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 really good success with […]
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Yahoo Photos closing deadline announced
Raise your hands if you use or have used Yahoo Photos. Even though I have been using Flickr, Picasa Web Albums & Photobucket for various needs lately, I still have a lot of my pictures left in Yahoo Photos. You might have read it here or elsewhere about Yahoo’s decision to shutdown Yahoo Photos. For […]
DropBox Web – Redesigned with Bulk Operations
Dropbox is my favorite file sync software and one of its major advantages over others in the file sync area is their incredible web access to all your stored files and folders. Dropbox Web just got prettier. Not only, did it get a nice UI redesign but they also added some very useful features to […]
Xmarks Finds a New Home in LastPass
Xmarks – a browser based bookmark sync service has finally found a new home in LastPass. Xmarks service faced the threat of shutdown as they couldn’t monetize their excellent bookmark syncing service. However, they opened up a pledge to see if their users wanted to support them. This gave them enough publicity that few more […]
Create Custom HTML Signatures in Gmail – Black Canvas
One of the primary gripes about Gmail is the lack of HTML support in email signatures. And it sticks out like a sore thumb. Obviously, Google has heard this complaint for a long time from it’s huge user base especially from the power users. And they haven’t still addressed this user request despite making other […]
Foxmarks Bookmark Sync for IE & Safari
Foxmarks is one of the best Firefox extensions out there. Foxmarks lets you create a profile at Foxmarks.com and syncs your bookmarks across any number of Firefox browsers on various computers you use. This means you can seamlessly bookmark in one computer at work and come home to find it and go to the site […]
Groovy Online Task Manager – voo2do
I am a fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) way of accomplishing tasks. In my quest for increased productivity, I have tried and used many online to-do lists, task managers, tiddlywikis and I review some of them here time to time. I stumbled across a groovy online task manager application, Voo2do, that has […]
Texter – A Must Have Productivity Tool
I have known about this little utility called Texter for a very long time through Lifehacker. But, until today I never gave it a shot. I was tired of typing repetitive things throughout the day, day in and day out every week. Be it, my site urls or email signatures, some keywords, phone number, address, […]
WordPress 3.0 Download is Here! + New Features
After months of development, WordPress 3.0 code named “Thelonious” is finally here! I am sure you curious about the new features in WordPress 3.0 and here is a few important ones WordPress and WordPress MU have merged – manage multiple WordPress sites from one WP installation. New default theme – Twenty Ten New custom menu […]
Get Advanced SystemCare Pro 3 for FREE – 1 week only
IOBit is giving away free licenses for their premier product – Advanced SystemCare Pro 3 this week. IOBit is celebrating their 5th birth anniversary of Advanced SystemCare. Advanced SystemCare PRO is a nice cleaner plus it also comes bundled with tools like disk defrag, basic malware scanning, finding duplicate files, editing context menus, uninstalling programs, […]
Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18MP CMOS APS-C Digital SLR Camera $647 shipped
This is the lowest price I have seen for Canon Rebel T2i DSLR camera with the kit lens. Amazon has the Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18 MP CMOS APS-C Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens for just $647 with free shipping and no tax in most states. Features 18.0-megapixel […]
Safari 5 New Features
Yesterday was the big day when Apple Santa Steve Jobs announced the 4th generation of their beloved iPhone model dubbed as iPhone 4. At the end of the day, they had also silently unveiled the next version of their flagship browser – Safari 5. Safari was recently showing off its HTML5 capability in the Apple […]
What’s new in Firefox 3.1?
Mozilla’s Firefox team is busy readying the Firefox 3.1 for final release by releasing public beta versions. We have seen Firefox 3.1 beta 1 hit the streets and 3.1 beta 2 are already available in the nightly builds. If you are wondering about the new features to be available, here they are: New tab-switching that […]
Handbrake 0.9.5 Released with Blu-ray Support
We just looked at a free Blu-ray ripping software yesterday. I then professed my love for Handbrake for all my ripping and video conversion needs. I was looking for an alternative only to rip Blu-ray DVDs. Lo and behold, Handbrake has released an update with version 0.9.5 with support for Blu-ray DVD structure. You can […]
Dropbox Hacks: Find Your Remote Computer’s IP Address
I love Dropbox hacks. Do you frequently connect to your other computers via FTP or SSH? Now, you can easily find your remote computers’ IP addresses thanks to Dropbox. Of course, if you are a Dropbox user, you probably have Dropbox installed on all your computers. In fact, this tip assumes you have. To find […]
