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[video] How is SkyDrive better than Google Docs ?

2012-01-18T17:39:00.000+05:30

If you are a Google Docs user, try the SkyDrive and Office! They are designed for each other. I’m sure you’ll switch to SkyDrive! Check out this video to see how three students use SkyDrive and Office to work together on a great group paper. Learn more here : Working Together and Sharing for School made easy ! SkyDrive and Office: 7 tips for full-powered collaboration in the cloud across

Hotmail providing Free Hotmail Plus codes to upgrade to Hotmail Plus !

2012-01-13T09:40:00.000+05:30

As you know Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 is going on in Vegas (10-13 Jan, 2012) and huge rush of visitors is happening to visit various Exhibitors booths. And the exhibitors are also providing goodies for the visitors at CES. Hotmail is also providing lots of cool prizes for CES visitors. And for those who can not make it to CES, Hotmail is providing 12 month Hotmail Plus codes to upgrade

IE6 usage drops below 1% in US – Microsoft celebrates with a Cake !

2012-01-04T19:54:00.000+05:30

IE6 usage in the US has now officially dropped below 1%! Its time to celebrate and what better way to celebrate than… of course a Cake !! as the IE team is known for. IE tam has thanked the community and its IE6 Countdown partners for the support. As you know IE6 Countdown site was launched last March to help accelerate the process. And now United States has joined the ranks of Austria, Poland,

Ubislate7- the upgraded ver of Aakash tablet to be renamed as Ubislate7+

2011-12-25T09:55:00.000+05:30

The upgraded version of Aakash tablet is renamed as Ubislate7+. Earlier it was called Ubislate7. Also the Aakash which was SoldOut is being named as Ubislate7 now. The makers of these Tablets should plan all these earlier else confusion will be created. I think they want to completely separate the commercial version and what Students are getting at Subsidizes rates. So I think all commercial

Lytro - a revolution in Photography !!

2011-12-22T10:35:00.000+05:30

Recently Lytro unveiled, the first Lytro consumer light field camera which is going to change the way Photography was defined till date. The Lytro light field camera captures all the rays of light in a scene, providing new capabilities never before possible, such as the ability to focus a picture after it’s taken. The pocket-sized camera, which offers a powerful 8x optical zoom and f/2 lens in

Play a game & win ABBYY Screenshot Reader !

2011-12-21T07:10:00.000+05:30

As a Christmas promotion, ABBYY is providing ABBYY Screenshot Reader – Nice, simple OCR utility. Just play a simple game and win this utility! Apart from capturing screenshots, one of its uses is you can extract text from images using this utility. That is, you can turn your screenshots into editable texts. And its quite accurate . You can click above or can go here : Christmas Game Please note

Skydrive for iPhone and Windows Phone

2011-12-20T13:50:00.000+05:30

Recently there were lots of updates to SkyDrive which now uses the latest HTML5 technology making it very fast and very much improved file management. Now Microsoft has come up with SkyDrive app for Windows Phone and iPhone. Since sometime, Microsoft has been providing very good apps for iOS and Android based devices also apart from for Windows Phone. SkyDrive for iPhone: SkyDrive from Microsoft

[Tip] How to get Facebook Timeline NOW!

2011-12-17T10:27:00.000+05:30

The Facebook Timeline is in news and many of us on the Net are talking about it. It’s a new Interface which the Facebook will soon make it Live to everyone. If you want it to be published now, how to enable this Timeline? 1. Sign-in to your Facebook Account 2. Go to http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline 3. Click on ‘Get Timeline ‘ button and you’ll be taken to Timeline interface - Welcome to

Nokia Lumia 800 sales starts in India !

2011-12-15T22:51:00.000+05:30

As expected the sales of Nokia Lumia 800 started in India, today, as just a few minutes back Nokia India tweeted about the same. Tennis Star Sania Mirza handed over the Nokia Lumia 800 to consumer who had pre-booked their Lumia 800s. Sania Mirza giving away Nokia Lumia 800 to consumers who pre-booked at Ambience mall, Gurgaon. (pic courtesy @NokiaIndia) This is the First Windows Phone from Nokia

Start Here! Fundamentals of Microsoft .NET Programming

2011-12-15T15:30:00.000+05:30

As the title suggests ‘Start Here! Microsoft .NET programming is from the ‘Start Here!’ series from Microsoft Press written by Rod Stephens. This book is for those who are starting their .NET programming journey and for those even with no prior programming experience. Be it any .NET programming language it provides the basics. If you are a beginner without any prior programming experience or

Gmail App for iOS updated

2011-12-15T08:53:00.000+05:30

Gmail has updated its controversial Gmail App for iOS. These are the updates - You can set a custom signature for your mobile messages and a vacation responder, both available through the gear icon at the top of the menu view. Also you can now open up a canvas and scribble a message that will be attached to your email. iPad users can give it a try. Another update is about change of the

[video] Unboxing Limited Edition Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 800

2011-12-14T22:43:00.000+05:30

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Aakash tablet available for purchase, UbiSlate in January

2011-12-12T20:49:00.000+05:30

Aakash Tablets has just provided an update about its availability. You can Order your Aakash tablets Online now. Its available only Online. Delivered in a week ‘s time. And its payment is via Cash on delivery. While UbiSlate 7 - The upgraded version of Aakash can be pre-ordered. Its already got delayed as earlier it was said that by Nov-Dec, it’ll be in the Market. But now this will be made

Microsoft OneNote for iPad now available

2011-12-12T19:20:00.000+05:30

Today morning I noticed the Update available on iOS device and it was Microsoft OneNote. But the one thing struck me was it said – Microsoft OneNote for iPad is now available. (Pl check the Update below ) Since I’m not an iPad user I haven’t checked it on iPad and didn’t knew it was not available for iPad earlier. So just head over to iTunes App Store & get OneNote for iPhone. Its FREE!** In

[Tip] Office2010 can read out documents for you

2011-12-11T09:36:00.000+05:30

Did you know, you can listen to your documents? Office2010 can read it out for you. Click on the arrow next to Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) > More commands… It’ll open Word Options Window, Select ‘All Commands’ and scroll down to select ‘Speak’ and click on ‘Add >>’, click OK. In Excel you have more Speak Command Options- Now Open the document you want to hear Office2010 Read it for you. Select

Publish your blog as a magazine in Google Currents

2011-12-10T13:33:00.000+05:30

As you know Google Currents was recently introduced– A Flipboard Style Reader for Android and iOS devices. “Gather your RSS and media feeds, YouTube channel, social stream, and more into a mobile magazine edition beautifully presented on tablets and smartphones.“ So how about publishing your blog in magazine format which can be read using Google Currents. And this can be read offline also

New Twitter provides Enhanced Profile Pages for Brands !

2011-12-10T10:54:00.000+05:30

As you know the new version of twitter has been in talks since its release. Twitter has been providing nice features for its regular users. Now its helping Brands to add Brand values via twitter ! Twitter is introducing enhanced profile pages that help marketers create an even more compelling destination on Twitter for their brands. Twitter is providing the Brands profile page to make an

Using new #hashtag and @mention buttons of New Twitter

2011-12-10T10:22:00.000+05:30

Recently Twitter did a refresh to their Tweet and Follow Buttons and now after the release of the New Twitter they have introduced - #hashtag button and @mention button. “The new #hashtag button tells your visitors there’s an interesting conversation happening on Twitter, and lets them join in with just one click. The @mention button encourages visitors to Tweet to your account, driving public

Keyboard Shortcuts for the New twitter

2011-12-09T19:11:00.000+05:30

The new twitter has been rolling out to all since yesterday. Some new features like Home, Connect, Discover etc have been added. Check the new Keyboard Shortcuts with the earlier ones listed here. The New twitter will be rolling out to all, in case if you haven’t got the new twitter. You can check up about the New twitter here. (Source: twitter.com)

Embedding tweet option in the New twitter

2011-12-09T14:04:00.000+05:30

Many times in your blog posts, you want to post the tweets screenshot. So instead of Screenshot which are static, how about embedding them in blog post so that the links etc within tweets are clickable. Earlier we had seen Embed tweets in your blog with Blackbird Pie tool from twitter which made use of Blackbird Pie tool from twitter.Also we talked about Blackbird Pie Twitter Plugin for Live

Google introduces Currents - Flipboard style Reader

2011-12-09T02:41:00.000+05:30

Google has just introduced Currents. “Google Currents delivers beautiful magazine-like editions to your tablet and smartphone for high speed offline reading.” Recently Flipboard was released for iPhones and now Google launches Current which can be said similar to Flipboard. Few screenshots- Its available for iOS And Android. For more details and download , check http://

Twitter Redesigned ! New version of twitter arrives !!

2011-12-08T23:28:00.000+05:30

Twitter is introducing a new version of twitter ! This new design will be both on Twitter.com and mobile phones. TweetDeck is also being updated to make it consistent with this new version. The above shown new tabs are being added. The new design will be rolling out in coming weeks. But one can see the new design immediately on mobile.twitter.com, Twitter for iPhone, and Twitter for Android.

[video] Previewing the Windows Store

2011-12-07T07:20:00.000+05:30

Microsoft reveals additional details about the developer opportunity coming on Windows 8 with the Windows Store. More details at http://win8.ms/press (Not yet updated, will soon go live) Yes its there ! And for developers looking to learn how to be more successful with Windows than with any other platform, check out the Windows Dev Center at http://win8.ms/dev.

Nokia Lumia 800 Bookings Opens in India !

2011-12-05T16:29:00.000+05:30

Since few days the Nokia India site was providing a form to fill details and submit which in turn will keep you informed about the availability of Nokia Lumia 800 in India. Today they are providing a New form for booking the same at http://www.getnokia.in/800/ So those interested can Pre-order Nokia Lumia 800 . Its estimated to be priced around Rs.30K (~ $580) . No official word about the

Create and Save your own Collection of Technical Documents from TechNet Library as PDF

2011-12-03T10:59:00.000+05:30

Those using TechNet Library of TechNet must have always wanted to save the docs they wanted in some way. They can save an individual document but a collection of assorted documents they wanted to save is the best thing to happen. Yes, Microsoft has added this feature using ‘Print Multiple Topics Beta’ on TechNet to save the Documents collection either as PDF file or in HTML format. “… a special