Originally posted 2010-12-08 13:00:00. Google announced Chrome OS a year back and they have finally come out with a version to get feedback from real users. So, Google is piloting a program where they are going to give selected users a Google Chrome OS tablet and get constant feedback from users. We’re starting with the [...]
ShanKri-la RSS subscribers – Please read
on August 2, 2011 in Blogging, Feedburner, Google, WordPress
Originally posted 2007-09-07 17:45:25. First of, I would like to apologize to those who have been annoyed in the past 2 days by the partial posts in ShanKri-la feed. If you wondered if I have switched from full posts to partial posts, the answer is NO. I have no intention of forcing anyone to click [...]
Can Your Small Business Move to the Cloud?
on June 23, 2011 in Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Originally posted 2010-06-03 07:00:00. Cloud computing isn’t new but it definitely is gaining steam. Google has been pushing it’s cloud computing offering Google Apps a lot lately. In fact, my wife uses Google Apps for her freelance work and is very happy with it. It is free for limited use but it usually is plenty [...]
Latest Android Smartphone – HTC Sensation 4G
on June 18, 2011 in Android, Android Smartphones, Gadgets, Google
HTC has been cranking out best selling Android Smartphones. The most recent release in the HTC lineup is the HTC Sensation 4G. HTC Sensation 4G is powerhouse in terms of hardware specs. It sports a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running the latest Android Gingerbread software. The 4G actually works at 4G speed on [...]
Best Mac RSS Reader Apps
on June 14, 2011 in Apple, Google, Google Reader, Mac OS X
Reading RSS feeds with Google Reader is sufficient for most people. However, dedicated Mac RSS reader apps have their own advantage that a webapp cannot provide. Let’s take a look at some of the best Mac Reeder for Mac This one should come as no surprise to those who use the Reeder iPhone app (and [...]
Samsung Series 5 & Acer Cromia Google Chromebooks
on June 13, 2011 in Gadgets, Google, Google Chrome OS, Laptops, Netbooks, Tablets
Google recently announced the availability of their Chrome OS laptops or officially Chromebooks for mid june. You can now order the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook in 3G or WiFi model and the Acer Cromia in 3G or WiFi models as well from Amazon. They are both scheduled for a June 15 release. Chromebooks come with [...]
How to Manually Update Chrome Extensions?
on May 31, 2011 in Google, Google Chrome, Tips & Tricks
Google Chrome is fantastic when it comes to updating chrome extensions automatically. But, there is an extension that has gotten a nice update you read about but your Chrome browser has not updated it yet. Instead of waiting for Google Chrome’s scheduled update to kick off, you can update it manually. Here’s how: Type in [...]
The Google Wallet Phone – Nexus S 4G Android Smartphone
on May 27, 2011 in Android Smartphones, Gadgets, Google
Google just announced 2 new products that is about to pave way for the next generation of mobile payment systems – Google Wallet and Google Offers. Google Wallet will let you store credit cards, loyalty cards, etc and will let you pay for purchases with a single tap. Google Offers will use NFC to show [...]
Easiest Way to Send Large Files or Folder with Google Docs
on May 25, 2011 in Google, Google Docs, Tips & Tricks
Here is a little known fact about Google Docs. You can easily send a large file or folder to someone else by just uploading it to Google Docs. Google Docs has an upload feature that lets you add files or folders upto 1GB in size. You can simply choose Files or Folder and start uploading. [...]
Show/Hide Firefox Address Bar Like Google Chrome
on May 23, 2011 in Firefox, Firefox Add-ons, Google, Google Chrome
Google Chrome just introduced a cool feature which lets you maximize the browser space you have by letting you easily show/hide the address bar. Firefox is not be out done by Chrome for long. With the Firefox extension – LessChrome HD, you can get the same show/hide address bar feature in Firefox. Once installed (no [...]
Book Review – In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
on May 20, 2011 in Good Reads, Google, Tech for Life
I am a big fan of Google and a bunch of their web apps like Gmail, Google Reader, etc just like any other techie. I kept hearing about this book on Google from a lot of podcasters. So, I finally caved in and downloaded the audiobook on Audible – In The Plex: How Google Thinks, [...]
2011 Google IO Keynote Day 1 & Day 2 Videos
on May 16, 2011 in Android, Google, Google Chrome OS
Google made some significant announcements in their 2011 Google I/O conference last week in San Francisco, CA. You can check out the keynotes from Day 1 & Day 2 here in these videos. A funny slide depicting the Android robot eating an Apple! Day 1 had topics such as Momentum, Mobile and More Movies in [...]
Auto-Publish Your Feedburner RSS Feed To Twitter
on May 2, 2011 in Blogging, Feedburner, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Originally posted 2009-12-15 08:00:52. Bloggers using Feedburner to publish your RSS feeds listen up. If you blog with hosted WordPress, you might have used a WordPress plugin to automatically publish your RSS feed to your Twitter account. Google has made automatically sending your RSS feeds to Twitter integrated inside your Feedburner account. To get started [...]
GigaPan Time Machine + Google Chrome = Pure Joy
on April 23, 2011 in Google, Google Chrome, Photography
You may remember the team at Carnegie Mellon University called the GigaPan for their amazing panoramic photos from around the world including the presidential inauguration. GigaPan just made it to the next level with their GigaPan Time Machine. GigaPan Time Machine team captures hundreds and thousands of time lapse pictures and using HTNL5 technology have [...]
Must Have Super Google Reader Chrome Extension
on April 21, 2011 in Google, Google Chrome, Google Reader
Sometimes I am just bewildered why Google hasn’t been pushing their development efforts in Google Reader as aggressively as Gmail. But, thanks to the developer community we can get some nifty features added to these webapps with browser extensions. We have looked at several Gmail and Google Reader Firefox extensions before. It’s time to look [...]
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