Lately, if you noticed, Google is linking almost all its products and services to Google+. Sorting of email in Gmail according to Google Circles is an example. Seeing so many efforts to popularize Google+, I was wondering when they are going to integrate it with Picasa. Well, Picasa is already integrated in a way because [...]
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The two dimensional bar codes called QR (Quick Response) Codes are finding new uses. Thanks to the omnipresence of smartphones and QR apps in them, you don’t have to look far for novel uses of these alpha-numeric codes. Tag My Doc (Beta) is a time-saving web service that uses QR Codes to share documents. Tag [...]
A browser remembers every move you make on the web. The idea is benign – to improve your browsing by way of faster loading times or easily retrievable URLs. But the footprints left behind also open up a gaping hole in our privacy. On one front, someone else using the same computer can easily track [...]
If you are even bit of a geek, you will have your friends clamoring all over your Facebook Wall and Twitter timeline asking for the best software or app for a particular job. It’s a great ego boost to get all that attention, but as I know from my own bittersweet experience, being treated like [...]
The World Wide Web has always been about sharing. Creative Commons has come along and given sharing a framework which has traditionally been missing from copyright acts. Image courtesy: cambodia4kidsorg Think of Creative Commons as an alternative to copyright licenses. Whereas copyright laws adopt an all or nothing approach – either your work is in [...]
You probably don’t give a minimalist webpage a second glance. But you should, because in the age of Web 2.0, even a plain Jane interface could hide something very useful. That’s why Citebite deserves a second glance from you. Citebite addresses a very basic need of ours. It has all the appearances of a webpage [...]
A lot of us have hobbies related to art or design. Whether it is amateur photography or a funny-looking creative design, many of us just enjoy creating things for fun. Of course, part of art is sharing your creation and expression with the rest of the human community. The internet has proven to be a [...]
It’s often very difficult to keep in touch with new music. I don’t have a car and definitely don’t have an FM radio anymore, which leaves me with music blogs and internet radio. What about local concerts, or shows near me? Or what if I wanted to explore new music that wasn’t in the top [...]
The web these days is all about sharing. From social bookmarking to URL shortening, there are umpteen ways to share a liked webpage. But none of it is really personal with a capital ‘P’. The most you can do is add a message with the link. Enter Bo.lt. Bo.lt is a new kind of page [...]
If you like minimalism and simplicity, then you will love Minus. Even the name of this drag ‘n’ drop file sharing tool suggests the very same thing. However, the simplicity of Minus does not take anything away from its effectiveness. Let’s look at the plusses of this free web application. Minus.com is another way to [...]
It’s only a month since Google Plus was launched but the charts of its growth and popularity are rising exponentially. Still in invite only beta phase, it has managed to win the hearts of a huge number of people through innovation in sharing and communication. Though most loved Google Plus, many still favor good ol’ [...]
When it comes to URL shortening services, bitly is probably the ‘Google’ of its niche. It offers a slew of features; and releases more new ones with the same briskness as the search giant. You probably never stopped to ponder that so much could be done around a shortened URL. Bitly has been king of [...]
The good thing about a site like Facebook is that you can have all your photos and videos there for everyone – like your friends and relatives – to take a look at. But the problem is that in spite of the incredible popularity of Facebook around the world, there are still people who don’t [...]
Problem: You’ve got a number of bookmarks neatly organized in various folders in your browser. Now you want to share some of them with a friend. How do you get that done in the easiest and quickest possible way? Turns out that sharing a bookmarks folder isn’t that straight-forward. Of course you can copy-paste and [...]
