It’s been a while since I have written about photo editors. I have talked earlier about Adobe Photoshop and its free open source alternative. I have a confession to make. I am a Photoshop illiterate. It just seems so complex and I get overwhelmed by all the features in it. To be honest, I just […]

Tech Deals of the Day 05-20-11
on November 18, 2012 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tech Deals
Here are a few deals from our favorite shopping site – Amazon.com Vivitar VIV-VPT-1250 Professional Series 50-Inch Tripod and Carrying Bag – $8.20 with free shipping Lodge Logic L10SK3 12-Inch Pre-Seasoned Skillet – $17 with free shipping Radio Flyer Retro Rocket NEW VERSION – $41.48 with free shipping. James Bond 007: GoldenEye for Wii – […]

How to Run Firefox 4 and Firefox 3 At the Same Time?
on November 18, 2012 in Firefox, Tips & Tricks
I haven’t had the need to do this yet but thanks to @StephenCronin asking this question. With Firefox 4 out yesterday, there are many extension developers who haven’t updated their add-ons yet. Or you may want to test your website on Firefox 3 while using Firefox 4 simultaneously. Whatever the reason maybe, here is how […]

End to End Travel Help from Rome2Rio
on November 18, 2012 in Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
This nicely sums up the concept behind a new Google Maps mashup – Rome2Rio.com. “The airport to airport thing has been solved really well by Kayak and Hipmunk, so we want to do the other end like from the airport to where you want to go. Because no one goes on holiday at an airport,” […]
Gmail Now Previews 12 New File Formats
on November 18, 2012 in Gmail, Google
Gmail has been very adept at letting us preview common document formats such as Word, PDF, etc. This is very useful to view files with just the browser without having the software installed. Google Docs previewer that made this possible just became fluent with 12 new file formats. Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) Microsoft PowerPoint […]

Iomega Prestige 1.5 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive $120
on November 18, 2012 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tech Deals
I had brought the Iomega Prestige 1 TB hard drive in a great deal couple of months back. Storage prices are dropping so fast. I just saw that Amazon has dropped the price of Iomega Prestige 1.5 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive to $119.99 with free standard shipping. The Iomega Prestige external USB […]

Create Professional Facebook Pages For Free
on November 18, 2012 in Facebook, Social Networking, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Facebook has become a force to reckon with in the social networking world. It’s not just individuals benefitting from the Facebook effect. Businesses are also using Facebook to reach out to their customers and potential audiences. The default Facebook page you get to create are very bland and not eye-catching. Like anything on the web, […]

Auto-Publish Your Feedburner RSS Feed To Twitter
on November 18, 2012 in Blogging, Feedburner, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Bloggers using Feedburner to publish your RSS feeds listen up. If you blog with hosted WordPress, you might have used a WordPress plugin to automatically publish your RSS feed to your Twitter account. Google has made automatically sending your RSS feeds to Twitter integrated inside your Feedburner account. To get started Login to your Feedburner […]

Watch FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa Live Online
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa is starting today. Some of us in the world unfortunately will be at work or away from home due to the timings of the matches. But don’t worry, there are plenty of places to catch your favorite football matches online on the web. Here are a few ESPN3 […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-02-04
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
Yes! It’s time to look at some more cool, new, shiny Firefox extensions. easyComment: If you are into blogging, this experimental add-on is a must have. It automatically fills out blog comment forms. It also supports multiple commenting profiles and even language mutation. I used to use InformEnter but I am trying this now. FireScope: […]
Twitter is here to stay
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
As much as I love trying new web applications and services even when they are in private beta, I was a late adopter when it comes to Twitter. I finally gave in a couple of months back just to see what gives and was immediately taken by the power of it as well as the […]

Google Moves to Secure Enterprises with Two-Factor Authentication
on November 18, 2012 in Gmail, Google, Google Calendar, Productivity, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Google Apps has been a silent force taking over the enterprise both public and private sector. Google Apps is the enterprise version of the free web apps we are used to – Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, etc. Most web applications rely on just an username and password and this is inherently insecure. Enterprises deal […]

Google Announces Nexus S with Android Gingerbread
on November 18, 2012 in Cellphones, Gadgets, Tech for Life
Google came out with their own handset with Google Nexus One in November 2008. Google’s Android OS has now over 100 different mobile devices in the market. To this date, it remains a favorite with Android developers and may more users as they can get a plain vanilla Android experience with this phone. Now, Google […]

Dropbox Bug Leaves Accounts Open for Hours
on November 18, 2012 in Dropbox, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Dropbox seems to be in a bad run recently. I wrote about Dropbox security when they rewrote some of the lines in the privacy policy pages. This got some bad publicity and even though I love Dropbox for it’s usefulness started suggesting Dropbox alternatives. Yesterday, Dropbox suffered another serious setback. One of the code updates […]

Sorting Added to Remember the Milk
on November 18, 2012 in Remember the Milk, Tech for Life, Web Apps
One of the features I missed in Remember the Milk (RTM) has been added. Remember the Milk (RTM) is a very cool and efficient online task manager. I have a love for GTD (Getting Things Done) tools and RTM is my favorite. Now, you can sort your tasks in RTM by Priority Task Name Due […]
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