Customer Relationship Management has been traditionally done by robust solutions by big ERP vendors as a part of their enterprise offering. When CRM used to the focus for just l large companies, it worked well. Now, the barriers to such great tools are being broken down by online software solutions. This has made the entry […]

Xmarks To Live Happily Ever After, May be
on November 10, 2012 in Tech for Life, Web Apps
Update: LastPass has bought Xmarks! It’s a roller coaster ride for the awesome cross-platform, cross-browser bookmarks sync service – Xmarks. Recently, they announced that they are going shutter their operations come January as they couldn’t make a business out of this service. Following user request, they opened up a pledge where they asked for folks […]

Rich Contact Profiles Inside Gmail with Rapportive
on November 10, 2012 in Facebook, Flickr, Gmail, Google, Social Networking, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Twitter, Web Apps
When you are composing or reading an email from a contact, how would you like to have their whole social profile at your fingertips? Rapportive is a web solution that replaces the ad column in Gmail with a rich contact profile. Rapportive shows you everything about your contacts right inside your inbox. You can immediately […]

Get a RapidShare Premium Account FREE Now
on November 10, 2012 in File Transfers, Tech Deals, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
I am not sure how long this offer has been on or how long this will last. RapidShare is giving away FREE premium accounts right now. RapidShare is a popular file hosting service that offers one-click hosting. Premium Accounts offer additional features and convenience to users. So, make use of this excellent offer and sign […]

Can the New Hotmail Take Over Gmail?
on November 10, 2012 in Microsoft Office, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps, Windows
Hotmail defined the web mail paradigm when it came out and indeed my very first email account was with hotmail. But, Google took over this space with unmatched features, storage space and just the ease of using email for power users as well as regular users. Now, Hotmail is taking another shot at regaining it’s […]

Quick Tip: Unclutter Gmail Inbox From gBuzz Mails
on November 20, 2011 in Buzz, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Google Buzz is creating quite a buzz since Google introduced it a couple of days. It appeared in my Gmail yesterday and I started playing with it. First thing I noticed was that any buzz update was coming to my Gmail inbox. No, no, no, no. I am trying to do a ‘Inbox Zero’ by […]

Netflix Charts the Fastest ISPs
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life, Web Apps
I have always wondered if AT&T’s DSL or Comcast’s cable modem is faster in our area. They both offer comparable speeds at comparable prices. But, these numbers come from the ISPs themselves. Tests with sites like Speedtest.net can give me an answer to some extent. But, there is a more definitive answer now. From Netflix. […]

Read Full RSS Feeds From Any Partial RSS Feed
on November 20, 2011 in Blogging, Google, Google Reader, Web Apps
Even in this day and age, there are still a lot of publishers who believe in increasing their pageviews by offering only partial RSS feeds. This effectively makes the reader click through and read the rest of the article on the website. Atleast, that’s what the publishers hope to achieve. But, if you are like […]

ShanKri-la Feature: Remember the Milk
on November 20, 2011 in Remember the Milk, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Back in the days, I was writing down tasks I want to get done in pieces of paper stuffed in my wallet. I know it’s archaic and wasn’t fun but it worked for me. But, with the advent of Google Calendar and other web applications I decided to dump my old system and try something […]

Scan Your Documents to the Cloud with ScanDrop [Free for Mac]
on November 20, 2011 in Evernote, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
ScanDrop is a software available on Windows and Mac. ScanDrop lets you scan your documents to the cloud seamlessly. You can scan your important docs and send them directly to Google Docs or Evernote or ScanDrop’s own cloud service – OfficeDrop. ScanDrop is a freemium service. If you just want to scan your papers, photos […]

Find Out-of-Touch Gmail Contacts With Etacts
on November 20, 2011 in Gmail, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
I am a heavy Gmail user and not shy about sharing my email with people I meet and want to stay in touch. This means I wake up to 20-30 emails every morning and go through a bunch more during the day. With all this chatter, I have lost touch with a few people who […]
Take a Walk Down Your MemoLane
on November 20, 2011 in Facebook, Flickr, Social Networking, Twitter, Web Apps
For those of us who are addicted to our social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, etc., there is no easy to way to view our ‘social’ history. How can you see what you did for your last birthday? How can you tell how you were ‘feeling’ on your last vacation? MemoLane is a […]

Quix – The Only Bookmarklet You’ll Ever Need
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
I am a huge fan of bookmarklets. I have a folder full of bookmarklets for various web services like Evernote, HootSuite, Twitter, GMail this, etc. I just came across one bookmarklet and probably the only bookmarklet I’ll ever need! Quix is a bookmarklet that gives you one place to store all your bookmarks and bookmarklets. […]

A Social Network to Share More of Your Life – Your Purchases
on November 20, 2011 in Social Networking, Tech for Life, Web Apps
This concept may not sit well with everyone but it is interesting nonetheless. There is a social network for everything. You name it and there is a network for it. Remember the site GDGT – a social networking site for gadgets where you can share, review gadgets you own and ones you want publicly? Blippy.com […]

Dropbox Updated for Ubuntu 9.10
on November 20, 2011 in Dropbox, Linux, Tech for Life, Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu 9.10 dubbed Karmic Koala was recently released. One of the major features was the introduction of a file sync service from Ubuntu with 2GB free space. Dropbox has long offered support for Ubuntu Linux. And they have answered yet again by updating it for Ubuntu 9.10. If you’d like to try Dropbox or even […]
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