Even if you are not a huge fan of nature, this video will make you appreciate the beauty in everything around us. The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo. Inspirational stuff like this video is what kindles my interest in photography time and time again. Here is a total lunar eclipse time lapse video and […]
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How to Backup WordPress to Dropbox?
If you haven’t heard of Dropbox I highly recommend checking it out. If you are already a reader of our Dropbox hacks, you are going to love this one too. Dropbox is a file sync service that seamlessly syncs your files across PC, Mac, Linux, and other mobile devices like iPhone, Android phones, iPad, etc […]
Book a Hotel Room With a View with Room77
How many times have you booked a hotel room and wished it had a better view out the window? Room77.com is a new hotel room search engine service that lets you find hotel rooms with views. Room77 has a database of around half a million hotel rooms in 2500 properties. Most of the hotels in […]
Mozilla Introduces Web Apps
Google had me interested in the idea of Web OS and web apps when they introduced Chrome OS last December. As any religious tech enthusiast, I applied for their Chrome CR-48 notebook pilot program and got in. I have been using Chrome OS for weeks and I can’t explain the difference to my wife. Every […]
Discovery Space Shuttle Launch – View From Airplane [video]
Discovery Space Shuttle had it’s last launch and made it’s way to the International Space Station last week. Someone got a rare opportunity to witness the launch from an airplane flying over and caught the entire launch on video. Here it is without further adieu. Pretty cool, isn’t it?
Tip: Save Any File on the Web Directly on Dropbox
I absolutely love Dropbox hacks and here is another trick you may not know. If you are on a public computer and you want to upload a file you found on the Internet straight to your Dropbox account, you can do so. How? Just right clock on the file you want to save in Dropbox […]
How to Find Out If An Airport Has TSA Body Scanners?
With the holiday season in full swing, many of you are probably traveling and some of you are flying. As you may already know, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have installed new backscatter body screening machines across many airports. A lot of people feel this as way too intrusive. If this is something you want […]
Disable Third Party Data Tracking with Disconnect
Former Google employee, Brian Kennish, has created a browser extension, Disconnect, for Chrome and Rockmelt to disable third party data tracking while browsing. You might have already heard about the extension Facebook Disconnect which removes the Facebook Connect functionality that automatically identified you in 3rd party websites if you are logged into your Facebook account. […]
Google eBookStore to Compete With Amazon & Apple
Google has gotten in headfirst into the eBooks market by launching Google eBooks. Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Nobles have been the major players in the eBooks market on their Kindle, Apple iPad and Nook ebook reading devices. Google has also launched their own Google eBookStore to sell Google eBooks online. The store has launched […]
Why Wesabe Lost to Mint? From the Horse’s Mouth
Wesabe was my first online personal finance manager experience. I was awestruck with its simplicity and functionality. I had a new found love for personal finance thanks to Wesabe. However, over the years Mint came along and they swept me off my feet. Although Wesabe was good, Mint had an uncanny knack for doing little […]
Adobe AIR to Power Tablets & Televisions
Adobe AIR has been an interesting technology and continues to do so. It is used to power web apps but make them look like they are desktop apps. Adobe AIR is cross platform and it works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. I have covered a lot of Adobe AIR apps here before. One […]
Gmail Out of Space – How to Clean Up?
You have run out of space for your Gmail account. You will not be able to send or receive any emails until you delete some items. If you were greeted with this message in Gmail and wondering how to go about cleaning up your emails, it is easy. As you would do with cleaning up […]
Fantastic Volcano Close Encounter Footage [video]
Volcanoes always give me a sense of awe and wonder. But, this video brings out its ferociousness and human courage in one video. Amazing stuff, eh? { via Gizmodo }
Facebook Becomes Better at Security – One-time Passwords
Facebook gets a lot of backlash about privacy and a lot of people get their Facebook account hacked. But, they have been working constantly on this area and now have a very good feature set when it comes to security. The kind we are used to with Gmail. One-time passwords Facebook just started to roll […]
Delicious Could Become the Xmarks Alternative For Some
Xmarks recently announced that they will soon be shutting down their free browser sync service since they couldn’t make a business out of it. With the service going away, a lot of you Xmarks users are probably looking for an alternative way to sync your bookmarks. If all you need is bookmarks syncing, there may […]
