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Let's not forget... Twitter may have made the hashbang infamous, but it was originally championed by Google [1]. [1]: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/proposal-..…

Good to see Kottke still churning out top posts after so many years. But... a little disappointed that an announced redesign like this does not include support for responsive/liqui…

Surprised no one has mentioned FastMail [1] already. Excellent service, reasonable price. It's good to be a paying customer, so if something goes wrong there is a sense of accounta…

Also available here: https://gist.github.com/1406238

Yes, there's a good chance of such a release considering the history of CyanogenMod [1]. Too bad the update won't be straight from Google this time. One of the key benefits of the …

Discussed previously [1]. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3026591 (yahoo.com)

There is offline local storage in HTML5 [1]. It is supported by recent versions of iOS and Android. A local HTTP server should not be necessary. [1] http://diveintohtml5.org/storag…

What functionality do you require that only a native mobile application can provide? One option is a mobile-optimized web application, with simple native apps wrapping your URL, on…

Discussed previously [1,2]. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971971 (gutenberg.org) [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974212 (oreilly.com)

Piwik [1] is a great alternative to Google Analytics. It is free, open source software, and it is typically self-hosted. While I do not think it supports Do-Not-Track at this time,…

This is based on an incorrect assumption: ... no one is storing their frontpage layout data. The Newseum has this covered for over 800 newspapers. A recent front page of the New Yo…

Indeed... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2684803

BBM-type android service You've described Huddle[1], part of the Google+ app for Android. "Huddle lets you send super-fast messages to the people you care about most." Presumably, …

> The only problem I can't solve is maps... Recent versions of Ovi Maps by Nokia work offline very well. I used v3.0x when I would have otherwise been roaming without incurring any…