard drive. Rather than carrying a bulky laptop, you can carry all your applications and programs, your bookmarks, local servers, emails, passwords, graphic editors and favorite browsers with you anywhere in your pocket. What a great idea!