Archive for July, 2009

Nothing’s perfect applies to Apple IPhones too. Here are the top 11 Iphone annoyances and what you can do about them: Hiding apps – including the default ones Iphone’s start screen is filled with shortcuts to prepackaged applications that come with the Iphone whether you want them or not. For example: An app for checking stocks whose shortcut can’t be removed from the Iphone [...]

It’s already been more than a year since Microsoft’s deal to outright acquire Yahoo…. Now, the focus is on Microsoft’s new search engine – Bing – becoming the search provider on Yahoo.com, which would combine to give the companies a more formidable rival to Google (Google), at least in terms of market share and ad inventory. AdAge reports that a deal “is likely to be announced [...]

A brand new Twitter homepage. It’s new, it’s very blue, and it’s all about search. In fact, from the looks of it Twitter has decided to take the simple and straightforward front page route, centered around search. Gone are any attempts to explain Twitter, or a link to the Twitter in Plain in English video. Instead, the Twitter homepage features a big search box, along with popular topics right [...]

Facebook has over 250 million members, with 50 million of them registering for the social site in past 90 days, ever wondered what their secret is to retaining members?Do you think people stay on Facebook so they can continue to share photos and updates with their friends, connect with their favorite brands, or get clued in to the latest events or to get poked? Maybe, but the real secret to why you [...]

Sometime ago Google and wordpress were being blocked by the great firewall of china and now its the online games that is on the hit list. The new york times reports that china is now targeting online games. Online games are hugely profitable in China. In 2008, the industry brought in revenues of 18 billion renminbi, or about $2.64 billion, a 77 percent increase over the year before, according to an [...]

Twitter today announced that it would fix the followers count issue and is also kicking some spammers’ off twitter… “As a consequence of this, follower counts will drop for some people. In particular, those with large followings may see significant changes as we correct for spam accounts and data inconsistencies. No legitimate followings should be affected—we’re just cleaning up [...]

Geek – What does that mean? The word geek is a slang term, noting individual as “a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics etc…. I had to write this ….  It’s really fascinating to just read about it…  Similarly, the site geeks.com too lists 29 reasons [...]

Bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs) for free. Reducing the URL length makes sharing easier. Unique user-level and aggregate links are created, allowing users to view complete, real-time traffic and referrer data, as well as location and metadata. 1. Easy to use and saves your URL history of short URL’s that you created and get a complete history. Every bit.ly link [...]

When you import your address books to invite people to Facebook using the Friend Finder, it claims not to save the password but what about the contacts? According to the privacy “Facebook will not save your password” but wait, what is learn more here? When I clicked on it, it says: “We may use the email addresses you upload through this importer to help you connect with friends, including [...]

Yeah it is true. Ever wished to travel to Mars? Well, that’s actually not possible at the moment, but you can send your name to Mars and that’s what i’m doing also . NASA is providing an opportunity, to be included with others name on a microchip. The Mars Science Laboratory rover is heading to Mars in 2011! – Just fill up following form with your name, country and zip code; after [...]