I just noticed a small link in Google Image search called Google Image Labeler! My curiosity won me over and clicked over to find out that it is an interesting game. Google actually wants us to help them index images better. So, instead of just asking people to label images randomly, they have made an […]

Google Reader finally gets Search
on September 7, 2007 in Tech for Life
Google Reader is one of the popular online feed readers around. With the release of the new Bloglines beta, Google Reader is going to have to innovate to retain or improve their market share. One of the features missed by Google Reader users is the ‘Search’ feature which is in a way funny for an […]

Stalking by Phone Number Made Easy
on August 20, 2007 in Household
Google Maps Mashups are a joy to use. You can now find out your ex’s location just by typing in the first 6 digits of the 10 digit phone number in the US/Canada. NPA-NXX Geolocator shows you the location in Google Maps as soon as you type in the 6 digits. It could not locate […]

Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2007-08-18
on August 19, 2007 in Good Reads
It’s time to take a look around and see what’s happening around us. Review of GreatNews RSS Reader: Neely of NutShell JournalIt’s no secret to my readers that I am a fan of GreatNews RSS reader, a portable and versatile feed reader. Neely found that my reasons for using Desktop feed reader compelling enough to […]

5 Ways to Find Free Music Using Google
on August 13, 2007 in Tech for Life
Google hacking is uncovering information indexed on the web that weren’t supposed to be indexed. Sometimes, it is because of the ignorance of webmaster or sometimes people just don’t know what they are letting Google index! I have read about Google hacks and lately have been hearing more about people using Google to download music […]

Get a GrandCentral invite at ShanKri-la
on July 11, 2007 in Tech for Life
We have talked about GrandCentral here and it’s recent acquisition by Google here. However, if you had tried to get ‘one number for life’ you would have been turned away by the private beta message. I have 10 invites to GrandCentral with me and I would like to give it to the first 10 commenters […]
Google makes FeedBurner PRO free
on July 6, 2007 in Blogging, Feedburner, Google, Tech for Life
More news about Google. If you use FeedBurner, you’d know that Google acquired them and here is a positive fallout from that acquisition. If you have been paying for FeedBurner PRO, you won’t be billed for June 2007 and after. For everyone else, it is free and you can activate the FeedBurner Stats PRO right […]

Google arrives at GrandCentral
on July 4, 2007 in Household, Tech for Life
Google has acquired GrandCentral, the ‘one number for life’ service that we have featured here before. GrandCentral (in beta but aren’t they all?) is an innovative web-based voice communications service that promises one single number for life and gives you the ability to manage all your phones from one single web interface. I have gotten […]

Google Docs gets a facelift – GMail to follow?
on June 28, 2007 in Tech for Life
Google Docs & Spreadsheets have gotten a nice facelift. Docs is Google’s alternative to Microsoft Word and Spreadsheets for Excel and they are both web applications but with the slick interface you’ll hardly feel so. Google has believed that tags and search combined should satisfy Docs & Spreadsheets users after its wild popularity in GMail. […]

What does CSS, Google, Viruses & IP have in common?
on June 14, 2007 in Tech for Life
Nothing. I just wrote a post with them all and hence the title. Got you interested didn’t it? So, for your reading pleasure, a few very useful tips that I came across this week in no particular order . Future Proofing your CSS edits This is for the bloggers or web masters on self-hosted platforms […]

Google Analytics gets a facelift
on May 9, 2007 in Tech for Life
Google Analytics is a great tool to look at your website statistics and measure your site growth, trends, etc. Google made this enterprise class application free to use by the masses including me. Today at the Emetrics summit in San Fransisco, they have unveiled the new version of Google Analytics. They are rolling out the […]

iGoogle – Should Apple be mad?
on May 2, 2007 in Tech for Life
Google has renamed Personalized Homepage to iGoogle. I like it that it’s shorter but I have started to form a not so good opinion on anyone with a product with ‘i’ as a prefix anymore. And there is no dearth of such names in the market.. iHome line of products, iPlayer (soon to be launched) […]
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