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Rapportive: Know Your Email Sender Better (Safari)

Karan Goel — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:31:22 +0000

Along with the Safari 5.0.1 update, Apple officially opened its Safari Extensions Gallery. Compared to Firefox’s or Chrome’s list, there aren’t that many extensions listed there yet, as everything still fits into one – rather long – page, but I think it’s a good start. A good extension for Safari is Rapportive. Rapportive shows you [...] Related posts:

Weatherbug: Weather Widgets For Windows 7

Karan Goel — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:23:19 +0000

Keeping a tab on the weather isn’t the most exciting activity in the world, but let’s face it – it’s usually a necessity. There are many ways to find out about the weather, and one of them is to use your computer. Having an active desktop weather widget is great for checking the forecast before [...] Related posts:

Grooveshark: Favorite Music Online For Free

Karan Goel — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:11:20 +0000

Many people have taken to online music. It’s a great way to listen to your favorite tunes on-demand and save your playlists or stations. Pandora and Last.fm are some of the most famous ones, my personal favorite being Grooveshark. Grooveshark streams 50 to 60 million songs per month, to more than 400,000 users. As of [...] Related posts:

Online Fraud & Scams By The Numbers (Infographic)

Karan Goel — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:59:15 +0000

Did you know that half of the US businesses are home-based – that’s about 16 million home-based businesses. And what’s their total worth? Well, they generate about $400 Billion every year! Bling..! Blingg,!! Today’s infographic is about the work-at-home scams that has increased by 116% a year. Click to enlarge. By: eLearners.com Related posts:18 Little [...] Related posts:

2 Useful Apps for Learning Spanish with iTunes

Karan Goel — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:29:27 +0000

Hola, amigos y vecinos. As with any language, if you want to learn to speak Spanish, it can be very challenging. But there are several useful resources that can help you get started, or are useful if you‘re taking a Spanish course or need a refresher. These resources are a mix of websites and Apple [...] Related posts:

Top 3 Free Tools To Split Or Merge Music Files

Karan Goel — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:12:04 +0000

Earlier this year, I wrote how to join and split videos. Then came the article that taught how to merge duplicate files and folders. If you simply own an MP3 player, chances are you might be interested in how to merge music files and/or split audio files as well. So whether you’re interested in removing [...] Related posts:

3 Browser Security Tests to Prevent Exploit Attacks

Karan Goel — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:04:59 +0000

The browser remains our main porthole for viewing the web. It’s also the main entry point for malware, Trojans, and others browser attacks of their ilk. Then there are the plug-ins like Firefox add-ons, Active X controls etc. Let’s all be paranoid by default and get ourselves a good anti-virus and firewall to begin with. [...] Related posts:

We Are 1 Year Old and Thank You!

Karan Goel — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:02:11 +0000

Wow. Can’t believe GeekZu just turned up 1. It was on the 28th of August last year, that I started off GeekZu, then called Gizmoko. And the year has gone so fast, with some good moments, and some bad. The journey started off with the post titled “Download Any Video From Any Site“, and in [...] Related posts:

Complete Guide To Getting Paid iPhone Apps For Free

Karan Goel — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:54:03 +0000

When most apps in the iTunes store cost from $0.99 to $2.99, you don’t really think twice about purchasing a few apps every now and then. But when you actually watch the figures accumulate, you could be surprised to see just how much money you’re spending. But, there are certain legitimate ways to get your [...] Related posts:

Top 2 Windows Media Player Plugins To Use

Karan Goel — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:32:57 +0000

Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s own media player that comes pre-installed with all its operating systems. To enhance the dull default WMP experience, you have a huge list of plugins that work on both Windows XP and Windows 7. I have tracked down 2 of the best plugins for Windows Media Player, and they are. [...] Related posts: