Originally posted 2010-06-09 07:00:00. Google has enjoyed a nice and solid slice of the web search industry. They were good at indexing the whole Internet and providing relevant results. However, the web is changing. More and more people are searching for real-time news and the web is getting richer and richer. Microsoft has seen some [...]
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Create Professional Facebook Pages For Free
Originally posted 2010-07-08 11:30:00. Facebook has become a force to reckon with in the social networking world. It’s not just individuals benefitting from the Facebook effect. Businesses are also using Facebook to reach out to their customers and potential audiences. The default Facebook page you get to create are very bland and not eye-catching. Like [...]
TweetDeck Goes Supersonic With a New Update
Originally posted 2010-11-03 07:00:00. Ok that might be a little bit of exaggeration but the new version of TweetDeck really has gotten an awesome speed boost. Twitter introduced User Streams API earlier that allowed for instant delivery of tweets. The older API allowed for the clients tto check for new tweets every few minutes. TweetDeck [...]
How to Get a Free US Spotify Invite Code?
Spotify just launched in the US this morning. Those who have tried Spotify know it’s like a magical version of iTunes in which you’ve already bought every song in the world. – Wired If you didn’t know or haven’t heard about Spotify, that should explain what the service is all about. Spotify so far has [...]
MemoLane is Now Open for Everyone. Try it!
Originally posted 2011-03-10 13:00:00. I reviewed the service MemoLane earlier but it was in private beta. MemoLane is now open for everyone to try. MemoLane is a free service that aggregates and visualizes your social network, blog updates in one easy to view interface. MemoLane supports Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Picasa Web, Blog RSS feeds, Foursquare, [...]
Miranda IM Client Gets Facebook Chat
Originally posted 2010-02-15 08:00:00. Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. This venerable instant messaging client has recently added support for Facebook Chat making it even more attractive. Miranda IM supports a wide variety of protocols such as AOL Instant Messenger Gadu-Gadu IAX ICQ Internet Relay Chat Jabber MSN Netsend Tlen Yahoo [...]
How to Turn off Facebook’s New Facial Recognition Feature?
Facebook just added another controversial feature and as always enabled it for all users without asking for their consent. So far, Facebook let us tag photos with names of our friends on pictures we have. Facebook just added an automatic face recognition feature that will identify people from photos anywhere on the site. This feature [...]
Skype Experiences Worldwide Outage – PC Version
Skype is suffering serious connectivity problems worldwide and it seems like it is affecting just the Skype PC versions. Skype for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android seem to be working fine. However, video and voice calling with Skype PC versions seem to throw this error. @skype has ackownledged this outage in their twitter feed. Some [...]
World of Facebook – InfoGraphic
Facebook has grown leaps and bounds in the last year. There is no better way than to view their growth through an awesome infographic. [Note: This is a 1.6MB image file. Click to see in full size] [Credit: Singlegrain & OBizMedia]
Instant Fat Trimming For Your Twitter Account
Originally posted 2010-03-02 12:30:00. If you are on Twitter, you will really like this new tool I just found. I have come across many tools and recommendation service including Twitter’s own now-extinct recommendation list to find and follow new people. After being on Twitter for more than 2 years I have the ‘following too many [...]
April 29 Royal Wedding to Be Live Streamed on YouTube
There is a lot of talk about The Royal Wedding set to happen in London, England on April 29, 2011. If you not in London and still want to watch the Royal wedding, you are in luck. The Royal Wedding is to be live streamed on their official YouTube Channel. The live stream is set [...]
Greplin is Google For Your Personal Accounts
Most of us use Google to search for information on the web. One search engine for the entire web. How do we search for information in various accounts we have on web services like Gmail, Facebook, Twitter. We search them individually as if they are all silos. A new web service called Greplin breaks down [...]
Create a PDF Book of All Your Tweets
I have attempted to store all my tweets in a WordPress blog so I can browse it as well as create my own searchable backup copy. I just came across another cool service that lets me download my tweets in one shot as a PDF ebook. You just need to sign in with your twitter [...]
Enable HTTPS And Keep Your Facebook Account Secure
You might have heard of techniques like FireSheep which lets others in the same network as you with access to your Facebook account. In light of this, Facebook just recently announced full HTTPS support. Enabling HTTPS on your Facebook account will prevent a lot of hacks and protect your information. Facebook is notorious for turning [...]
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