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Instagram for Android is now available

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:08:38 +0000

After 18 months as an iPhone exclusive, photo-sharing app Instagram arrived for AndroidTuesday. Instagram allows you to take photos, apply a variety of filters, and easily share your work to many different places, including Instagram’s own home-built social network. I’m a frequent—okay, obsessive—user of Instagram on my iPhone, so I was curious to see how [...]

Ubuntu TV making its debut at CES

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:07:57 +0000

Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth promised that Ubuntu would come to TVs eventually, but we never expected it would arrive so quickly. A concept preview is here at CES for convention goers to get their eyeballs on and we’ll be swinging through the company’s booth to get some hands-on. For now it’s largely a technical demo and [...]

Amazon’s Appstore for Android

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:15:21 +0000

Amazon has opened the Appstore for Android, providing another option for app shopping to U.S. users of smartphones with Google’s operating system. Amazon is trying to lure users away from Google’s Market by offering users a free paid app every day. The first such application is Angry Birds Rio, which usually costs US$0.99, and is [...]

Apple iOS 4.3 Arrives Today

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:51:07 +0000

Sources close to Apple have been in contact with BGR to advise that Apple’s newest iOS version, iOS 4.3 may be available today at 10 AM PT. If this does turn out to be correct, it will be ahead of schedule because originally, this software update was expected to be available on March 11th which [...]

Using A Key Logger Program To Catch A Thief

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:44:34 +0000

Certainly this is probably not a reason to download a key logger program or maybe it is. When you think of a key logger program you’re most likely wanting to help safeguard your children when they browse the internet or chat online with friends or maybe you’re hoping to catch a cheating spouse. The bottom [...]

Patch Management Software

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:14:28 +0000

The widely publicized attacks and vulnerabilities to software system have lead to the development of patch management. It discovers and defenses your system against vulnerabilities. Many organizations with pro-active security patch management in place are not affected by these attacks, as they get the information in advance of the attack. Patch management software allows you [...]

Evernote for iPhone and iPad Update

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:27:55 +0000

Evernote for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has been updated to include support in preparation for iOS 4.2 when it arrives sometime this month. As well as supporting the new iOS, particularly multi tasking on the iPad, Evernote has also had a few new features added to it to make more useful than before. [...]

Facebook Email

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:20:37 +0000

Facebook is about to launch a new email service in a move that could directly challenge the likes of Hotmail and Google’s Gmail, according to reports. The social networking site is expected to unveil the new venture – dubbed the “Gmail killer” – at an event in San Francisco at about 6pm UK time. Technology [...]

The Top 10 Labs That Make Gmail Better

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:02:51 +0000

Now that you've customized your iGoogle page exactly the way you like it, why not do the same with your Gmail inbox as well? Thanks to Gmail Labs, there are numerous ways to enhance your Gmail experience. When you are signed into Gmail, click on the tiny green science lab flask to the left of the settings tab. Here you will find all of great Gmail Labs. Last week I talked about Google's latest lab, offline Gmail that allows you to switch to offline mode and use Gmail features as if you were online. Have a look at my slideshow to see ten more of my favorite Labs! Source

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GoogleTube: The Best of Both Worlds

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:00:41 +0000

There's only one thing that GoogleTube does, but it does it very well: this Firefox extension adds a YouTube icon to your Google results so you can watch videos in the same window. No more opening multiple tabs, using the back button or getting lost within the many channels of YouTube.

Just click on the YouTube icon that shows up next to video results and a small, floating window pops out so you can watch it right there on the page. Sweet and simple.