Feedly is actually a Firefox add-on that turns your favorite feeds in Google Reader into fun magazine style start page. I am an avid RSS feeds consumer. I subscribe to hundreds of RSS feeds in a variety of topics and hardly go to individual websites to get my news in the morning. Between Twitter and […]

Quick Tip: Gmail Down? Access Gmail using iGoogle
on September 1, 2009 in Gmail, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
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 […]

Gmail Gets More Netbook Friendly
on August 5, 2009 in Gmail, Google, Tech for Life
Google is definitely taking the Netbook space seriously. Netbooks are great for their portability but running Windows XP on it with limited hardware resources can be really painful. Google recognizes this and recently announced the open source Google Chrome OS aimed squarely at Netbooks. It is an extension of its Mobile OS platform – Android […]

How to Exclude Adsense from Specific Posts Without Editing WordPress Code?
on August 4, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
If you are running a WordPress blog monetized with Google Adsense, you have probably looked for a way to hide Adsense ads from certain posts. You will be surprised how easily you can achieve this. Google Adsense is a great program for publishers to monetize their blogs. It is a great way of funding your […]

Don’t Have a Google Voice Number? Try 3Jam
on July 31, 2009 in Household
Google Voice is still in private beta and you can only get a number if you have been invited or you already have a number from when it was GrandCentral like I did. We just recently talked about how to change your Google Voice number. But for those feeling left out but enthralled by the […]

Quick Tip: Add your Twitter Favorites to Google Reader
on July 15, 2009 in Google, Google Reader, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
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 […]

How to Add Google Maps in a WordPress Site?
on May 8, 2009 in Featured, WordPress
An easy-to-follow 10 steps to adding a pretty Google Maps with its original interactive UI to your WordPress blog.

Google Analytics Gets API + Polaris Adobe Air Desktop App
on April 22, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
The Data Export API will allow developers to extend Google Analytics in new and creative ways. We can now look out for developers to integrate Google Analytics data into existing products or create new products.

How to Block Unwanted Links in Your Google Sitelinks?
on April 20, 2009 in Tech for Life
Recently, I came across news on how Google is testing out new one-line Google Sitelinks for some sites. Google Sitelinks are The links shown below some sites in our search results, called sitelinks, are meant to help users navigate your site. Our systems analyze the link structure of your site to find shortcuts that will […]

Undo Your Sent Gmail
on March 22, 2009 in Tech for Life
Gmail Labs has a new feature that’s incredibly useful. There are a lot of actions in Gmail that you can undo. Like deleting, email contacts, etc. But, what about that email you sent when you were mad at someone or just that spur of the moment email you might regret later? You have 5 seconds […]

Google Reader Goes Social with Comments
on March 11, 2009 in Tech for Life
Now, you can leave a comment in your friend’s shared item by clicking on the ‘Add a Comment’ button. And a little speech bubble appears on the friend’s shared item indicating that there is a comment on the post.

3 Great Ways to Run Gmail From Desktop
on March 5, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
In this post, we are going to look at 3 different ways of detaching Gmail from your browser and running Gmail as if it were a desktop application.

Troubleshoot RSS Issues with Feedburner Status Blog
on January 27, 2009 in Blogging, Feedburner, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
Most of us who use Feedburner to publish our feeds have been seeing issues for the past week to 10 days. The feed count here dropped from over 900+ to around 600. And I didn’t even write something to piss you of. It was same story around the blog world and Twitter was buzzing with […]
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Evernote Now Imports Google NoteBook
on January 23, 2009 in Tech for Life
It’s official. Evernote has come out with an import tool to import your Google Notebook content into Evernote. Google Notebook recently announced that they are stopping development of Google Notebook. I think Evernote is one of the best Google Notebook alternatives out there. How to Export/Import Google Notebook to Evernote? Sign into Google Notebook Click […]

Import Google Notebook into Zoho
on January 21, 2009 in Tech for Life
Zoho Notebook offers an excellent alternative to Google Notebook. Even though I have proclaimed Evernote to be the best alternative to Google Notebook, Zoho sure beat Evernote to the race in providing an import tool to get your Google Notebook content across easily. I am sure Evernote will follow suit shortly. But, I was curious […]
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