Tech Cram

Social Networking Sites Becoming Real Time Search Engines

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:41:00 +0000

A very popular social networking website, twitter.com started it's search engine, search.twitter.com. People tweets their experiences and now instead of just looking at a list of tweets, you can search tweets on any topic. It's then, when Michael Arrington said: "It's Time To Thinking of Twitter as a Search Engine". But Twitter is not just a search engine like any others, it acts as a Real Time Search Engine. People share their experiences, reviews about products, services as and when they interact with them. And others can just find them in real time by searching on Twitter.

But as wise men say: "Competition creates better products", soon after twitter launched it's real time search engine, FaceBook acquired FriendFeed, one of the largest and most-discussed social media acquisitions we’ve seen in a long time. This step was take to rival Twitter's real time search engine. A FriendFeed would not only search status updates, but photos, notes, images, videos, and links. Users are able to search in real time about what their friends update.

We all have heard the term "Tested and Proven". Looking at the success of both of these social networking sites' real time search engines, now StumbleUpon wants to be a search engine too. They announced that they will be providing new elements through their website like, better search and better social elements from next month. StumbleUpon stats it's new features include:

search for sites within your own favorites
search your friend’s favorites
improved friend search capabilities
improved site navigation
improved navigation within user profiles

"There are other changes, too. The old “What’s New” page has been replaced by a “Recent Activity” page; StumbleUpon borrows from Twitter lingo by calling this a page of “nearly real-time updates.” Friend requests have been replaced by “subscription” — when you subscribe to a user, that person’s stumbles will appear in your Recent Activity page. The old “Similarity Meter”
is gone, and StumbleUpon Groups has been diminished — it’s now only available through a footer link", said Matt McGee.

To summarize the scenario, this can be very helpful for a large array of group who make real time searches. This may part the search engines into two groups: 1. Querry Relavent Search Engines & 2. Real Time Search Engines. We appreciate your views and comments.

How To Get Found in Real Time Searches

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:13:00 +0000

Real Time Searches is getting more and more popular on the web. You surely do not get relevant result, but you get up to date and time result. People who look for current events prefer to make real time searches than to Google it. Users usually follow their own communities and make a real time searches for their current event information.

Here are few tips to get found in Real Time Searches:

1. Keyword must be in your Title:
If you are writing an article, and if you have a little idea about SEO, you must be knwoing that you should enter your main keyword at least 2 to 3 times in your content. However to get your article found in real time searches, you must enter it in your Article Title as well. This is because, users only digg or tweet(or any other social networking sites) the title of the article in their updates. So it is very important to put your keyword in the Title of the article.

2. Contents relavent to current events:
Most of the time people make real time searches for finding information on current events. Meaning events that happened a day or week or couple of months a go. Even the events happening couple of days ahead. So you should not write about the World War II and expect your article to appear in real time searches. Because no one is going to even search for your article topic. Also you should consider writing some interesting topic, and not just about anything happening around. Of course you do not wish to bore your visitors.

3. Include Digg, Retweet Buttons on articles:
This looks a very simple thing but it brings a lot of popularity magically. This is just another tempting method for your visitors to digg or retweet your articles again. This way your article gets even more popular. And the more diggs or retweets you get the better are the chances for your articles to appear for real time searches.

Just to remember this is just about getting your website or blog found in real time searches. For the long term results to appear in Google, you should follow organic SEO methods. As real time searches is not about relavence but about the visibility of your articles in real time.

Why You Should Place Popular Social Networking Site's Buttons on Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:52:00 +0000

More and more users are looking for live contents these days. They are making real time searches. Not to miss out an opportunity on this, even Google has started "Recent Results" in it's advanced search parameters. However as far as Google is concerned, no one has an accurate idea that when exactly it's updated.

So there are users, and the number of users is very high who use Twitter and Facebook's "Recently rolled it out". Although they cannot be a replacement of Google, they are useful for up-to-the-minute search results, i.e. Real Time Search. It has been noted that, the first thing these users do in the morning is not checking their emails, but going to Twitter or Facebook and check for the recent updates.

This is why it is necessary to place all popular social networking site's buttons below or above every posts of your blog. This way, your posts are just a single click away to be shared on most popular social networking sites.

I'd like to mention one obvious thing here, that the content you post on your blog must be revellent and sort of useful to all the users. Only then your posts are going to get more tweets, dugs etc. It is not about what is happening in real time, it is about what people are talking in real time. So you should post contents which users may wish to share with others.

Google Adwords Free Credit Offer - Now for Adsense Users after Google Webmasters Users

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:53:00 +0000

Just a month back or so, many of the Google Webmasters users got a message with Google Adwords offer of $100 credit. Users were randomly selected and many of them made a wise use of this offer.

Now it's time for Google Adsense users. I'm a very old user of Google Adsense. At the time of registration I used my Yahoo eMail account. Later on I created a GMail account for my primary email usages. And I kept my Yahoo eMail account just for the Adsense purposes. I periodically check my Yahoo eMail account just to ensure that it doesn't get deactivated.

Today I checked my Yahoo eMail account for the same reason and I found this eMail from Google Adsense with an offer of Rs. 1500/- credit to use in Google Adwords Account. Google is promoting Adwords program with these offers.

So if you are an Adsense user, do not forget to check your email. And if you're an Adsense user just like I am (using a different email service provider), go rush into your eMail account now. :)

This offer is valid for a month after the date you receive email from Google.

Nokia Music | Play Transfer Rip Burn Music on Ur PC and Mobile Device

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:40:00 +0000

Nokia Music gives every day a soundtrack. Organise and transfer the music you love, rip and burn CD’s, discover and download from Nokia Music Store –seamlessly integrated with your PC and mobile device.

Visit the Store to see what the experts think. From the latest hits or classic tracks, there's plenty to keep you entertained Or let Nokia Music Store recommend tracks as you listen to your own music.

Kindly note, Nokia Music Store may not yet be available in your location. To access the Nokia Music Store on your mobile you need a compatible Nokia mobile device. You can check whether you device is compatible or not - Compatible Nokia Mobile Devices

Also, moving tracks and playlists to and from your PC and mobile device has never been easier
Set up an auto-transfer or just drag and drop your music where you want.

If you have a compatible device, you can download Nokia Music 1.3 completely free. Click below given link to download it free.

Download Nokia Music 1.3

Quicken Startup Process | Edit Delete Change Startup Programs | Faster Windows Startup

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Do you have a ton of programs that start automatically each time Windows starts? Surely you are not using all of them right away, so there is no sense waiting for all of them to load and to stare at the hourglass. I found a way through which you can make your Windows Startup Faster.

Quick Startup allows you inspect, edit, temporary disable or delete, and change startup programs, so that you can easily quicken startup process. When you turn on your computer certain applications, drivers, and services are automatically started at the beginning of each Windows session. The information that tells Windows to automatically start these items can be located in a number of places, ranging from a program group on your Start Menu, to certain initialization files that are executed when Windows starts, to one of many places in the system registry. The StartUp manager tool lets you centrally manage all of these items using one single interface. Using the StartUp manager you can easily add, remove, edit, disable, and enable any and all of these "startup items" in order to keep your system's boot-up process as fast and efficient as possible.

Moreover, this software is a freeware. You do not have to pay any initial amount, neither you'll be asked to pay in future. This software is completely free of cost and very easy to use.

Download Quick Startup Here

Mobile Numbers To Change To 11 Digit by January 2010

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:31:00 +0000

The Department of Telecommunications, India has proposed a transfer of numbers from 10 digit to 11 digit from January 2010.

In 2003 Indian Telecom department had planned for 10 digit mobile numbering that would last for 30 years, but given the meteoric rise in the number of mobile subscribers, the quota seems to be over within 5 years.

The growth in mobile subscribers has been nearly 100% year on year reaching 10.81 million wireless subscribers in the month of December 2008. The ten digit numbers are expected to exhaust from August 2009.

However, the fixed line phone numbers would continue to remain as is it is. While all GSM and CDMA subscribers whether old or new, would now have 11 digit numbers.

Apart from India, China and UK follow 11-digit numbers, while USA has a more integrated pattern of common numbering plan with similar numbers for mobile as well as landline numbers, much like Tata ‘Walky’ and Reliance ‘Hello’.

One of The Torrents Sites - BitTorrent Meltdown Possible if TPB Goes Dark

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:15:00 +0000

TorrentFreak mentions that P2P researchers are concerned about how the BitTorrent community will fare if The Pirate Bay goes down. TPB’s founders are standing trial in Sweden starting next week and if the popular tracker goes down, the cascading effect could bring down many other trackers as well.

“If The Pirate Bay goes down the load will automatically shift to others. This is because most of the Pirate Bay swarms also include other trackers. When Pirate Bay goes down it would overload others until they fall also. Meaning even more stress and further casualties. This is likely to end in a BitTorrent meltdown.”

Download Online YouTube Video Directly to PC, iPod, iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:59:00 +0000

MelodyCan YouTube Ripper helps you to download, save and convert any YouTube video you like easy and fast. MelodyCan supports MP4 and AVI, MP3 as output formats for video conversion. Follow the instructions given below.

Step1: Open Internet Explorer and put link YouTube.com. Find out there song you want to convert to. Then simply click on the bar of tools. You`ll see an automatically downloading.

Step 2. Set desired MelodyCan settings. Also Don’t forget to choose the suitable output folder (your converted files will be saved there)

Step 3. Melodycan YouTubeRipper will convert your file easy and fast.

Step 4. In the result your converted files will appear in output folder.

This way you can save any YouTube fiels in a simple and a fast way. Thanks to Merchant Circle

Download the latest MelodyCan Video version!

How To Disable 'Send Error Report to Microsoft' Message

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:08:00 +0000

It is quite annoying to deal with "Send Error Report to Microsoft" message every time an application crashes. The same dialog box appears even when the operating system recovers itself from some serious/critical errors.

Sending error reports is one of the most important things you can do for the health of your computer. The more error reports Microsoft receives for a particular problem, the more likely it is the problem will be fixed. However, if you've got a problem that keeps appearing and you'd rather get rid of this error message appearing, you can turn off error reporting so it doesn't prompt you anymore by following simple steps given below.

How to Disable Error Reporting:

Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, click Error Reporting.
Click Disable error reporting and clear the But notify me when critical errors occur check box, as shown in Figure.

How To Reduce "Temporary Internet Files" Folder's Space

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:32:00 +0000

Temporary Internet Files clutter your hard drive with copies of each page visited. Files can build up over time and take up lot of disk space. Even more bothersome is that, IE (Internet Explorer) often takes a page out of the Temporary Internet Files, instead of getting new pages each time. This can be a problem if you are viewing a website that is updated all the time.

This can be good if you are on a slow connection such as a 56K or lower. But if you are on a fast broadband connection, then you can easily reduce the size of your Temporary Internet Files to just 1MB without affecting overall performance.

Here's how to reduce "Temporary Internet Files" folder's space:

Launch Internet Explorer
Select the Tools from the menu bar
Then select Internet Options (from the drop down menu)
Once the internet options has loaded click on the general tab
Under the temporary internet files section click the settings button
A settings window will load. Slide the slider all the way to the left so the size indicated in the text box on the right is 1
Click OK.

Download Free eBook - Ubuntu Pocket Guide

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:13:00 +0000

The PDF Edition of Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is available completely free of charge. It's presented by UbuntuPocketGuide.com It is practically identical to the Print Edition. You can download it by clicking the links below. Over 100,000 people already have this copy.

Download location 1
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Copy Text on One Computer and Paste it on Another - Firefox Addon

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0000

With this Firefox Addon, you can share text between computers. You can copy and paste text between computers simply with ctrl+c and ctrl+v. This addon lets you copy text instantly between Mac, Windows, and Linux. It is perfect if you use two computers side by side.

The Copy and Paste Addon works between computers when Firefox is running with ctrl+c and ctrl+v (cmd+c and cmd+v on Mac). This add-on shares your text clipboard between computers so you can copy and paste text between computers instantly, even from a Mac to a PC.

To set up Copy And Paste, add desired computers IP Addresses to the Copy And Paste Preferences in the Firefox menubar at Firefox->Tools->PonPon - Copy And Paste. Ensure that Firefox is running on the local and remote computers when trying to share text.

Please note that this addon works only for texts, you cannot copy and paste images.

Download this Addon for Firefox Here

Google Starts Offline GMail - Access GMail Even Without Internet Connection

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:14:00 +0000

Today GMail is starting to roll out an experimental feature in Gmail Labs: Offline Gmail. Now even if you're offline, you can open your web browser, go to gmail.com, and get to your mail just like you're used to.

Web-based email is great because you can check it from any computer, but there's one little catch: it's inherently limited by your internet connection. From public WiFi to smartphones equipped with 3G, from mobile broadband cards to fledgling in-flight wireless on airplanes, Internet access is becoming more and more ubiquitous -- but there are still times when you can't access your webmail because of an unreliable or unavailable connection.

Now GMail has overcome these gaps. Once you turn on this feature, Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you're connected to the network, that cache is synchronized with Gmail's servers. When you lose your connection, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer's hard drive instead of the information sent across the network. You can read messages, star and label them, and do all of the things you're used to doing while reading your webmail online. Any messages you send while offline will be placed in your outbox and automatically sent the next time Gmail detects a connection.

Offline Gmail available to everyone who uses Gmail in US or UK English over the next couple of days, so if you don't see it under the Labs tab yet, it should be there soon. Once you see it, just follow these steps to get started:

Click Settings and click the Labs tab.
Select Enable next to Offline Gmail.
Click Save Changes.
After your browser reloads, you'll see a new "Offline^0.1" link in the upper righthand corner of your account, next to your username. Click this link to start the offline set up process and download Gears if you don't already have it.

Source: Official GMail Blog

Create Free RSS Feeds for Any Webpage

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:09:00 +0000

Feedity lets you create free RSS Feeds for any webpage. Suppose you're visiting a webpage and you wish to subscribe to that page but a page doesn't provide you with an RSS link to subscribe - in a situation like this, Feedity helps you subscribe to that page very easily.

All you have to do is to copy and paste the link/URL of the page you wish to subscribe to, in your Feedity account and they give you the link of RSS Feed of that page.

Some of the ready examples are also given in the homepage.

Lets say, you wish to subscribe to YouTube Top Rated Videos Today, simply select the option and press Privew button as shown below.

Visit Feedity Here.

Where and How US Governement Spends TaxPayers' Dollars - recovery.gov

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

US President Barack Obama is making an Optimum use of Internet. First he started addressing people through videos on YouTube every week. It's also in the news that he's the first US President to start his own blog. Now Obama is going to launch a site where common people can see details on how and where US Government spends TaxPayers' Dollars.

Obama mentioned the same in his Jan 24, 09 weekly address on YouTube. The domain is already taken and the advertisement for the same is posted on it's homepage. It's name is 'Recovery.gov'. It seems the site is going to be active after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as mentioned there.

An oversight board will routinely update this site as part of an unprecedented effort to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending in American Government.

Visit Recovery.gov Now

Move Mouse Pointer with Your Eyes Movement - Contact Lens Mouse

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:52:00 +0000

New kind of Contact Lenses have been discovered that moves your mouse pointer with the movement of your eyes. Funny and interesting one!!! Well I CONTACT, designed by Eun-Gyeong Gwon & Eun-Jae Leeoriginally, is essentially a mouse fitted to your eyeball. The lens is inserted like any other normal contact lens except it’s laced with sensors to track eye movement, relaying that position to a receiver connected to your computer.

The idea was originally created for people with disabilities but anyone could use it. Those of us too lazy to use a mouse now have a free hand to do whatever it is people do when they sit at the computer for endless hours.

One thing I'd like to mention here is that they didn't mention how to click. Now here is the funniest thing. May be you have to blink your eyes to click. How about double click then? I'm sure you've practiced it just now while you're reading this... Comment below how you felt it.

An Audiobook '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' is Available Free

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:41:00 +0000

Stephen Covey’s audiobook “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is available for free for a limited time. This offer is presented by Audible.com. Audible.com is the leading provider of audio books and spoken word content on the internet. You can download this audiobook onto your iPod or any other mp3 devices.

Talking about the book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide while the audio version (that you just downloaded) was the first non-fiction audiobook in U.S. publishing history to sell more than one million copies according to Wikipedia.

To avail this offer, make sure that you select "USA" as the country when creating a free audible account.

Get Your Free Copy Now

Google Adsense Suddenly Started Showing Up Public Service Ads

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:43:00 +0000

Just a couple of hours back I noticed that Google Adsense has started showing up Public Service Ads. As I surfed further, I noticed this change in many websites which I regularly visit. I then visited my own blog and I too had the same problem.

I Googled for any update or known issues but there is none. Instead I found so many others complaining the same in discussion boards and support forums.

Here is one of the complaints made by free3dart:

I am running a blog for the past 7 months, I earned around 300$ per month from valid clicks. I have a good traffic and my account produces 5000 imps at the average. but suddenly adsense displays Public service ads, any idea?

Visit this discussion Here. Till moment, I have not received or known any issues with it. But there is an issue. Post your comments if you have the same problem, or have any information.

Send eMails That Convert Text to Voice

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:02:00 +0000

Let your friends here what you have written into an email. With BlindSpeak, you can send emails that convert text to voice. Recipients will receive your email as .mp3 and they simply can listen to it.

This can also be used as Accessibility Utility for the visually challenged people. Initially you can send 5 emails. Recipient will receive email from BlindSpeak (No-Reply).

Simply write in the email address and the contents you wish your friends to listen to, as shown below. And press "Speak" to send email.

Visit BlindSpeak Now

Access Apple iTune Store or App Store Without iTunes

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000

iPod and iPhone users have to go through iTunes to access Apple's iTune Store or Apple App Store. But what if you are on some other computer where there's no iTune installed and you wish to access Apple App Store!!! Where here is a workaround.

There are couple of websites that lets you access apple app store without iTunes.

Here is the first one, App Store - This site lists all the App store application on a static html pages and gives you information about each app store application. This site also lists music, movies, TV shows podcasts on a static pages so you can surf through all the iTunes genres without having iTunes. Its running on Google App engine. The Downside is: You can't make Search on this site. Check out App Store without iTunes

Another one is Redmore.com - This site only lists top paid App store applications and Top free app store application on a static page. App Store Top Apps

Print Pics Directly from Your iPhone or iPod Touch

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:51:00 +0000

Looking for a way to print images from your iPod Touch or iPhone without having to transfer them to your computer first? Air Photo is just what you need.

There are two components to Air Photo: the server (a free download and runs on both Windows and Mac) and the client app, which you'll find on the App Store (just search for air photo).

In a single-server setup, the app will automatically connect via Bonjour - otherwise you can use the connect button to specify the server you'd like to use for printing. Press the print button, and your server's Air Photo window will activate. It automatically selects landscape or portrait orientation and allows you to scale images or leave white space.

Key Features:

Works with all printers
Automatically connect if only one server is present
Simple and direct interface
Server works on both Mac OS X and Windows
Settings on the server for cropping/white space control
Persistent printer settings.
Only need to set up once Automatic portrait/landscape adjustment

At $1.99, the app is a great buy - especially if you print a lot of images that you've saved on your iPhone or Touch. Source: Download Squad

Air Photo Server for Windows

for 32-bit Windows XP and Vista

for 64-bit Windows Vista

Air Photo Server for Mac OS X

10.5 Leopard (PPC and Intel)

Quickly Check Your Site's Google PageRank, Alexa Rank and More

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:24:00 +0000

Popurius is a tool to check at-a-glance the link popularity of any site based on its ranking (Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, Technorati etc.), social bookmarks (del.icio.us, etc), subscribers (Bloglines, etc) and more!

Please Note: A domain with the "www." prefix will show different results than the same domain without it. You should try both.

You can also let your site's visitors know how popular your site is by embedding one of their nifty widgets. It will show your Pagerank, Alexa rank, Technorati and Yahoo backlinks.

Embed Widgets

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Run SkyPe from Your USB Flash Drive

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:39:00 +0000

Skype provides a great interface to chat with friends (Voice chat & Video Chat), and make cheap phone calls as well. The application needs to be installed in your desktop computer or laptop. That means you can access Skype account only from your computer. But now, you can use it on the go or from wherever you are. You can actually make Skype portable by running it from your USB Flash Drive.

Mark from MakeUseOf, explains it with very simple instructions. Skype doesn't officially offer a portable version of their app, but by moving the application to your flash drive/thumb drive and creating a data folder for Skype on that drive with a few simple tweaks, Skype runs smoothly and in portable style.

Instructions on How to Make Skype Portable

Add "PWN" to URL and Start Downloading YouTube Videos

noreply@blogger.com (The Head™) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:40:00 +0000

This seems to be the simplest of all methods to download YouTube videos. All you have to do is to just add "PWN" in the URL of the Video and you can download the full video onto your computer.

You do not need any software, copy/paste etc. You can download YouTube videos for fair right use.

How to download from YouTube.com:

View a video on YouTube.
In the URL location box, type pwn in front of youtube, and enter.
Get links to download the video!

Example:

Bookmarklet: PwnYouTube

Drag this link to your links toolbar and click it
when you are viewing a video on YouTube.

Credit: PWN YouTube