Software Technology Festival

Blekko- new search engine to slash the web

2010-11-01T00:48:00.000-07:00

blekko is a better way to search the web by using slashtags. slashtags search only the sites you want and cut out the spam sites. use friends, experts, community or your own slashtags to slash in what you want and slash out what you don't.

web search bill of rights

1. Search shall be open

2. Search results shall involve people

3. Ranking data shall not be kept secret

4. Web data shall be readily available

5. There is no one-size-fits-all for search

6. Advanced search shall be accessible

7. Search engine tools shall be open to all

8. Search & community go hand-in-hand

9. Spam does not belong in search results

10. Privacy of searchers shall not be violated

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Find A Person By Email Address

2010-10-22T01:54:00.000-07:00

Spokeo services let you perform reverse email lookups.Other than regular web documents, Spoke also scans social networks and even the whois information of domain names to find any bit of information associated with an email address.

However, some of the results returned by Spokeo are only available to subscribers.
When it comes to locating people-related information, Spokeo’s powerful search and organization technology far surpasses that of conventional search engines. That is because Spokeo’s specialized web crawlers can penetrate lesser accessed, content-rich areas of the web, collectively known as the “deepnet” which many general-purpose search engines cannot. The "deepnet" is home to vast and largely untapped, dynamically-generated sites. And, since the majority of people-related public records are frequently stored on these types of sites rather than on web pages, Spokeo has a distinctive advantage over traditional search engines to which these rich stockpiles of data remain out of reach.

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10 Ways To Increase Your Website's Alexa Rank.

2010-10-22T00:06:00.000-07:00

In order to increase your Alexa ranking you must be proactive in your strategies and plan your steps carefully to succeed. With the right Alexa ranking you can demand higher prices from current advertisers and attract new advertisers just the same. If you want to increase your Alexa ranking, there are a few things you can do right now to get there.

1. Sign up for an Alexa traffic exchange program such as http://www.upmyrank.com , the large numbers of users can boost your alexa ranking dramatically.

2. Be sure to install the Alexa toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. Additionally be sure to set your website as the default homepage for both browsers. Be sure to use each browser when you are online as each will have a different toolbar id and may be seen as 2 different users.

3. Put up the Alexa rank widget on your website. While the exact effects are unknown, it seems to help give the site a slight boost.

4. Encourage others to use the Alexa toolbar. This includes friends, fellow webmasters as well as site visitors. Be sure to link to Alexa’s full explanation of their toolbar and tracking system so your readers know what installing the toolbar or extension entails. Additionally you may want to ask your close relatives to install the toolbar and set your homepage as their main site.

5. Have co-workers or own a company? Get the Alexa toolbar and SS Firefox extension installed on all computers and set your website as the homepage for all browsers. Perhaps it will be useful to note that this may work only when dynamic or different IPs are used.

6. Write or host content about Alexa. Webmaster and bloggers love to hear about ways to increase their Alexa rank. They’ll link to you and send you targeted traffic (i.e. visitors with the toolbar already installed). This gradually has effects on your Alexa ranking.

7. Flaunt your URL in webmaster forums. Webmasters usually have the toolbar installed. You’ll get webmasters to visit your website and offer useful feedback. It’s also a good way to give back to the community if you have useful articles to share with others. Be careful not to spam boards as you could be banned from the forum or worse ahve your site terminated by your host.

8. Write content that is related to webmasters. This can fall in the category of domaining and SEO, two fields in which most webmasters will have the Alexa toolbar installed. Promote your content on social networking websites and webmaster forums. Feel free to place the article on your website!

9. Use Alexa redirects on your website URL. Try this: http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?www.upmyrank.com . Replace upmyrank.com with the URL for your website. Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as well as forum signatures. This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day so clicking it multiple times won’t help. There is no official proof that redirects positively benefit your Alexa Rank, so use with caution.

10. Create a webmaster tools section on your website. This is a magnet for webmasters who will often revisit your website to gain access to the tools. Aaron Wall’s webpage on SEOTools is a very good example.

Opera 11 alpha

2010-10-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

Opera issued a feature-incomplete alpha version of its desktop browser today. The two aspects introduced in 11.00 are the revised JavaScript engine and Extensions. More features will follow - sometimes these are introduced late in the release cycle.

Opera releases are always worth a look. It's the testing ground for new features - and a preview of what Mozilla's Firefox and Chrome will implement in about three years' time.

Extensions are browser add-ons made using Opera application programming interfaces (APIs) and web standards like HTML5 and JavaScript. Extensions allow users to make their web browser their own by adding features and functionality directly into the browser itself, rather than as standalone Opera Widgets or Opera Unite applications.

Developers can build extensions with the same web standards they already use to build websites and web applications. Better yet, with only a few tweaks to their code, developers who have already authored a similar extension for other browsers will be able to share their creation with more than 50 million Opera users.

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Swype - Text Input For Screen

2010-10-19T00:23:00.000-07:00

Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than other data input methods—at over 40 words per minute.
The application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.

The word “quick” was generated from tracing the path shown above in a fraction of a second, by roughly aiming to pass through the letters of the word. A key advantage to Swype is that there is no need to be very accurate, enabling very rapid text entry.

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One True Media-combine photos, video & music

2010-10-18T00:33:00.000-07:00

One True Media was founded in January 2005 to provide consumers with easy-to-use tools to mix and share their own video creations. Their mission is to empower you to express yourself in new and creative ways with the media
that matters to you most—your own—and to share your creations with your most important network—your family and friends. there bring technology to bear in pursuit of "one true media" which is easy to use, makes the creative process fast, fun and rewarding, enables you with one click to transform your creations into shareable online videos and DVDs and works equally well with most media types and formats.

Quickly Combine Photos, Video and music into a stunning video. than put it on your Iphone and other mobile device or Publich to youtube.

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Vshare-Free Video Streaming

2010-10-18T00:27:00.000-07:00

vShare, recently launched in April 2009, has become the number one destination in instant video streaming. Using Vshare service, people worldwide can instantly upload their own internet TV channel and share it with an unlimited audience.

Vshare users can rest assured that their TV channel is free, secure, and high quality. vShare aims to be the global leader in the video streaming industry.

With vShare instant video streaming, our users can stream their own TV channel 24/7 to their family, friends, and business partners using their unique personal channel ID. This channel ID can only be accessed by the broadcaster, ensuring that the channel is secure from unauthorized use. Premium accounts are offered to both broadcasters and viewers who want to ensure a high QoS and priority.

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2010-10-12T02:28:00.000-07:00

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Google Car- car that drives itself

2010-10-11T00:26:00.000-07:00

Google, in a posting on its official blog, said it has developed the technology and been busy testing a fully automated car that would take the controls out of the hands of distracted drivers, leaving them free to text, eat or apply makeup to their heart's content.

"Our goal is to help prevent traffic accidents, free up people's time and reduce carbon emissions by fundamentally changing car use," Google said on its blog.

The automated cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to "see" other traffic, as well as detailed maps to navigate the road ahead.

The futuristic autos have already been tested on the heavily trafficked California roadways -- including highways, bridges and busy city streets. They have even navigated San Franciso's famed Lombard Street, a tourist favorite known as the nation's most dramatically winding address.

All in all, our self-driving cars have logged over 140,000 miles, Google said.

As from Google Blog.

'According to the World Health Organization, more than 1.2 million lives are lost every year in road traffic accidents. We believe our technology has the potential to cut that number, perhaps by as much as half. We’re also confident that self-driving cars will transform car sharing, significantly reducing car usage, as well as help create the new “highway trains of tomorrow." These highway trains should cut energy consumption while also increasing the number of people that can be transported on our major roads. In terms of time efficiency, the U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that people spend on average 52 minutes each working day commuting. Imagine being able to spend that time more productively.'

Source - Google Blog

Get Firefox 4 beta on your Android Phone

2010-10-09T00:09:00.000-07:00

Take Firefox with you anywhere. Built on the same engine as Firefox 4 for the desktop, Firefox 4 beta for Android and Maemo is packed full of your favorite features like Sync, Add-ons and the Awesome Bar. Enjoy a personalized and seamless browsing experience across multiple devices.
Watch the video to see how you’ve helped us get here and where we’re going next.Enjoy the Awesome Bar, add-ons, one-touch sharing and more. Plus, with Firefox Sync, get up and go and have exactly what you're looking for waiting on your phone.

Download Now Firefox for you mobile.

Source- Fireox Mobile.

Google Goggles- Now For Iphone

2010-10-06T00:44:00.000-07:00

Google Goggles is an intriguing app, and it's now available for iPhone,iPod Touch from Apple's App Store. The Google Goggles app for iPhone, iPod Touch will require your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 or iPod Touch running Apple's iOS 4.0 update.

What does Google Goggles do? Well, Google Goggle's an experimental app released by Google for Android phones last year. It basically lets you use your phone's camera and indicative photos to point at landmarks, signs, and get more information about it from Google's database. Google calls it "computer vision".
Google Goggles for iPhone, iPod Touch app is now part of Google's Mobile app for iPhone -- it isn't a separate app.

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Windows 7 Phone

2010-10-06T00:19:00.000-07:00

Windows Phone 7 is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to their Windows Mobile platform.It is rumored to launch on either October 21 or November 8 of 2010. Microsoft's goal is to create a compelling user experience by redesigning the user interface, integrating the operating system with other services, and strictly controlling the hardware it runs on.

Microsoft officially unveiled Windows Phone 7 during Mobile World Congress 2010 (February 15) in Barcelona and revealed additional details at MIX 2010 (March 15). Windows Phone 7 was released to manufacturing on September 1, 2010, and the final SDK was made available on September 16.

Here's a look at the specs detailed to us thus far:

At first, only large 800 x 480 (WVGA) touchscreens will be permitted, but 480 x 320 (HVGA) devices will make an appearance "later."
Five specific hardware buttons are required: Start, back, search (which integrates with Bing services where appropriate), camera button, and power. Some devices might have more, but these are the baseline. Apps aren't generally allowed to override these buttons -- it's an offense that could result in being rejected from the Marketplace.
Capacitive multitouch with support for a minimum of four contact points, though no more than two are used by any of the platform's six native gestures (developers are welcome to use as many as they like).
A Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU with DirectX 9 graphics support. Microsoft says the platform is flexible enough to expand to other chips in the future, but right now it's all Qualcomm.
256MB of RAM or more
8GB of internal Flash storage or more
No support for microSD cards, though that's partially offset by the requirement for capacious internal storage. Some phones might implement the required internal storage on a microSD card, but it's not supposed to be user-swappable, and if you do switch it out, you'll reset the phone and lose all your data -- but you should be able to get most of it back when you sync with the cloud.
WiFi
AGPS
Accelerometer
FM radio
5 megapixel camera or better with flash

Google TV- Web On TV.

2010-10-05T03:19:00.000-07:00

If there’s one entertainment device that people know and love, it’s the television. In fact, 4 billion people across the world watch TV and the average American spends five hours per day in front of one. Recently, however, an increasing amount of our entertainment experience is coming from our phones and computer

One reason is that these devices have something that the TV lacks: the web. With the web, finding and accessing interesting content is fast and often as easy as a search. But the web still lacks many of the great features and the high-quality viewing experience that the TV offers.

The Google TV system will also include an open-source platform that will enable developers to create widgets for the system. Upon launching the service, Google stated that it would be updating the Android operating system to facilitate the development of web applications specifically for Google TV.

Because Google TV is built on open platforms like Android and Google Chrome, these features are just a fraction of what Google TV can do. In our announcement today at Google I/O, we challenged web developers to start coming up with the next great web and Android apps designed specifically for the TV experience. Developers can start optimizing their websites for Google TV today. Soon after launch, we’ll release the Google TV SDK and web APIs for TV so that developers can build even richer applications and distribute them through Android Market. We've already started building strategic alliances with a number of companies — like Jinni.com and Rovi — at the leading edge of innovation in TV technology. Jinni.com is a next-generation TV application working to provide semantic search, personalized recommendation and social features for Google TV across all sources of premium content available to the user. Rovi is one of the world's leading guide applications. We’re looking forward to seeing all of the ways developers will use this new platform.

Source Google Blog

Shazam- A Music Journey

2010-09-29T04:18:00.000-07:00

Shazam gives instant satisfaction for those times when you want to know the song that is playing, learn more about the artist, buy the song immediately - or simply share your discovery with your family and friends.

Musical moments turned into memories and stories whenever and wherever you happen to be and linked to the one device that is always with you, your mobile phone.

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flauntR- Online Image editing Tool.

2010-09-25T05:59:00.000-07:00

While the basic image editing features in FlauntR are no different from other, what impressed the most are the variety of Photo Frame,
textures and light effects that you can apply to digital images in a click. This is very handy when you have to quickly finetune a web image or a family picture but there is no graphics software like Photoshop, GIMP or Picasa installed on you computer

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WobZip- Uncompress Files online

2010-09-25T00:25:00.000-07:00

You have a folder of funny images to send to your friends. The image files are large, so you compress them into, for example, a .rar file thinking, that you can share your files with your friends. However, your friends say that they do not know how to open the file. So you direct them to WobZIP.

WobZIP is a free online tool that allows you to uncompress your files online.

Web-based means hassle-free
Now you can unzip your files in school, at work or anywhere as long as you have access to the Internet. No longer will you be limited by the inability to install programs onto admin-protected computers.
Uncompressing online means safer
We scan your compressed files using an anti-virus scanner so any infected files will be removed before you download them onto your computer.
Uncompressing online means the freedom to choose
Our aim is to allow users to uncompress as many compressed file formats as possible. This means that you can compress your files using the compression format of your choice and send it to your friends. Tell them about WobZIP and uncompress on the fly.

Start uncompressing now with WobZIP!

Fringout- Almost Free mobile calls worldwide

2010-09-20T03:21:00.000-07:00

Fring, a free mobile application that supports a number of popular chat services, has announced a new low-cost calling service called fringOut.
The fringOut service lets users call any landline or mobile phone in the world for "almost free," with prices as low as $0.1 per minute.
FringOut is currently supported on Nokia Symbian S60 devices, more devices will be supported soon.

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BitComet-Free BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client!

2010-09-19T02:07:00.000-07:00

BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download management software, which is powerful, fast, very easy-to-use, and completely FREE.
The advanced features it contains can accelerate your downloading speed up to 5 - 10 times faster, or even more.

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GV Mobile- Best Google Voice Apps for Iphone

2010-09-19T02:03:00.000-07:00

One can't help but wonder how long it'll be before Google releases its own Google Voice app for free, but then again, GV app for Android wasn't made by Google either (though you'd think that would be the first place they'd develop an app of that kind). It seems likely that they're taking their time releasing mobile apps for Google Voice, waiting until they open the service for all comers.
In the meantime, GV Mobile is a free and pay-for download for the iPhone and iPod touch only.

Features

dial numbers via the iPhone address book, entering on the keypad, or choosing from the internal favorites
send, retrieve, and delete SMS messages
retrieve and delete recent call history
playback and delete voicemails
take calls from different phones other than your iPhone
enable, disable, add, or delete the phones that Google Voice forwards calls to

We’ll offer you a full review of the game soon. However, if you want to buy right now, MAKE SURE you’re not going to use this on a device running iOS 3.1.3 OR iPad as they are not supported as of now.

GV Mobile

YouCams- Instant Social Networking chat site

2010-09-16T23:50:00.000-07:00

YouCams™ is an Instant Social Networking™ chat site with many great features to enchance the chatting environment. Grab our code and use YouCams™ on your profile page or website.

Some Feature:
• Access and use of our Room List Chat Portal
• Free website chat room hosting
• Supercharge your website stickiness
• Instant social networking for your site
• No software download required
• Instant guest access and free registration
• Visit many website chat rooms via the Room List
• Video, audio and text chat live worldwide!

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Media Fire- Share File Online

2010-09-16T23:43:00.000-07:00

Share files and images with all of your friends and upload them only once. You can link to files from your MySpace page, your blog, or forums. Upload an unlimited number of files to share with friends and family or storage.
Use folders to easily share groups of files or create galleries for all your images. No registration necessary and no software to install. Keep frequently used files online for easy access from any computer with an internet connection.

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Trend Micro HouseCall -Check Virus in your System Online.

2010-09-16T23:38:00.000-07:00

HouseCall is Trend Micro's highly popular and capable on-demand scanner for identifying and removing viruses, Trojans, worms, unwanted browser plugins, and other malware.

HouseCall 7 features an intuitive interface and the ability to perform fast scans that target critical system areas and active malware. It also leverages the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network™ to help ensure that scans catch the latest threats.

HouseCall 7.1 improves on the recently released HouseCall 7.0 by providing a full system scan option and an option to scan only specific folders. It adds support for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista™ and Windows™ 7.

HouseCall provides a quick and easy check for threats regardless of the protection status of your existing security solution. For more information about HouseCall, please read the Frequently Asked Questions.

Some Feature:
Full system and custom scan options allow users to specify which folders to scan (new in 7.1).

Quick scan option offers targeted scanning of critical system areas and active threats, reducing scan times to within a few minutes.

Stand-alone, browser-independent implementation eliminates compatibility issues associated with browser-activated scanners.

Smart Scan technology refers to patterns in the cloud, delivering the latest protection while reducing download times.

Smart Feedback shares threat information with the Smart Protection Network, which correlates data from a global intelligence network to quickly discover new threats.

Review and restore lets you check and compare scan results and recover files.

Enhanced detection and cleanup addresses rootkits and other sophisticated threats.

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Cameroid-take snapshots online with Your Web cam

2010-09-16T23:32:00.000-07:00

Cameroid is a quick way for people to take snapshots online with their Web cam. While many Web cams and even computers come with bundled Web cam software we found that most were pretty cumbersome. Mostly, people had a hard time storing their photos properly which made sharing and using them a pain. Since Flash 9 allowed us to do some nifty stuff with Web cams, bitmaps, and the likes we thought we'd build something that could allow anyone with a Webcam to take and store a snapshot in seconds.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab

2010-09-16T22:50:00.000-07:00

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based compact tablet computer produced by Samsung that debuted on the 2nd of September at the 2010 IFA in Berlin. It features a 7-inch (180 mm) TFT-LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi capability, a 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 ("Hummingbird") processor, and the Swype input system. It is equipped with a 3.2 MP rear-facing camera and a 1.3 MP front facing camera for video calls.

Pricing and release dates for the Android-based Galaxy Tab are still yet to be announced, and will likely differ from carrier to carrier. Samsung has also confirmed that, like the Galaxy S series of smartphones, the features and specs of the Galaxy Tab will be tweaked slightly from carrier to carrier.
The even is supposed to take place in New York City at the Time Warner Center on September 16. Further more, the paper says that Samsung has already cut deals with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T to carry the Galaxy Tab.

Internet Explorer 9 Beta

2010-09-16T00:22:00.001-07:00

Currently, people experience one thing from the applications that areinstalled on their computer and something different from the web. Using a browser is often associated with limited performance and interactivity. But, the web is about to take a significant step forward.

To start, you need a browser that is built around HTML5 and modern web standards. For HTML5 to reach its full promise you also need a browser architected to take advantage of the full computing power of your PC through Windows. And finally, you need to take the web out of the browser box, your favorites sites should be seamlessly integrated with Windows 7 and behave just like a native application. All these elements combined promise to unlock what's next on the web.

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