Bluetooth released new free software that will help for any future road trips. The TransSend allows you to transfer driving directions (say Google Maps) from a web page to your Bluetooth-enabled PDA or phone. This process is very simple, needing one or two clicks at the most to transfer all the data.

It accepts image formats such as .jpg, .bmp, .gif and .png and requires a Bluetooth-enabled Windows XP that uses Broadcom/Widcomm , Microsoft and Toshiba.

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FeedBurner is now totally free, courtesy of Google which acquired it in May.

FeedBurner Stats PRO and FeedBurner MyBrand, previously fee-based services, are no longer. Free is good!

The My Brand service will make many bloggers happy as they no longer have to relinquish control of their feed URL and can keep their address.

FeedBurner PRO and MyBrand accounts will not be billed effective from June. Although the services are now free, Feedburner users are required to “upgrade” to them from within the Feedburner control panel.

Google wants more gadgets for iGoogle. Google needs more gadgets! So much so, that it is offering cool cash for new ones.

Google will offer two types of funding: $5,000 grants for gadget developers who want to improve an existing gadget, and $100,000 seed investments for new gadget-related businesses. However — applications are restricted initially to gadget developers who have more than 250,000 pageviews per week on their gadget.

If interested, here is the GoogleVentures FAQ.

Microsoft attempts to expand into the Internet to give a fully rounded system to its customers. The company will offer online services including e-mail and Web search under its Windows Live brand, as well test versions of two new free services: Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery.

Windows Live Photo Gallery is a new version of the photo application found on Microsoft’s two most recent operating systems, Windows XP and Windows Vista. It simplifies how people can share photos on their Windows Live Spaces site, Microsoft’s social networking platform.

The sharing feature of Microsoft’s new Photo Gallery is similar to how users can publish pictures from Apple Inc.’s iPhoto application to the company’s .Mac online service.

Microsoft’s effort might pay off in the next few months, but if it seriously expects to compete head-to-head with the likes of Google and Yahoo, then Microsoft might just find the whole experience a bit lacking.

Got a cell phone? Like RC airplanes? Put them together and you get your own personal Google Earth.

Materials needed:
1. Nokia N95
2. radio-controlled model airplane.
3. Pict’Earth software.

Now, if you don’t crash it…

Take Pict’Earth anywhere with you as it fits in your car trunk and is ready to use in less than 10 minutes….Pict-Earth Live processing software displays updated images in real time in Google Earth but also gives you the opportunity to stream this update to any remote authorized Google Earth user.