By prasanna, on February 18th, 2012
Do you really know all of your friends on the Facebook? Here is a way to find out. Developed by the students of Yale, Bay Gross and Charlie Croom, this funny quiz app called Whatsher-Facebook, fires a series of your friends display picture for you to name them within the time specified. . . . → Read More: Do You Really Know All Your Facebook Friends?
By prasanna, on December 24th, 2011
Looking forward to the gifts from Santa Claus? On this Christmas eve, he is about to start his journey. Here are ways to track Santa Claus right from your desktops and mobiles. . . . → Read More: On The Hot Trail Of Santa Claus
By prasanna, on June 29th, 2011
Currently all browsers like Firefox, Chrome, etc give you an option of Private browsing which means that none of the browser history, search history, download history, web form history are stored. Here is you can determine if you are using this mode. . . . → Read More: How to determine if you are using Incognito, InPrivate or Private Browsing
By prasanna, on June 7th, 2011
Two factor authentication adds a layer of security for your Gmail. Apart from entering your normal password, you will need to enter the random number generated either using the App on your Phone or via SMS/Voice Call option. The principle behind two authentication is that you will need two components to complete the authentication: What you know? Password :: What you have? Verification Code making it harder to hack into Google accounts. According to Google: “2-step verification is an advanced security feature for users who are concerned about account security and usually have a phone with them when . . . → Read More: How To Enable Two Factor Verification for Gmail
By prasanna, on May 12th, 2011
Yay! All you Angry Birds fans rejoice because your favorite game is now available for PCs and is currently available on Google’s Chrome browser via chrome webstore.
Here is a sneak peek of the Angry Birds games on a Dell Studio laptop:
Its available in two modes High Definition and Standard Definition. Currently there are two levels. The first one in Poached Egg (which is available across all the platforms like Android, Apple and Windows 7) while the second level is called Chrome Dimension.
After I installed the Angry Birds on . . . → Read More: Angry Birds for Chrome is here!
By prasanna, on October 14th, 2010
While Newtwitter is getting rolled out in phases and might change various avatars when it is finally made available for all (meaning there is scope for improvement till we see the final version). Here are some improvements that Twitter can implement to make tweeting seamless and fun:
1. Retweet with comment / editing. Most of us are happy to add various pre-fixes to the tweets than just a plain RT. Anybody +1 ?
2. Auto-Shortening of URL the way Tweetdeck does it using Bit.ly TinyURL, and others (Oh! wait, I know bit.ly might be . . . → Read More: Features that could have made #newtwitter more fun
By prasanna, on October 7th, 2010
Libya has shut down the popular adult URL shortening service http://vb.ly citing violation and non-adherence to Libyan Islamic Shariah law. Since this domain is not hosted in Libya and if you are wondering what Libya has got to do with it, note that: .ly is the top-level Internet country code for Libya and it is registered with Libyan Domain Registry.
Cyber world is abuzz with the action of the Libyan Domain Registry for this action as this can have ramifications on various such domains with catchy names like justin.tv, radioindigo.fm .tv is owned by . . . → Read More: Libyan Domain Registry shuts down vb.ly
By prasanna, on October 5th, 2010
Google Wonder Wheel is an awesome improvisation on search from Google by showing related search terms in hub and spoke model with the results on the right hand side for easier resolution of the searched query. The searched query item is at the center and if you click on one of the offshoots or the spokes, the clicked item now becomes the hub of the related search queries. The results are refreshed on the right hand side every time you click on one of the search items in the spoke. Here is the introductory video from Google’s Engineer, Adam . . . → Read More: Have you tried the Google Wonder Wheel,Not yet enabled for Google India
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