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Verizon's Droid Targets iPhone
Oct 18th, 2009 - PC World
Verizon Wireless, which recently announced it was hopping on the Android smartphone OS bandwagon big time, has started whetting our appetite for It's launched a TV ad for the phone, the Droid, and a teaser site...
Opera Updates Mobile Browser
Jun 9th, 2009 - InformationWeek
has updated its high-end mobile browser, and the Opera Mobile 9.7 beta adds a host of improvements. Opera Mobile uses server-side compression to deliver Web pages to handsets...
Opera Drops Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta
Jun 9th, 2009 - PC Magazine
Much of the same technology can be found in the desktop version of the Opera browser. In addition, Opera Mobile 9.7 beta includes the following pre-installed widgets: GeoQuiz...
Opera Mobile 9.7 beta lands
Jun 9th, 2009 - The Register
Opera released the beta version of its latest Windows-only mobile browser yesterday. The Norwegian open source browser maker said new features in Opera Mobile 9.7 include faster surfing using the firm’s Opera Turbo technology.
Yahoo Adds Apps to Mail, Homepage
Jun 5th, 2009 - PC Magazine
Yahoo expanded its Open Strategy on Friday by incorporating new apps into the homepage, Yahoo Mail, TV widgets, and Zimbra. "We've spent a lot of time thinking about how...

Widgets videos from YouTube:

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What are Web Widgets? (1/5)
www.MasterNewMedia.org What are web widgets and what can they do for your blog? (part 1
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Samsung Omnia II i8000 New Widget Interface
In this video we cover the TouchWiz widget interface on the new Samsung Omnia GT-i8000.
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Android Cupcake Widgets
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Create Facebook Widgets
This video will show you how to create Facebook Widgets using Microsoft's Popfly application. This will require a Facebook account and a Windows Live account

Widgets from WikiPedia:

A widget is a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device. It is an abstract unit of production. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "An indefinite name for a gadget or mechanical contrivance, esp. a small manufactured item" and dates this use back to 1931. It states that the origin is "perhaps U.S." and for etymology suggests that it may be a variant of gadget.

"Widget" is frequently used in texts and speech, especially in the context of economics or law, to indicate a hypothetical "any-product." Companies in such texts will frequently be given names such as "ABC Widgets" or "Acme Widget Corp." to indicate that the particular business of the hypothetical company is not relevant to the topic of discussion.