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The Complete National Geographic Collection on a Hard Drive

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:00:00 +0000

National Geographic, the legendary yellow magazine that’s been an important part of many young nerd’s childhood, has been around since 1888. Even if you have a very large room dedicated to storing the magazine, that’s a lot of issues.

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Get Ready For The Google Branded Chrome OS Netbook

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:59:00 +0000

Most of the tech world now considers it a given that Google will be selling its own unlocked phone, called the Nexus One, to customers directly early in 2010.

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SWEET: Merge All of Your Duplicate Gmail Contacts With One Click

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:05:00 +0000

Gmail has an array of useful and unique features that have really made e-mail a slightly more pleasurable experience (or more aptly, a less painful one).

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4 Surprising Google Wave Uses

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:24:00 +0000

Now that Google Wave has opened up to one million users and there are countless unused invites floating around, just about anyone who wants to take Google’s new collaboration tool for a spin can do so. Sure, some users are disappointed with the platform, but if you’re among them you’ll have to admit that whether it’s going to catch on or not, it’s been used for some neat stuff.

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Google Goggles: Hands on with the Shazam of the Real World

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:58:00 +0000

Goggles is a new lab from Google which turns your Android device's camera into a search input device. Similar to the way Shazam can identify a song by its audio "fingerprint," Goggles can identify landmarks, books, logos, artwork, and contact info simply by looking at it.

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New in Gmail Labs: Mark unread from here

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:53:00 +0000

Clicking this option on a message tells Gmail that you want that message to be the first one you see when you reopen the thread later, with all messages after it open for easy reading. So, when you leave partway through reading a long thread, figuring out where to start reading again is easy.

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Chris Brown Cancels His Twitter Account

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:45:00 +0000

Chris Brown's irate state of mind, as displayed over the weekend in a series of angry tweets, came to an end Monday afternoon (December 14) when the embattled R&B artist abruptly canceled his Twitter account and abandoned tens of thousands of followers.

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Did Eminem's Lyric About Adam Lambert Go Too Far? Fans Weigh In

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:37:00 +0000

Last Thursday, a pair of brand-new Eminem songs hit the Net, one of which, "Elevator," contains a lyric directed at Adam Lambert, Lance Bass and Clay Aiken that may be using an anti-gay slur.

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Playing catch-up in 2010: Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Symbian

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:22:00 +0000

With iPhone and Android picking up more popularity every day, it's urgent for rival smartphones to enhance their mobile software environments, some analysts say. But while Microsoft, RIM, and Nokia are working on better user experiences, phones outfitted with new features aren't likely to show up until way after CES 2010.

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Offline Gmail graduates from Labs

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:19:00 +0000

"Almost a year ago, we launched Offline Gmail in Gmail Labs. By installing Offline Gmail, you're able to use the normal Gmail interface to read and write mail, search, and organize, even when there's no internet connection. And Flaky Connection mode speeds up Gmail when your connection is slow or unreliable."

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Gmail Blog: Spread some holiday cheer, one card at a time

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:20:00 +0000

"Every year around this time I start thinking about the annual holiday email I send to friends and family members. I usually email my mom, dad, sister, friends and co-workers. But the one person who appreciates my season's greetings the most — my grandma — is stuck in the pre-digital age of snail mail. Of course, I could go to a store, aimlessly wander through the aisles, choose a card, wait in line to pay for it, go to the post office, pick up some stamps, etc., etc. — but wouldn't it be so much easier just to fill out a form and have Gmail handle the rest?"

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Mashable Mobile Site Launches!

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:50:00 +0000

For those of you viewing Mashable stories on the iPhone, Droid, Palm Pre and a host of other phones, we’re pleased to announce that Mashable’s new mobile site went live today.

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Twitter Unveils New Mobile Client

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:43:00 +0000

For as long as we can remember Twitter has left application development to enterprising third-party developers. In recent months, however, the company has pushed out a number of additions to the platform, and today they’re unveiling a preview of the spiffy new mobile site that rivals Twitter.com in design and function.

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Acer Plans to Launch a Chrome OS Netbook in Late 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:49:00 +0000

Can’t wait to try out Google’s Chrome OS on an actual netbook? You might have to contain yourself until the second half of 2010, as that’s when Acer — the first company to announce the development of a Chrome-based netbook — plans to release theirs.

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Facebook Slams Twitter: Farmville Is Bigger Than You

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:47:00 +0000

Yesterday we got new stats from Facebook, including the passing of the 350 million user milestone. Another interesting tidbit that came out in a UK press event on Tuesday, where a Facebook exec pointed out that there are apparently more active users in the Facebook app FarmVille than on all of Twitter.

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How Google Wave is Changing the News

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:31:00 +0000

It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave. Although it’s still invitation only and in preview, the real-time wiki collaboration platform is being used by some media companies for community building, real-time discussion, crowdsourcing, collaboration both inside and outside the newsroom, and for cross publishing content.

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New in Gmail Labs: Green robot icon

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:22:00 +0000

Gmail chat status (those green, orange, and red bubbles) indicates if your friends are online or not. But sometimes my buddies appear green when they're not really "online online" — they just have chat open on their Android phones.

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Twitter and Facebook Client Brizzly Now Open to All

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Brizzly is a web-based Twitter and Facebook client that has been gaining some momentum and buzz over the past couple months. It has some slick features like being able to view photos and videos in-line in your Twitter stream, threaded DMs, and built-in photo uploading. It also recently added support for Twitter Lists.

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50 Cent Says Eminem's Success Is 'Something To Work To'

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:42:00 +0000

50 Cent says "Psycho," from his new Before I Self Destruct album, is totally different from "Patiently Waiting," even though the tracks feature the same collaborator, more or less.

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Adobe releases AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 betas

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:38:00 +0000

The big features in AIR 2 were shown off at Adobe MAX in October, and they include: Support for USB mass storage devices, support for multi-touch and gesture-based input, improved support for local peripherals and native application processes, improved performance, and peer to peer and UDP networking.

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Eminem's Music Helps Wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. Get Angry

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0000

You have to know the name "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. In the '80s, he rose to fame in the World Wrestling Federation as one of the greatest villains ever, flaunting his riches so openly, his stunting makes the Birdman looks shy.

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Facebook Unlinks Your Twitter Links

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

Mashable reader Ben Kerin has noticed an odd change on Facebook that began last night: those importing their Twitter feeds into the service no longer see their links as clickable.

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Google Wave's Best Use Cases

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:10:00 +0000

Last week we asked a simple question: How will you use Google Wave? Over 600 responses later, we're sending Wave nominations to the people who had the best use cases. Here are a few.

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Lil Wayne's "Rebirth" Due Out December 15

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:55:00 +0000

The wait is ova. No, not that one. After months of delays and rescheduled street dates, Lil Wayne's new album, Rebirth, finally has an official release date. According to Billboard.com, the disc long rumored to be Wayne's "rock" album will drop on December 15.

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Lady Gaga Fans React To 'Bad Romance' Video

noreply@blogger.com (Arshad Y. Khan from YOUTHERE1.com) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:17:00 +0000

After a week of anticipation, Lady Gaga's new music video, "Bad Romance," finally premiered on the singer's official Web site.

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