Tag Archive | "tutorials"

What Google Public DNS Actually Means To You?

Friday, December 4, 2009

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What Google Public DNS Actually Means To You?

Google has been in a mission to make the web faster than it is now. In that effort they have released Google Public DNS Service. You might have heard about it and probably wondering what the heck it is and if you should do anything about it. I am going to try to help you with [...]

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Are You Ready For Holidays Tech Support Duty?

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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Are You Ready For Holidays Tech Support Duty?

If you are a techie, you probably get cornered for some computer help by your friends and relatives. Especially when you are making the rounds during this holiday season. A relative nicely shows this nice blue screen of death in his/her latop and asks if you can quickly take a look at it. [image by russeljsmith] So instead [...]

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Stop Magicjack From Popping Up In Your Screen

Saturday, November 14, 2009

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Stop Magicjack From Popping Up In Your Screen

I love Magicjack. Where else can you get unlimited long distance for $20/year? If you haven’t tried it yet, check out my Magicjack review. If you used Magicjack, you know you get a dialer in your desktop or laptop where you have the Magicjack software installed. One annoying thing about it is that, even when you are [...]

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Sync Folders Outside of My DropBox to Dropbox

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Sync Folders Outside of My DropBox to Dropbox

Dropbox is an excellent file sync software that offers upto 2GB free storage. However, Dropbox limits you to sync files only in My Dropbox folder. However, you cannot beat Dropbox for the fast superior seamless syncing it offers. I use Windows Live Writer extensively for my blogging and I wanted my drafts folder to [...]

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How to Add Facebook Events to Google Calendar?

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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How to Add Facebook Events to Google Calendar?

I use Google Calendar all the time now that I can sync Google Calendar with my iPhone. Go to Events page in Facebook (see the bar in the bottom of the page) Look for Export Events link in the Events page Copy the url in the popup window Go to Google Calendar – Look for Other Calendars in the [...]

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Quick Tip: Access Google Tasks In Full Browser Window

Monday, October 26, 2009

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Quick Tip: Access Google Tasks In Full Browser Window

Google Tasks has been a welcome addition for a lot of Gmail fans. Plus, Google Tasks has been made available from a variety of Google web apps like Google Calendar, etc. The only downside so far is that Google Tasks opens in a small window inside of Gmail or Google Calendar. Google Tasks can now be accessed [...]

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What is Dropbox? Awesome Video

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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What is Dropbox? Awesome Video

Dropbox is one of my favorite web services. Regular readers here probably have seen a lot of posts on Dropbox. But, if you are still wondering What is Dropbox, wonder no more. Common Craft are known for their simple videos that can explain complex concepts very easily and they have done one for Dropbox. Did you enjoy [...]

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