Word: apps
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...WIRELESS HANDHELD E-mail is still the Internet's killer app, and the RIM 957 is the wireless gadget of choice for on-the-go e-mail addicts. A large, readable screen has been grafted onto a teensy keyboard, giving PDA features to the seriously info obsessed...
PayPal and Billpoint are a great way to make payments to individuals and small businesses. But the "killer app" right now seems to be auctions. PayPal is used in an estimated one-fourth of all eBay auctions. And Billpoint, which is partly owned by eBay and seamlessly integrated into its payment system, is used for many more. PayPal's website includes a handy list of ways you might want to use the service, from sending money to kids away at college to "collecting payments from co-workers for office pools." (Wait, aren't there laws about that?) But the truth...
...been grousing about the lack of top-grade games available at launch. There are only 26 PS2 software titles, and Sony is promising about 50 by the end of the year. The list contains some reputed standouts, including Madden NFL 2001 (which some are calling PlayStation2's killer app) and the snowboarding game SSX. But many of the most eagerly anticipated titles, like Metal Gear Solid 2 and the Bouncer, won't be available until spring at the earliest...
...market your politics on the Web? The Democrats started offering free Internet access last month at FreeDem.com but the Republicans may have found the real killer app. At RepublicanShopping.com party faithful can give to the G.O.P. while they shop. A virtual mall that sells everything from rifles to minivans, the site--which has yet to hear from the FEC--has deals with some 400 e-tailers to give an average of 10% of each purchase to the California Republican Party. But not all merchandise is as red-blooded as Charlton Heston. Some of the ways to give seem downright...
...technology that makes the letters easy on the eyes and lets you bookmark and annotate as you go. Barnesandnoble.com is backing the release with 100 free "classic" (read: uncopyrighted) electronic books, including Jane Eyre and Candide. But why read a book on a computer? Paper is still the killer app for reading--you can make book on that...