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As soon as I tried Keyboardr today, I was impressed. It’s a crazy fast and minimalist mashup of Google Search, which lets you search over multiple sources and navigate the results by using your arrow keys only.

Results come out as soon as you type and you can get them from Google Search, Google Blogs, Youtube, Wikipedia and Google images.

Then, you can just use your arrow keys to jump from a result to another and hit enter to open it.

Here is what you get if you search for, let’s say, Twitter:

Again, the service is very fast and it’s very useful to get a single view with different sources. Test it out and leave your comments. Check out the author’s home page for further details.

It would be great if it were possible to add it as a search box add-on for the main browsers, really helpful!

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Today I’m spending some time at the Plug&Play Expo in Sunnyvale and I have to say I’m impressed. There are almost 40 startups presenting and showcasing their services and products and some of them definitely rock. I mean, many services I’m coming across really solve a problem and add value to your internet experience as well as your “normal” life.

One of them is Cooliris. In a nutshell, they offer a plugin/extension for the most popular web browsers which let you get access to web content from any website and in particular for those containing rich multimedia content in a very effective and way.

They basically provide you a 3D view of the content that you can browse and manage very easily. You can also share it by email simply by a drag an drop.

In the example below, I just made as search “san francisco” on SmugMug. CoolIris immediately provided me with the results of the search in a unique 3D interface through which I can browse photos, share them or jump to the original web address.

You can also switch to a filmstrip view similar to that provide by Adobe LightRoom.

Major serach engines are available, Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Photobucket, Amazon, Flickr, Smugmug. Down here the same search (”san francisco”) with YouTube. As a result, I get all the videos related to that keyword.

If your website is “cooliris enabled” your visitors will be able to see your content in a very attractive and easy-to-use way. A Wordpress plugin is available too, you can can choose what content you want to show to your blog readers by setting up a stunning slideshow available from your blog.

There is much, much more and I highly recommend to try it out. Really a great service which makes browsing a complete new experience. Kudos to Cooliris for this wonderful and very useful application.

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