Ok. I have moved from taking pictures casually with a point and shoot camera to a bridge camera like the Canon SX10 IS superzoom digital camera. Now, I learnt enough basics to move on to the next level of photography and bought my first entry-level DSLR Canon Rebel T1i or EOS 500D in some places. […]
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Send Files Upto 2GB With WeTransfer
We all hit the universal email limit when trying to send files across the Internet. For the the tech savvy, you might have a FTP server running and will give that info to someone who speaks FTP and download it. Sometimes, you may not know how or just won’t have the time to deal with […]
What Google Public DNS Actually Means To You?
Google has been in a mission to make the web faster than it is now. In that effort they have released Google Public DNS Service. You might have heard about it and probably wondering what the heck it is and if you should do anything about it. I am going to try to help you […]
Are You Ready For Holidays Tech Support Duty?
If you are a techie, you probably get cornered for some computer help by your friends and relatives. Especially when you are making the rounds during this holiday season. A relative nicely shows this nice blue screen of death in his/her latop and asks if you can quickly take a look at it. [image by […]
What Free Apps Are You Thankful For?
Lifehacker had an interesting post yesterday that prompted me to post this article In fact, I have used the same title here. What Free Apps Are You Thankful for? I love finding free and quality applications that we can use everyday and share it here for anyone looking for one. In light of Thanksgiving, I […]
How to Setup Google Analytics Intelligence Alerts?
Google does a lot of things right and Google Analytics that help monitor your website traffic is definitely one among them. Google Analytics is a free and powerful website statistics gathering application. If you run a website(s), you are probably using Google Analytics to measure your site traffic. Google Analytics just added a cool new […]
Beware: Facebook Phishing Scam in the Wild
I woke up this morning to see 45 emails via Facebook. Looks like I started spamming my friends’ walls with messages like ‘How to make $6000 with hot colon?’. Luckily, I have friends who know me better than to post such nonsense in their walls and they said so. Finally, the Facebook team had sensed […]
Stop Magicjack From Popping Up In Your Screen
I love Magicjack. Where else can you get unlimited long distance for $20/year? If you haven’t tried it yet, check out my Magicjack review. If you used Magicjack, you know you get a dialer in your desktop or laptop where you have the Magicjack software installed. One annoying thing about it is that, even when […]
Was My Gmail Hacked This Morning?
I really thought that was the case when I saw a bunch of emails marked as read when I know for sure I hadn’t opened them. I was in a 3 hour meeting. My first thought was to check to see if anyone else is logged into my Gmail account elsewhere right now. You can […]
Sync Folders Outside of My DropBox to Dropbox
Dropbox is an excellent file sync software that offers upto 2GB free storage. However, Dropbox limits you to sync files only in My Dropbox folder. However, you cannot beat Dropbox for the fast superior seamless syncing it offers. I use Windows Live Writer extensively for my blogging and I wanted my drafts folder to be in […]
How to Add Facebook Events to Google Calendar?
I use Google Calendar all the time now that I can sync Google Calendar with my iPhone. Go to Events page in Facebook (see the bar in the bottom of the page) Look for Export Events link in the Events page Copy the url in the popup window Go to Google Calendar – Look for […]
Quick Tip: Create a Shortcut to Your Unread Gmail
Gmail has been the center of my online universe for the past few years. And I appreciate every little help to make me even more productive with my emails. Gmail already has a ton of features that can make you a productivity ninja. Labels, Filters, etc to name a few. You probably knew already that […]
Quick Tip: Gmail Down? Access Gmail using iGoogle
Gmail has been down, reportedly worldwide, for a tleast an hour for me now. But there is a workaround. If you have POP access or IMAP enabled accounts setup, you can still access your Gmail. It works fine. Here is a list of supported POP clients if you don’t have one. If you don’t have […]
Quick Tip: How to Change your Google Voice Number?
I have had a Google Voice number since it was in it’s original form as GrandCentral. I even gave away GrandCentral number invites to my readers here. At that time GrandCentral did not have a local number for me in my area. Even though the number was the same area code as my place it […]
Quick Tip: Add your Twitter Favorites to Google Reader
I use Twitter pretty much every day now and it’s probably no news for those of who follow me on Twitter. Although I rely on my Google Reader feeds to stay informed and get creative with blogging, Twitter is more and more becoming my source for good information for this blog. Plus, I use Twitter […]
