January 2011
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Facebook email is here
Tonight when I logged into my Facebook account I saw a pop-up (see the grpahic below) This means facebook mail is here. Will Facebook mail become my default email application? I do not think so. Even if I was to shift (and Facebook will have to offer a lot) it will take a long time 12 to 24 months. What do you guys think?
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Kid Mode for Firefox - Safer Internet for kids
Being a father of a small child I’m always wary of my child browsing the Internet as she might land up at a place that she does not need to be. I’m not too worried about porn or other stuff but about child abuse on the Internet. Mostly children go on to the Internet either to get assistance for their homework or play online. Then I happened to come across Kid Mode - Firefox for Kids...
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Backup and restore WordPress based websites
I would advise anyone who is using WordPress to backup their site regularly. There are many plugins available for backing up the database being used by the WordPress installation like WordPress DB backup plugin and DB Manager these only allow you to backup databases which is helpful if you have not customized the WordPress installation. Most of the users would have customized the core WordPress...
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Find Skype Contacts
Though Skype is mainly used for business communication sometimes you might need to find people with certain profiles. This is where Skypecontacts.com comes in handy. You can search for people by gender and age. Once you signin from the home page.you can see other users who are using Skypecontacts. via ScribeFire
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Virtual Drive freewares for Windows
If you are looking to mount disk images on your windows based computer I do not see a reason as to why you would buy a software as there are a lot of freeware available which is good and have stood the test of time. Some of the options are WinCDemu One of the late entrants to the market but is one of the freeware which is sophisticated as well. It is available on Sourceforge, which hosts many of...
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Video based WordPress themes and plugin
Recently a customer was looking to create a video sharing theme. He wanted a theme that would allow him to upload videos which he can manage through the administrator login. There were some options I found which I thought I would share here Wordpress plugins for videos All in one video pack Add video capabilities to your WordPress based website. Revver Create your own...
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Facebook - facts and figures
If you are interested in online marketing you cannot deny that Facebook has helped lots of businesses and has given small businesses opportunities to compete with bigger companies. The infographic on Mashable makes interesting reading. The information in the infographic reveals a lot about online user behavior. Via: Online Schools
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Placeholders for images while web designing.
Free image placeholders for your website If you are creating a design for a page and have not the chosen which image to use but have an idea about which image to use then use the service at http://www.placehold.it and you can add placeholders for the images which are to be inserted later. Add a place holder is very simple just use http://www.placehold.it/(dimenions of the image) for example use...
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New themes added to Google Docs
Google Documents is gaining popularity as users are seeing value in using the collaborative tools. Google on its part has been updating Google Documents to make it better. Recently they added 24 more templates for users. The features of the new templates are Colorfull Regular fonts have not been used and Google web fonts have been used (you can use the fonts on your website as well using...
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Facebook shutting down on March 15 2011 - It is...
There are strong rumors that Facebook is shutting down on March 15, 2011. It is a hoax. A fake news website called “Weekly World News” (WWN) cooked up this story over this weekend (January 7 to January 9 2011). They even quoted fictitious Mark Zuckerberg (the Facebook CEO) comments which suggested that managing Facebook has become a stress and ruined his life therefore he is...
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Mocks and web site wireframes
If you are a software developer, web developer or a designer when you start on a project the first thing that needs to be taken care of is create mockups and wireframes. There are some tools available that can help you develop mockups and wireframes.One of the opton is Impreso Screens. Impreso Screens Impreso Screens is a AIR based application that lets you create mockups and wireframes for...
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Check multiple Gmail accounts at one time
One of the major challenges specially for those who use the Gmail service for personal email accounts and the business they own or work for uses the Google Apps for your Domain service is to check multiple accounts from one browser because Gmail allows you to login into one account at a time. I have tried logging into multiple Google accounts from one browser on the same machine and in most the...
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Rapid web mobile phone app development
With the user share of people using mobiles to access the Internet increasing there are new opportunities in the area of developing mobile web apps. There are quite a few frameworks that can be used for Rapid Mobile DevelopmentMobile Development Platforms RhoMobile RhoMobile is a Ruby based framework that allows development of native apps for a wide range of smartphones and operating systems....
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Privacy Policy Generator for websites
Privacy policty is must for most websites. It becomes critical for those websies that use third party services for serving advertisments like Google Adsense or processing payments. Hiring a legal consultant is not an option for everyone - specially for Small and Medium Business (SMB) and this is where Generate Privacy Policy website is helpful. Generate Privacy policy website is pretty easy to...
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Favorite Indian online shopping destinations
Some of my favortie online shopping destinations are Tantra For T-shirts Tantra is my favorite as is the case with lots of others. The good news for Indians settled abroad is that now Tantra ships internationally. The advantage of shopping on Tantra is the fact that it has unique designs and the ‘look’ is very rustic. There is a huge range available and style for every user. Their...
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Disney India opens its own online store in India
Parents of young ones beware. Disney is the latest company to launch its online store in India. There are various items available to entice the children. Why I’m interested in this is one that I have kid and the other is that with companies like disney opening up online stores it means that we are entering a new era in India and online shopping is set to go big soon. Lets see how things...