I talked about two best photo sharing apps that I love in a previous post. Picasa Web Albums is Google’s answer to Flickr that Yahoo bought and done a great job with. One thing that Picasa Web Albums was missing was the community element of searching others pictures by ttitle, subject, tags, etc. Now, Google […]
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No RSS? Get Website Updates with Page2RSS
These days, we can follow a lot of site updates through RSS feeds. Unfortunately, there is still a chunk of websites on the internet that don’t have RSS feeds enabled. If this is something important or crucial to your blogging needs, it might get tiring to keep visiting the site to check for updates. Page2RSS […]
Dell U2713HM-IPS-LED CVN85 27-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor $649 Shipped
If you are looking for a IPS-LED monitor, this Dell U2713HM-IPS-LED CVN85 27-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor is a fantastic option for $649 with free shipping. Features WQHD resolution and accurate colors out of the box: Superb clarity with 2560 x 1440 resolution and over 3.6 million pixels. Features a color gamut of more than 99-percent […]
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Dropbox Gets App Directory & Mobile Updates
Have I said Dropbox is my favorite file sync – file backup service enough times? Well, I will say it again, it really is the best! For those unaware, Dropbox is a seamless file sync utility that can keep folders and files in sync across multiple computers, multiple operating systems and over the Internet. The […]
Top Web Applications Best Suited for Mozilla Prism
Mozilla Prism, previously known as WebRunner, is a great application that splits the web applications from the browser and lets you run them from your desktop. Although in it’s infancy, Prism is already very useful for me and I use it for a variety of web applications that I need open throughout the day. If […]
Sony BRAVIA KDL46EX710 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV $999
Amazon has the Sony BRAVIA KDL46EX710 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV, Black for $999 with free shipping and no tax in most states. Some features 46-inch Edge LED-backlit HDTV with Full HD 1080p resolution and slim design Motionflow 120Hz technology for smooth motion; BRAVIA Engine 3 fully digital video processor Wi-Fi ready (with optional […]
Sony Playstation 3 Can Play 3D Blu-Ray Movies
My wife and I are big fans of Sony Playstation 3. We use it more as a media streaming device and a DVD/Blu-ray player than as a gaming console. We use TVersity to stream videos from our desktop or notebook computers to our HDTV. With the 3D HDTVs gaining adoption and with the impending holiday […]
Top 10 WordPress 2.9 Features You Should Know
WordPress 2.9 is coming soon and it’s time to see what we can expect from this release. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms and is available in a hosted version at WordPress.com and as a free self-hosting version at WordPress.org. WordPress 2.9 is the next version in the recent updates and I […]
Dropbox Goes Public & Linux Client Is Available Now
DropBox is an innovative file synchronization service that seamlessly keeps the assigned folder between computers in sync. You can even get to your files from anywehere via a browser interface. You can read my DropBox Review here. Dropbox was on closed beta so far and they have just launched publicly! You go ahead and sign […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 07-11-13
It’s time for another look at some of the Firefox extensions making the rounds this week. For the new readers, I do these picks post every couple of weeks or as soon as I come across enough extensions to warrant a post. You can see the previous posts in this series at the bottom of […]
Borrowing made easy: neighborrow
I am always on the lookout for the next big thing in the web application arena. This one caught my eye today. While I am not sure if it’s the next big thing, it has the promising tone to it. neighborrow has an interesting concept and here is an excerpt from their site about this […]
Light Painting WiFi Signals [video]
We are surrounded by invisible WiFi signals and may more signals around us. This is especially true in urban settings. The team at YOUrban.no (Timo Arnall, Jørn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen) has conjured up an instrument that shows the WiFi signals as a bulbs lighting up in a rod depending on the strength of the […]
RSS overload – A great reference for RSS needs
I think RSS is the next best thing to sliced bread. Really. I even think if I hadn’t found RSS and it’s usefulness, I wouldn’t have started consuming so much information from hundreds of websites without spending a lot of time everyday. And I wouldn’t have felt the urge to create ShanKri-la and share these […]
Power your PHP Web Application with BackPress
WordPress and the new BuddyPress (forum) are couple of immensely popular open source projects in the PHP web applications world. BackPress is a PHP library of core functionality for web applications that grew out of the WordPress project. BackPress includes a variety of foundations needed to build a robust, scalable web application as a core […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-04-10
Firefox 3 beta 5 has been in the wild for a few days. If you haven’t had a chance to try it yet, you can snag this portable version of it and read this post to run Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 simultaneously. The advantage of the portable version is that there is no installation […]
