Google Reader just introduced a few useful features. They have made it easier to share Google Reader stories in your social mediat sites like Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc. You can turn this on by going to Google Reader Settings page and selecting the services you want to use. They also added a very useful […]

Quick Tip: Save Google Reader Stories as PDF Documents
on November 18, 2012 in Google, Google Reader, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks

How to Get a Free US Spotify Invite Code?
on November 18, 2012 in Social Networking, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Spotify just launched in the US this morning. Those who have tried Spotify know it’s like a magical version of iTunes in which you’ve already bought every song in the world. – Wired If you didn’t know or haven’t heard about Spotify, that should explain what the service is all about. Spotify so far has […]

HootSuite Updates With Facebook LinkedIn Integration
on November 18, 2012 in Blogging, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter, Web Apps
HootSuite is a professional web based Twitter management tool. You can read my HootSuite review here. Hootsuite has now updated with a few more features Facebook Integration Once you link your HootSuite account with your Facebook account, you can update your Facebook status, etc right from within Hootsuite. The cool thing is that if you […]

Top Firefox Extensions
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
As we all know. looking for the best Firefox extensions in Official Firefox Add-ons is like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. I am a Firefox extensions addict and I try a lot of extensions every week. You can see my periodic new extensions in the Firefox Extension Picks series that I feature […]

Happy 6th Birthday, YouTube! [Infographic]
on November 18, 2012 in Google, YouTube
I was just listening to the audiobook – In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives (book review) and was fascinated to learn how YouTube was developed and what happened behind the scenes when Google acquired it. Well, it is YouTube’s 6th birthday and this little infographic Google has posted shows how […]

Access Blocked Websites By Email
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
For some reason, my getting around blocked websites has received a tremendous response here. So, I figured I’d share another way you can get to blocked websites just by using your email. MailMyWeb.com is a beta web service that lets you send an email with the url of the site you want as the subject. […]

Instant Fat Trimming For Your Twitter Account
on November 18, 2012 in Blogging, Social Networking, Tips & Tricks, Twitter, Web Apps
If you are on Twitter, you will really like this new tool I just found. I have come across many tools and recommendation service including Twitter’s own now-extinct recommendation list to find and follow new people. After being on Twitter for more than 2 years I have the ‘following too many people’ bloat. I follow […]

How to Turn off Facebook’s New Facial Recognition Feature?
on November 18, 2012 in Facebook, Social Networking
Facebook just added another controversial feature and as always enabled it for all users without asking for their consent. So far, Facebook let us tag photos with names of our friends on pictures we have. Facebook just added an automatic face recognition feature that will identify people from photos anywhere on the site. This feature […]

Top 10 WordPress 2.9 Features You Should Know
on November 10, 2012 in Tech for Life, WordPress
WordPress 2.9 is coming soon and it’s time to see what we can expect from this release. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms and is available in a hosted version at WordPress.com and as a free self-hosting version at WordPress.org. WordPress 2.9 is the next version in the recent updates and I […]

Make the Most out of FeedBurner’s Feeds-by-Email Service
on November 10, 2012 in Blogging, Feedburner, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Feedburner has offered feeds by email for a long time and it is one of the things every blogger using Feedburner could utilize. If you don’t offer a way to subscribe by email, consider how many readers who don’t use a RSS feed reader but like your content. You could be missing out on dozens […]

Enable HTTPS And Keep Your Facebook Account Secure
on November 20, 2011 in Facebook, Social Networking, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
You might have heard of techniques like FireSheep which lets others in the same network as you with access to your Facebook account. In light of this, Facebook just recently announced full HTTPS support. Enabling HTTPS on your Facebook account will prevent a lot of hacks and protect your information. Facebook is notorious for turning […]
Take a Walk Down Your MemoLane
on November 20, 2011 in Facebook, Flickr, Social Networking, Twitter, Web Apps
For those of us who are addicted to our social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, etc., there is no easy to way to view our ‘social’ history. How can you see what you did for your last birthday? How can you tell how you were ‘feeling’ on your last vacation? MemoLane is a […]
Toggle To Classic Facebook Photo Viewer With F5
on August 2, 2011 in Facebook, Social Networking, Tips & Tricks
Facebook rolled out a new photo viewer a few weeks back. If for some reason, you wanted to view the pictures in the old view you can still do it with a simple trick. Just hit F5 (refresh) on your keyboard. Hat tip to Amit.

MemoLane is Now Open for Everyone. Try it!
on July 1, 2011 in Social Networking, Web Apps
I reviewed the service MemoLane earlier but it was in private beta. MemoLane is now open for everyone to try. MemoLane is a free service that aggregates and visualizes your social network, blog updates in one easy to view interface. MemoLane supports Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Picasa Web, Blog RSS feeds, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Instagram, Vimeo, etc. […]

Skype Experiences Worldwide Outage – PC Version
on May 26, 2011 in Skype, Social Networking, Tech for Life
Skype is suffering serious connectivity problems worldwide and it seems like it is affecting just the Skype PC versions. Skype for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android seem to be working fine. However, video and voice calling with Skype PC versions seem to throw this error. @skype has ackownledged this outage in their twitter feed. Some […]
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