I think the best Google Notebook alternative out there is Evernote. I even called it Google Notebook done better, way better back in April 2008
Shorten Those Google Search URLs
on January 12, 2009 in Tech for Life
There is no dearth for shortening services. But, this one is a special one. Gog.is is a Google search query shortening service. It’s kind of hard to explain when you might need this but this could come in handy in a few instances. Like if you are helping a friend over IM and want to […]
Google Reader Gets A Cleaner Look
on December 5, 2008 in Tech for Life
I have used the Better GReader Firefox extension and the UserScripts that change the look and feel of Google reader for a while. Now, Google Reader has an updated look and I don’t need to change it’s look with Stylish scripts.. I like it as it is after a long time! Here are some things […]
Gmail Becomes a Powerhouse with Google Gadgets
on October 28, 2008 in Tech for Life
Gmail Labs has been seeing a great number of new additions lately and I will writing up about some of the best ones in there shortly. Right now, we’ll look at a couple of shiny new Gmail Labs additions today. If you are unaware of Gmail Labs, it’s in your Gmail account already. You will […]
Top 12 Refreshing Remember the Milk Goodies
on October 8, 2008 in Remember the Milk, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Remember the Milk is my choice online to-do web app. And so is true for many of you. If you are a RTM user, read on to find some goodies you could use for RTM. If you are not a RTM user, you could browse through a RTM review & a few posts here to […]
Roll Your Own Custom Google Search Engine
on August 6, 2008 in Tech for Life
psst: Buckle up for a long-winding intro. With the web’s expanse being so vast, searching the web is something we do everyday. Searching with Google or your favorite search engine can only get you so far. You’d have to trust Google to bring up the actually useful search results to the top to answer your […]
ICANN Says Yes You Can To More TLDs
on June 27, 2008 in Tech for Life
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ), the entity that tightly controls what domain names could be registered just relaxed its rule paving the way for a slew of new names to be introduced to domain names. At present, there are already 27 TLDs (top level domains) available like the popular .com, .org, […]
GTalk Gadget + Prism = GTalk Alternative for Linux and Mac Users?
on March 18, 2008 in Tech for Life
It’s no secret GTalk client is for Windows only. Linux and Mac users have so far sought out other IM alternatives thanks to GTalk using Jabber protocol for their IM client. I use openSuSE 10.3 as my primary desktop and have had trouble getting some of the excellent IM clients like Pidgin to work behind […]
Run Google Docs in Your Firefox Sidebar
on January 30, 2008 in Tech for Life
Last week, I wrote about how you can run Google Calendar in your browser sidebar. Now, you can get your Google Docs in the browser sidebar as well. Sometimes it is more productive to have some of the stuff we access often (like Google Calendar) to be in the sidebar. This will work out the […]
GmailThis! – An Excellent Gmail bookmarklet – Tips & Tweaks
on January 29, 2008 in Tech for Life
GmailThis! has to be one of the most useful bookmarklet’s I have in my browser toolbar. It let’s me open a Gmail compose window with the Subject line and the email body with the URL of the website I am currently at, already filled in.This makes it so easy to email anyone an email with […]
MySpace Private Profiles Aren’t That Private
on January 28, 2008 in Tech for Life, WordPress
Recently Ashyley of CyberNet News wrote about how someone else can view a MySpace profile’s picture even if the profile was set to private. Apparently, MySpace has fixed this issue. But, a few weeks back I came across an interesting post at SlickMania about another site named MySpacePrivateProfile.com. As the name implies, all you need […]
Run Google Calendar in Your Firefox Sidebar
on January 17, 2008 in Tech for Life
Google Calendar has to be the second popular Google’s suite of offerings after Gmail when it comes to productivity. You can now run Google Calendar right from your sidebar if you are using Firefox (could possibly work for other browsers as well). Mitch of Firefox Facts has gotten the url from the iGoogle – Google […]

ShanKri-la Reviewed & Google PageRank Update
on October 30, 2007 in ShanKri-la, Tech for Life
BlogsWeLuv is a blog dedicated to discovering new and quality blogs. Mike & Tish co-founded this awesome idea and have built it into a great place to find new blogs. A good thing has gotten even better with talented contributors like my friends Garry, Mark, and Bush. Garry has been a guiding force for me […]

Gmail Gets Free IMAP Access
on October 25, 2007 in Tech for Life
While Google’s PageRank team have been busy penalizing the big players with a penalty sweep, GMail team has been busy adding IMAP support to GMail. I have tried using POP3 with Thunderbird but I missed the features available with IMAP. One of the main IMAP feature is that it syncs both ways. So, if you […]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2007-10-18
on October 19, 2007 in Good Reads
Let’s look at what’s going on around the blogs this week. How to Setup up Google Custom Search for your Web Search to Make Money: Maki at Dosh Dosh has a great post on how to setup Google Custom Searchfor your blog search. He shows how you can use it to make money but I […]
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